Our flight was scheduled at 3:30, so there was still some time to kill. After a breakfast in a nice restaurant called “The Potato” we took the shuttle to get…
Sharatin Mountain Hike
Jerry, our pilot during the bear viewing in Katmai NP, recommended us a hike up Sharatin Mountain. The hike would start at a creek near an end of one of…
Glacier Helicopter Trekking
We only stayed in Skagway for one night (although someone of us would have loved to spend some time in the numerous gems and jewellery stores). But next early morning,…
Yukon Route & White Pass Railroad to Skagway, Alaska!
Today we left Whitehorse to get to Skagway, Alaska – by train! The scenic train route between Carcross and Skagway was reopened 1988 just for tourism. Originally, it was built…
Whitehorse on a horse
As we had some time left in Whitehorse, we decided to do some horseback riding. We found a nice place called Sky High Wilderness Ranch as a base for doing…
Squamish River Rafting
For our next day we decided to keep adrenaline levels high: River rafting! We left in the morning as a small group of just 8 people! After 1 hour of…
Whistler Sports Mecca
Whistler is famous for as an all-year sports-mecca. As it is on our route south, it was a no-brainer to stop here. Originating in the 80ies and built on the…
Maligne Canyon and Miette Hotsprings
On our second day at Jasper, we headed towards Maligne Canyon, a creek carved stunningly deep into limestone. Furthermore, it starts as a small creek but grows fast in volume…
Sunny Jasper National Park
Finally arrived in Jasper! And luck is on our side – the weather turned nice! First we checked out Honeymoon Lake and Sunwapta Falls: Next was Athabasca Falls. On our…
Banff – Lake Paradise
Yesterday we tried to get most out of the nice weather. It seems like conditions are getting worse the next couple of days 🙁 . We enjoyed our day checking…