Off the beaten path adventures and musings.
It just keeps getting better! I had a spectacular day driving up on Mount Mac. Initially I was thinking: another mountain road...I've already driven two of them. This was well worth it. Apparently I managed to accidentally save the best for last during my time at Whitehorse. There are two roads up Mount Mac. The …
I've actually been back in BC for the last couple of nights. Atlin is an old little town on the shore of Atlin Lake, which is actually quite a large lake, at least for a lake in the mountains. It's also only accessible from Yukon, and it's pretty much at the end of the road. …
Yesterday I did something a little different. I rode the rails, Klondike style. My Jeep was in the shop getting the front axle seals replaced, so I was going to be without a vehicle for a chunk of time anyway. I arranged for a day trip down to Skagway, Alaska from Whitehorse. A portion of …
My off road adventures have continued on the epic road to Paddy Peak. This is exactly what I was looking for: a crazy road with crazy views. Technically this one is in BC, just a bit below the Yukon Border. The road gets serious quickly. For most, this is a hiking trail, but it is …
With this new chapter of the trip, things have changed a bit and it's a bit harder to put things together into cohesive blog entries, because everything is a bit less focused and more all over the place. This one is a bit longer, but it's full great stuff. I might as well start where …
Top of the World Highway is a very unique experience filled with grand views. The road runs from Dawson City to the Alaska border and it follows the heights of the hills instead of the valleys. It was originally constructed in the early 1900s to service mines in the area. At the time, it was …
I have been to the most wondrous place on earth! It was a difficult few days, but oh, the wonders I've seen! It was a sunny day in Dawson when I decided to head up the Dempster Highway. The forecast up north didn't look good, but I figured I might as well use the good …
The Dempster Highway has a reputation as a rough but epic journey to the Arctic. There's a lot of info about how remote and rough it is. From the junction with the Klondike Highway in Yukon, it is 730 km to Inuvik, NWT. The new highway to Tuktoyaktuk goes 149 km further, making the distance …
My second day on the Dempster was mind blowing. The scenes just got better and better. The fall colours were getting more vivid to the north, the scenic vistas were beyond imagination and there were so many more mountains than I would have thought. I started the day off still in the plains area beyond …
My last post left off at the Peel River ferry. I set out the next morning. I make a short stop in Fort McPherson to get fuel, then carried on. The road between Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic was uninteresting. Flat with lots of trees. As the road approached Tsiigehtchic, I was treated to a wonderful …
The Narrow Twisty Road 