1014 August 17, 2023 The Wilderness City

It was chilly and rainy and raw this morning.  I tried to walk in the campground and I lasted only a short time after the spitting rain started.

The other day at the Beringia Museum, I picked up “A Guide to Our Natural Areas – Wildlife in Whitehorse.”  Today we decided to follow the map and explore some of the trails just outside the city.  We packed lunch and away we went.

We drove to Hidden Lakes.  Many of the surrounding lakes are kettle lakes.  These lakes were the result of depressions left by glaciers, the melting ice then filled the depressions and lovely lakes were left behind.

We traveled to Chadburn Lake.  There were lots of places to get out and look around.  There were also lots of hiking trails.  It continued to be damp and nasty.  It was 43 degrees at lunchtime.  We declined the hiking opportunities.

We took the road to Grey Mountain.  It started as a paved road and then a nicely maintained gravel road and then the fun part was 3 miles of rough and bumpy.   The ride was incredible even on this gloomy day! 

We took the road to the end where it stopped at the cell phone and communication towers at the summit at an elevation of 4,250 feet.

The views of the Yukon River Valley were expansive.

We got back to RV just before the soaking rain began.

We had a quiet afternoon.  At 5pm the rain had stopped.  We drove downtown to the Fireweed Community Market.  There were all kinds of food and produce and craft vendors.  We found some orange zest sourdough bread, a small loaf of Danish rye, fresh greens, and some peach melba jam.

The Shipyards Park has an amazing playground…two boys I know would love it here!

We purchased California chicken sandwiches from a food truck.

We got some veggie and elk empanadas for dinner tomorrow.  I love a good market!

On our way through Whitehorse, we stopped to look at the progress at the hotel building site.  They placed some of the rebar today.

We had a great day in spite of the weather!