Ethan here. I’ve been back in Massachusetts for a while now and apologize for taking so long to post anything on my Yukon adventures. I flew into Whitehorse on midnight of August 12, met up with my brother and spent the next day packing, enjoying a little backyard BBQ, and playing Settler’s of Catan. On the 14th we drove up the Klondike highway to the Dempster highway and the north end of the Tombstones Territorial park. We set up camp near the highway at dusk in a downpour (a sign of things to come) and the next day hiked into Lomond lake. The next 14 days we paddled our way downstream following Lomond Creek to the West Hart, to the Hart, to the Peel to Fort McPherson. 2 rides and 3 days of hitching got us back to our car with just enough time for an overnight to Grizzly lake in the Tombstones. One more night in Whitehorse and then a long red eye and my summer travels (and my summer) were over.
Highlights: navigating the narrow willow lined creek our first day on Lomond (fun at times a drag at others); running nice rapids lower on the Lomond and on the Hart; floating past and occasionally hiking through beautiful mountains;catching and eating Greyling; getting a couple great rides on our hitch hike back to the car; Seth’s singing; and 6 hours of sun on day 9.
Low points: rain, rain, rain, long, slow lake peel, Seth’s singing, and waiting for those rides.
There’s a lot of photos so I’ve included just a few highlights here and put the rest on Flickr.
