The days have been long (approx 20 hours of light) and full during our visit to Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

Yurts rock! Boreal Mountain Biking’s Headquarters (Yurtville).

Josh, the cinematographer/editors from The Ride Guide setting up for a shot beside a caribou antler. We’re on a mountain above Carcross, about one hour south of Whitehorse. This ride was called Mountain Hero; it is historic because it follows the path of the old miners that built a wooden tram line over century ago. Check the image below.

Our host and guide Sylvain pushing up to the top of Grey Mountain for a trail called Money Shot and Easy Money. That’s the Yukon river in the distance.

Today we’re hitting the town getting some scenic and lifestyle shots, some yoga in the park shots, farmers market shots, bike shop shots, and then we’re going to hit the trails for some evening sun.

Yesterday marked the kick off of a week of riding in Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory in Canada. With the anticipation of sunny skies and 30 + degree weather, the excitement is high.

Day one went quickly, it was only half a day, but it was full. We were greeted at the airport by local owner of Boreale Mountain biking, Marsha Cameron (the other owner Sylvain Turcotte was on a ride) and met Josh from The Ride Guide TV show and raced off to drop our gear at Yurtville, the base camp of their riding operation (more about the glory of modern yurts later). I had to build my trials bike quickly and get to the local Canada Games centre to set up for a trials show.

Arranging random riding obstacles in a trialsy way is always fun and challenging. I spend about 2 hours doing so until the local rippers and bike enthusiasts starting showing up for an evening of mountain biking. Local ripper, Kate White, member of Contagious bike club, rallied the troops and got them pumped about a helmet campaign called Bike your Brains Out, and then handed it over to me. I did a thirty minute show and after, while they watched some segments from Crux, the obstacles were re-arranged for an open riding session/pizza party/helmet give-away. Helmets are perfect for signing, and since they gave away 60+ helmets, I was kept busy and didn’t get to do too much extra riding, but it was so great just getting to meet all the locals, the best part of my job. 

For photos, check out Dustan’s offering on Norco’s Flickr site.

So much momentum in the mountain bike world in the Yukon. I’ll share more soon! I gotta get my Fluid LT built up so we can go film. 

Happy Days,

Ryan