Category: Bicycle Travel

A bike trail to the Yukon River and plane crash wreckage

I’m getting the e-bike out fairly often, and am extremely pleased with the bike (a Giant Fathom) and the trails available to ride. Yesterday I went on a route that was particularly interesting, ending at a beach on the Yukon River, where I found some wreckage from an old...
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More pipeline and railway exploring by e-bike

Yesterday, I went out on a major exploration again, on the route I started to ride on May 13th, along the WWII Canol pipeline road. My goal was again to reach the Cowley Lakes where the White Pass & Yukon Route rail line crosses them. Cathy joined me this...
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Exploring more of the WP&YR railway at Lewis Lake, Yukon

My plan for Thursday (October 1st) had been to explore the WP&YR railway at the south end of Lewis Lake (Lewes Lake to many), but I got side-tracked and did a walk at Rat Lake first. Just before 2:00, though, I was ready to head south along the railway...
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Cycling to the Arctic, and other Winter-related stuff

Yesterday was a busy day. The main project was to drive down the Alaska Highway to meet Brek Boughton, the cyclist who’s headed for Tuktoyaktuk, but that had to be fit in among other things. This is what our weather station looked like at 10:09, a minute before sunrise....
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Photography in the Yukon at -37 degrees

This has been a very dreary winter so far in the southern Yukon, with very little sun and lots of snow. Our winters used to be clear and cold – invigorating rather than dreary. When I saw this weather forecast yesterday morning, however, my world brightened up considerably –...
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