There are adventures tall and true in the land of the midnight sun. Join us as we paddle past the historic townsite of Conrad, hike along Sam McGee’s trail and bike down past the Mountain Hero mine. We’ll actively mine fact from fiction on our Yukon adventures, helping build a … [Read more...] about Yukon Adventures: Finding Stories Tall & True
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Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Historic Gear Checklists
Posted in one of the cooking shelters at Sheep Camp, we found a sheet of paper with historic packing list suggestions for men and women planning to hike the Chilkoot Trail through Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon. What an eye-opener! Read the lists below and – after you … [Read more...] about Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Historic Gear Checklists
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea to Lindeman Lake Section
It was dubbed the World’s Longest Museum. Overloaded and frantic to reach the goldfields near Dawson City in the Yukon, Canada, the stampeders of 1897-98 abandoned much of their gear hiking the Chilkoot Trail – especially during the first 41 km (26 mi) of the trail from Dyea, … [Read more...] about Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea to Lindeman Lake Section