The Town and Mountain Hotel
Travel Blogs from Whitehorse
Grey Mountain - erster Versuch
... und bin noch bis zum Ende der Straße bergauf gestapft. Aber es war alles fragwürdig... der Wind war so heftig, dass es selbst auf den wenigen Quadratzentimetern in meinem Gesicht, die freilagen, einfach nur tierisch geschmerzt hat. Den eigentlichen Weg zum Gipfel konnte ich dann vor lauter Wind und Schneewehen auch nicht mehr finden und an der Stelle bin ich dann lieber umgedreht. War dann also nichts. Der Gipfel lag ...
Erste Eindrücke von Whitehorse
... einschlafen - bin mal wieder/immer noch voll erledigt. Morgen werde ich mit Luke nach Dawson City fahren. Irgendwie hatte das gepasst, das er auch dahin wollte und so können wir uns Sprit und ein Doppelzimmer teilen. Und die über 500 km lange Tour wird auch nicht so ungesprächig... also mal schauen, das Wetter soll ja gar nicht mal schlecht sein...
Bis morgen dann aus Dawson (man bin ich aufgeregt - ich in DER Goldgräberstadt!!! Cool!!!)
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Onward to Whitehorse....
... rain, we decided to take pour lunch at another spot near the rapids but under cover. Our lunch spot was very pretty and we were able to walk down to a small boat ramp to view the river and the scenery therein.
After lunch, we did go up to the viewpoint to see the Five Finger Rapids, which were very pretty, but certainly would be treacherous for the sternwheelers of days past.
Travelling ...
Close to Dawson City (Moosehide Gathering)
... etc.).
Travel from Stewart, BC to Watson Lake, YT was a long driving day. The last time we did this most of the road was unpaved, rainy and muddy, and had given us our first flat tire. This time most of the road was paved and much smoother running. Not too many pictures - same old thing - forests, rivers, lakes and mountains. We did, at one ...
Happy Canada Day!
... is located today. The cycle of of laying eggs, hatching and growing in glacier-fed waters continued for several years uninterrupted until the late 1950s, when the Northern Canada Power Commission built the Whitehorse Rapids Hydroelectric Facility (the dam) to meet the electricity needs of the growing community. The Fishway was built in 1959 to help the ancient migration of the salmon run to continue. In 1983-84, the Fish Hatchery and a salmon transplant program were started as a ...
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- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking