Category: Yukon River

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...

I’ve been so busy that I’m now 3 weeks behind on the blog, but there have been some very cool things happening so I’m going to catch up rather than skip a lot. This post is about 2 hikes on what I’m calling the Lewes River Trail, because it...

On Saturday, our hiking group met at Chadburn Lake to hike the Yukon River Trail East, a loop running from Chadburn Lake to Canyon City and back. By about 11;20, 8 people and 6 dogs were on the trail. The loop actually starts on the Log Trail, which was...

Our hiking group used to do outings on Saturday mostly, but as the group is expanding, so is the variety of times and places. One of the members suggested a few days ago that dinner-time hikes might be nice, so on Thursday, 5 of us with 3 dogs met...

Fort Selkirk is one of the most significant historic sites in the Yukon, and countless millions of dollars have been spent there in the past couple of decades. Few people will ever see the site, though, as you need to have a boat to get there. Each year on...

I really like it when Mother Nature drops the temperature to bitterly-cold levels. It’s exciting. While I may not like every aspect of deep cold, recent posts by Yukoners on various social media sites show that many of us consider the cold to be more exciting or at least...

Part 2 of the 3-part series about my trip to Dawson City following the Yukon River Quest, and back to Whitehorse, covers more exploration of Dawson, and more race arrivals. My next destination after leaving the finish line at 8:40 pm on Friday (see Part 1) was the cemeteries...

The Yukon River Quest, a 715 km (444 mile) race from Whitehorse to Dawson City, was a lot of fun for me this year. On Wednesday, I watched the start, when 153 people in 66 canoes and kayaks headed down the choppy Yukon River. On Friday and Saturday, I...

At noon today, 153 people in 66 canoes and kayaks headed down the choppy Yukon River with a strong tailwind, to start the Yukon River Quest, a 715 km (444 miles) race from Whitehorse to Dawson City. “The Race to the Midnight Sun” is the world’s longest annual canoe...

It’s tough to beat spending time with a family of 4 bald eagles to start the day off right, and yesterday, that’s what Monty and I did. The trail is high and there’s some exposure that certainly makes having a full pot of coffee in your belly seem like...