Yukon

Thanks to the good folks at Toyota Canada for helping support the cost of my trip and providing me with the Toyota Dash Cam to document our journey. Earlier this summer we left our home in Squamish, BC and drove North in search of empty roads, scenic camping and world-class bike trails. Ever sinc...

Wild. Larger than life. Just a couple of descriptions you’ll hear thrown around about the Yukon.  It was these adjectives that inspired me to visit, and these reasons I decided to move here. Adventure is literally on everyone’s doorstep here, even if you’re in the capital. Subdivisions are surrou...

Snow. Ice. Limited daylight. Vast swaths of unattended roads.Despite more than a few warnings against taking a winter road trip up north, winter was a perfect time to take a road trip on the Golden Circle.The 600km route is beyond scenic, almost absurdly so.For months the 'larger than life' lands...

You’d be forgiven for wanting to stay near a couch and a coffee machine when the daily high reaches a blistering -16 degrees Celsius. But for those of us who live in the North, where average temperatures during winter rarely reach above the negative teens and where daylight hours are precious, w...

Chances are if you grew up in North America, you're familiar with the idea of ski vacations. Surely many of us have had the experience of cramming into a small musty smelling condo that boasted it was ski in/ski out yet is not. One that was thoroughly overpriced, so much so that bodies of weary s...

Truth be told, summer ends a bit too abruptly in the land of the midnight sun. North of the 60th parallel, we experience a never ending daylight with high summer temperatures perfect for BBQ’ing and every sport imaginable during July and August. But with the blink of an eye, the 11PM daylight tur...

Trekking in the Yukon is always a challenge. On the positive side, being located so far north of the equator, the territory is isolated from the masses of hikers usually found in places this beautiful. However, little to no trails exist, bushwhacking skills are essential, and the weather is alwa...