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Where in Yukon are you living ? I presume not in Whitehorse.
by bch 11y ago
Where in Yukon are you living ? I presume not in Whitehorse.
- grecy 11y agoI have actually been living and working in Whitehorse for the last 4 years, as I wanted to save enough money to do something big again (going for 2+ years around Africa in my Jeep). While Whitehorse is a city, I have world-class mountain biking from my backyard, and 20 minutes from town in any direction I have no cell reception and rarely see other people on the weekends. 3 hours from town we can be hundreds of kilometers from the nearest person.
- bch 11y agoI'm pretty familiar with Whitehorse. Whitehorse can be a pretty magical place -- my old friends up there got me into paragliding (Sean Kitchen still up there ?), and I got to practice my fly fishing up there for lake trout, or head to Haines for the salmon run (I was always skunked, nearly always had a good time anyway), and good hiking and beautiful terrain around Haines or pass to Skagway... I just assumed by your description you would be somewhere else, and it piqued my curiousity. Enjoy Whitehorse, good luck with your African trip!
- middleclick 11y agoHow do you manage the winters?
- bch 11y agoLots of music and house parties. Life is pretty social up there.
- grecy 11y agoActually, winter is by far the most beautiful time in the North. Everything is frozen and extremely peaceful. Also Whitehorse has on average more sunny days per year than anywhere else in Canada, so often in winter it's -30something C and perfectly sunny. Gloves, a toque and a good jacket, and you're good for hours outside. Winter is also the best time to get around, because all the rivers and lakes are frozen, meaning you can go places where there are no roads (and there are very few roads - I've driven them all). So you quickly get into snowshoeing, cross country skiing, downhill/backcountry skiing/snowboarding, ice fishing, snow mobiling, etc. etc. The days are short, so you do whichever of those in the dark you have to. Snowshoeing at 4pm in -35C crunchy snow looking at the bright stars/northern lights is a magical thing [1]. Basically, you get outside and do stuff. If you don't like winter, you'll likely leave, which is another amazing thing about the North - everyone that lives there loves it. [1] My latest attempts at Northern Lights Photography http://theroadchoseme.com/northern-lights-2 http://theroadchoseme.com/northern-lights-2
- grecy 11y agoActually, winter is by far the most beautiful time in the North. Everything is frozen and extremely peaceful. Also Whitehorse has on average more sunny days per year than anywhere else in Canada, so often in winter it's -30something C and perfectly sunny. Gloves, a toque and a good jacket, and you're good for hours outside. Winter is also the best time to get around, because all the rivers and lakes are frozen, meaning you can go places where there are no roads (and there are very few roads - I've driven them all). So you quickly get into snowshoeing, cross country skiing, downhill/backcountry skiing/snowboarding, ice fishing, snow mobiling, etc. etc. The days are short, so you do whichever of those in the dark you have to. Snowshoeing at 4pm in -35C crunchy snow looking at the bright stars/northern lights is a magical thing [1]. Basically, you get outside and do stuff. If you don't like winter, you'll likely leave, which is another amazing thing about the North - everyone that lives there loves it. [1] My latest attempts at Northern Lights Photography http://theroadchoseme.com/northern-lights-2 http://theroadchoseme.com/northern-lights-2