Getting high on Grey Mountain
I’ve started a couple of blog posts since my last one but have been unable to complete them and finally gave up on each and deleted them. Maybe I can finish this one. Although we haven’t had any hard frosts yet and daytime highs are still 10-12°C, Fall is...
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First visits to Caribou Lake, Yukon
A few months ago a friend asked if I’d like to go to a lake that neither of us had been to before. Caribou Lake is easy to access from the Alaska Highway but neither of us knew anything about it beyond what we see on maps. Click here...
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A Whitehorse Copper Belt railway hike
Last week, Tim Green offered to take members of my Yukon History & Abandoned Places group on a guided hike of the Copper Mines Branch of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway. On July 2nd, 8 people and a St. Bernard joined him – we walked a total...
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An excellent day – new flowers and old mines
I have some very good reasons to say “no” to most activities. But yesterday was an excellent day because I said “yes” to two. The first one was quite easy. Spring hasn’t really arrived at Whitehorse until I’ve been out photographing the first Prairie crocuses (Anemone patens) – that happened...
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Sunny-day walks on the Whitehorse airport trails
We’ve been having some lovely weather lately, with sunshine, and highs nearing the freezing point. The light is starting to have a Spring feel to it, so on Monday and Wednesday I pulled myself away from this box and went for walks on the trails along the Whitehorse airport....
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A walk along the WP&YR rail line to Watson River Falls
In my last blog post, I mentioned that I didn’t think that anyone canoes the Watson River that I posted a photo of. A friend of mine in Whitehorse said that she canoed it many years ago, and that there was a canyon to portage around, with a lovely...
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Writing a Chilliwack-area trail guide, 1988-1990
When I lived in BC (the first 40 years of my life), I spent an ever-increasing amount of time in the spectacular Chilliwack River and Skagit River valleys. In 1988 I had an idea that a trail guide would be a useful addition to BC bookstore shelves. By the...
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Another hike to the upper Venus silver mine
As I get older, the Yukon’s historic Venus silver mine (the primary subject of my first book) has become my fitness test. On Wednesday, I made my third attempt in a month to reach it. I made it. At 71, it was my slowest ever for the steep climb...
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A short hike at the historic Venus silver mill
The drive down the South Klondike on May 17th whetted my appetite for more mountain time in a big way, so on the 19th I headed down the South Klondike Highway again, with a more ambitious plan. I left Bella and Tucker at home because although it was a...
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Hiking to the Grey Mtn cave, Whitehorse
Following up on a conversation with a friend about hiking to the Grey Mountain cave above Whitehorse when somebody who knows the way could take us, I decided on the spur of the moment this morning to go and find it myself. Vague directions resulted in me doing two...
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