Jean and I just got home yesterday from a wonderful trip to Whitehorse. We went up for a week but I spent 2 1/2 days of that hiking the Chilkoot with Fred. The 53km Chilkoot Trail winds through the Coast Mountains, starting in Dyea, Alaska and finishing in Bennett, BC. During the Klondike Gold Rush, the trail was a major traffic route: prospectors would climb over the pass (multiple times in order to transport all their goods), build boats and float north down the Yukon River (accessible from Lake Bennett) to Dawson City. This was no mean feat and plenty of gold rushers died or turned back because of the harsh conditions. Today, the trail is a National Historic Sight and it boasts some amazing scenery. It starts out in coastal rain forest, climbs upward (about 3000 feet) into alpine terrain and ends up in boreal forest so the views and the vegetation are always changing. Of course, our experience was made even better by perfect weather and by overtaking all the groups of hikers who left camp before us. Not that we're proud or anything...
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Wow...very impressed by the scenery and your hiking skills! All the best for the thesis defence Wed.
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