RubiKon: Yukon Quest '09

The Klondike Highway and an Awesome Hike!

Our camp on the tide flats near Dyea

We took a quick tour of the slide cemetery. For some reason the cemetary reminded GirzzLee that he should call folks at "Work" to see how things were going. Enough about that....
We had to stop and get a picture of the Chilkoot Trail head sign. Yukon Johann wants to go again.

We left Skagway and all the tourists behind to go find a hike. Again, Our buddy Shawn pointed us to an awesome hike off the Klondike near International Falls. The peak we were heading for was called Feather Peak.

Let us tell you friends, there was not a cloud in the sky. In fact as we write this, there still isn't a cloud to be found.

The falls are wonderful. There were many of them.

As we got higher, the views in the meadows and the reflecting ponds were enough to bring us to our knees.

Did we mention the great weather!

We saw some interesting rocks, like this metamorphic wonder.

The reflection ponds were all over the place.

At the end of the big bowl we slipped through a narrow slot.

Behind GrizzLee, in the valley below, lies the Chilkoot trail. We were about 2000 feet above it.

The views.... ah the views.

The glaciers hadn't been gone that long as we found erratic boulders lying all over the place. This one was perched upon another smaller rock. And no, we didn't stage this. In fact the rock is bigger than it looks and is actually bonded to each other through lichens.

All in all a great day. We met a local on the tundra who told us to be careful as there was a dead moose nearby. We never found the moose and it was probably better that we didn't.

That evening we pulled into Tutshi Lake and reflected on our day. This hike was, without a doubt, one of the best hikes we've ever done. We took well over 200 pictures.

The glacial views, the tundra and the weather made for an incredible sight. Thanks for the recommendation Shawn! We owe you a beer or two.. maybe a six pack!

We now begin our journey home. It will be sad to leave the Yukon once again. We vow to return again and again and again.

Stay tuned for more adventure as we head down the AlCan Highway.