Category: Whitehorse

The Whitehorse airport is a great place for a walk

Bella and Tucker enjoyed our walk at the Lewes River Dam so much, I decided to take them on a longer walk on Wednesday, but one that was more warm-weather friendly for Bella. The trail around the Whitehorse airport was an easy choice. It’s always fun – level, lots...
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More exploring my neighbourhood by e-bike

We have heavy rain and 12°C/53°F as I right this, so it may be an indoor day, but I’ve been getting out on the e-bike a fair bit. The network of trails available from my front door is quite mind-boggling, and I’m both exploring, and looking for a route...
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Another long e-bike ride to Cowley Lakes

As we were descending into Whitehorse on our Air North flight last Wednesday, I could see that much of the flooding that stopped me on my e-bike ride on June 10th had receded, so I decided to give it another try on July 30th. I’m using 2 apps on...
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Riding the e-bike up to snow on the Coal Lake trail

On Sunday (June 13th), I decided to try a road/trail that has intrigued me for many years. I knew it wouldn’t be an easy ride, but it was tougher than I expected. In a total time of 3 hours, 19 minutes, I rode 33.7 km (20.9 mi), and climbed...
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Frog hunting in Whitehorse

I know that many of you live in areas where frogs are abundant and seeing and hearing them is no big deal. In the Yukon, though, many people don’t even realize we have frogs here, so when I saw an ad last week that Yukon Wildlife Viewing was having...
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Wandering around in the snow, with a walk at McIntyre Pond

Things have been pretty quiet as the snow gets deeper and the temperature colder. But the light is starting to feel like Spring, and many people are commenting on how good that feels. My outings have been quite short but it really is lovely, so here’s a look. My...
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Near-record snow and a couple of outings

As the snow gets deeper and deeper and cloudy skies are the norm, I haven’t been doing much outside the house, but I have gotten out with a friend a couple of times, once with Bella and Tucker, and once out to the wildlife preserve. Visually, the deep snow...
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A look at our 10 days of deep cold (-40s)

After 10 days of deep cold, warm(er) air has returned. As I start writing this at 02:30 on January 19th, the temperature has risen 11 degrees in the past 6 hours. Although life has some extra challenges when the thermometer starts reading temperatures in the minus-40s (where Celsius and...
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