Category: Whitehorse

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...

This post is about a 3-hour wander on Thursday, December 11th, but there was a build-up to it. Two days before that, I had driven into Whitehorse to see if there were any good ice fog photos available yet, with the temperature at -28°C/-18°F. I shot the two photos...

Although we’ve been seeing good displays of aurora borealis since early August, last night was the first time I’ve been out for long enough with a good enough display to tell you about it here. Last night was actually the third very good night in a row but it...

This walk a week ago (June 12th) started off to be a look at a short trail I know (the East Airport Access Road Trail), that had just been re-opened, then the planned walk turned into more. Much more! There are 83 photos in this post, my longest ever...

Last night (June 16th), the second bike ride both in memory of Joe Morrison and as a call for bike safety, was held in Whitehorse, and I rode it as well as many more kilometers to and from it. The Facebook notice about the event said: “Join us again...

I have to begin by making a comment or two about yesterday’s election. I’m extremely pleased by the results generally. The two big wins for me are seeing Mark Carney remain as our Prime Minister, and seeing Bruce Fanjoy soundly beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the Carleton riding....