The "Tit" Scramble

Distance: 11 km

Elevation: 1200 m

Time: 6.5 hrs

The majestic "tit" as seen from the approach ridge

Mt. Baldy Scramble

"Close to Calgary, close to the road, close to the ground"

- Alan Kane

 Distance: ~5 km
Elevation: 800 m
Time: 2 hrs 40 mins

Down climbing the crux of the scramble

Mt. Baldy is the peak across highway 40 from Barrier Lake which made it an easy half day escape from the city at the end of October. Not to be confused with Baldy Pass hike, Mt. Baldy is an actual scramble, much to the dismay of people commenting on trailpeak about how difficult this hike is. As far as scrambling goes, there are a few fun ridge sections with a bit of exposure and I feel that the moderate rating is appropriate. The majority of the scrambling is easy with a few short moderate sections.

Paddling the Yukon River - Whitehorse to Carmacks

Yukon River
Whitehorse to Carmacks by canoe
320 km - 6 days

Packing the canoe on the banks of the Yukon in Whitehorse

Whitehorse is the perfect staging area for a number of canoe trips through the Yukon Territory. Logistically, the easiest thing to do is to rent a canoe from one of the outfitters in town and put your boat right in the water to start your trip down the Yukon river! We rented a 20 foot (3 seater) canoe from Kanoe People in Whitehorse and only had to walk 20 meters to the bank of the river to get started. It doesn't get much easier than that! We booked the canoe a few weeks in advance and they were super friendly and flexible as we kept changing the number of days and number of canoes. We booked a shuttle through the same company so that we could get picked up at our end-point of Carmacks. We were able to time the pick up so that we shared the shuttle with another group which saved us 25% on the price. This gave us the most time on the river and saved us the headache of organizing our own drop offs and pick ups.