Modern Gold Rush (2015) with Antoine G., Peter H. & CO
From the famous Dempster Highway to Keno City in Canada, we snowshoed through the Yukon during winter, for almost 3 months. Just picture that ! Over 500 km of (yet) untouched wilderness along the Arctic Circle : a vast expanse of taiga and tundra unrolled over the Ogilvie and MacKenzie Mountains, with its lakes and rivers ; home to caribou heards, wolf packs, moose, lynx, grizzlies and eagles ; first nations ; old trappers and gold miners ; after the pioneers and explorers of the famous Klondike ! Panting, puffing, smilling or swearing, pulling our gear and supplies over sleds, we tried our hands at the symphony of those enchanted valleys, echoing the peaceful "crunch crunch" of our steps in the snow.
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> Getting ready for it ...
07/01/2015
Bivouac : test n°1 |
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FOOD ! What ? How ?
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Gilles D. & Antoine G.
24/01/2015
Off we go ! |
22/03/2015
Back to civilization |
01/04/2015
A bitter realization 27/05/2015
Petites joies, grande solitude |
27/04/2015
Vie en cabane 02/06/2015
It's easy with the right conditions ! |
> Pictures (trip 2)
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Itinerary
This expedition was made of two successive trips. TRIP 1 being the main one with Antoine Gérard, for 2 months in full autonomy ; TRIP 2 a shorter side-trip with group- and solo- experiences.
TRIP 1 : Dempster Highway to Hart River and back to the Dempster
TRIP 2 : Keno City to the Beaver River
TRIP 1 : Dempster Highway to Hart River and back to the Dempster
- Antoine & Gilles
- 57 days in the dead of winter : from the 24th of January to 21st of March 2015
- Total distance : about 220 km
- Real physically travelled distance with sleds : near 300 km (since we sometimes had to travel a geographical distance thrice in order to bring both of our heavy sleds...)
- 2 weeks' experience each of solitary stays in cabins along the Hart River
- Almost 3 weeks with temperatures in between -35 and -55°C, followed by 2 weeks of grey sky and heavy snow, then 3 weeks of blue sky and sunny days
TRIP 2 : Keno City to the Beaver River
- 16 days
- Peter, Nick, Jeff, Gabrielle, Rob, Christina, Cyd & Gilles : 6 days along the Wind River Trail and to Kathleen Lake
- Gilles : 10 days solo up the Rackla River valley into the headwaters of the Wind River and back down on the Wind River Trail
- Total travelled distance : 176,6 km (about 90 km with yukon crew and 80 km solo)
- 14 days on the trail
- Mix of sun, clouds & snow. Fresh nights (-10 to -25°C) but mostly nice and warm during the long spring days :-)