Category: Whitehorse

I went on another 4-hour tour of the Whitehorse Copper Belt with Tim Green on August 8th. This one began with an in-depth look of one of Gladiator Metals’ exploratory drill rigs that’s currently operating 2 km from my home, then continued on to the Whitehorse Copper properties that...

Yukon Environment held their first “Guided forest bath” the evening of August 4th along the Millennium Trail in Riverdale. Nine people showed up of the 12 who registered, and I think it went very well – well enough to do again, I hope, as it “sold out” (it was...

On August 2st, I drove up Haeckel Hill for a look at the four new (2023) wind turbines and the old forestry lookout tower. I’ve been up a few times, but have never posted here about it before. The road up Haeckel Hill (Haeckel Tower Road) is rough, but...

A few things stacked up yesterday to lure me into Whitehorse last night. First, I had seen two corporate jets I didn’t recognize when I was in town getting groceries, without a camera. Then a friend messaged me that four black helicopters had arrived. And finally I saw a...

I needed to go into town yesterday to pick up a couple of things, so took my hiking and camera gear with the idea of putting about 4 km on, though I didn’t have a plan for where that might happen. Nothing inspired me and I was on my...

For many of us in Whitehorse, seeing the first Prairie crocuses is a big deal. I’ve hiked at two possible places for them recently – Hospital Ridge and the Lewes River Dam – with no luck, so yesterday went to the spot that usually results in seeing the early...

The prompt for this post was yesterday’s short but perfect hike on the Hospital Ridge trail in downtown Whitehorse after doing some errands in town, but while I’m here I’ll show a bit of the other things going on in my world. The main thing is that Spring finally...

The weather forecast for yesterday called for sunshine and a high of 12°C/54°F. It had been about 7 months since we’d seen a day like that, so this was a day to get outside! I asked Cathy if she’d like to join me at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve and...

It’s now been over 5 weeks since I last posted. After being very pleased with how easy the winter had been up until early December, a difficult winter pretty much took over my life since my last post on December 22nd. First we had a long spell of deep...

This post was spurred by Facebook Memories, which yesterday morning showed that I go out for Winter Solstice drives often, sometimes as far as the White Pass or Kluane Lake. With the temperature sitting at -38°C, I wasn’t going to do a long drive, but the city offers great...