Category: Whitehorse

The 2012 Arctic Winter Games was held in Whitehorse from March 4th through the 10th, and thousands of people – athletes, supporters and fans – came to town from around the circumpolar world to take part. I adapted the name AWG Air Force from the Iditarod Air Force, the...

This past weekend was Sourdough Rendezvous in Whitehorse. This is one of the biggest events of the year in Whitehorse – the celebration of the end of Winter. Many years, we get truly awful weather for the event, but this year Mother Nature put on a wonderful show, and...

Like most Yukoners who travel, I got quite excited by the January 30th announcement that WestJet is coming to the Yukon. They’ll be starting daily service between Vancouver and Whitehorse on May 17th. The exciting part wasn’t the fact that we’ll have another airline, it was their introductory fares...

I had to go into town for a few errands on Thursday, but it was so incredibly beautiful I got distracted and went for a long walk at the airport. I sometimes check the day’s flight arrivals and departures so I’m assured of some action, but didn’t do that...

I find life at 40 below zero to be quite invigorating and even exciting, and though it’s a bit of a challenge, I love photography at those temps. If there’s ever any doubt that the Yukon remains a unique place to live, a few days of minus 40 will...

Airline welcomes 31st destination into its domestic network CALGARY, Jan. 30, 2012 – WestJet today announced daily, non-stop service between Vancouver and Whitehorse, Yukon, beginning May 17, 2012. The announcement follows the release of schedule details for new service to Kingston, Jamaica, and Aruba and details of service to...

Although Winter Solstice has passed so we’re getting more and more light each day, January is the month that usually brings the coldest temperatures, so I’m not going to get too cocky yet about having an easy winter. The weather so far this year has been incredibly erratic, but...

For the past 3 days, everyone in Whitehorse is talking about the weather. On Wednesday we got one of the wilder storms I’ve seen in my 22 years in the Yukon. This is what the deck looked like at 11:00 am on Wednesday – the Xmas decorations didn’t fare...

We’ve had a bit of snow on the ground for almost 6 weeks now, but Winter truly arrived on November 11th – it’s been snowing every day since then, and we have an accumulation of perhaps 9-10 inches now. The 14-day weather forecast at The Weather Network is quite...

I’ve mentioned the walk around the airport before, and yesterday was so pretty I decided to spend some time there after a meeting in town. The trail is paved for a few hundred yards and then is well-tracked dirt with many side-trails. This is the north end of the...