The Yukon Territory is a wild and trail-less wilderness of incredible and stunning open mountain travel. The Yukon is a Land of Midnight Sun with long days to discover the region’s spectacular rivers and secluded mountain ranges.
Canoeing, hiking, self-reliance and outdoor competence are a way of life up here. Come and see mountains reaching skyward, caribou in their natural habitat, and untouched wilderness stretching for hundreds of miles. Nowhere else on the planet will you see such pristine wilderness and panoramic views of mountains and rivers. The area boasts a vast, uninterrupted ecosystem of tundra plateaus, boreal forest valleys and rushing mountain streams. This is a land of rivers, which molded the country and its people.
Skills Learned:
- Leadership and Teamwork
- Risk Management
- Team-building
- Problem solving
- Self-confidence
- Self-awareness
- Motivating others
- Competence
- Expedition Behavior
- Tolerance for adversity
- Communication
- Route-finding and navigation, including map and compass use
- Campsite selection
- Preparing nutritious cooked meals using a camp stove and fire Backcountry sanitation and waste disposal
- Ration planning
- Equipment care and selection
- Staying warm and dry
- Wilderness injury prevention and treatment
- Hazard evaluation
- Emergency procedures and rescue techniques
- River safety management, scouting rapids and rescue techniques
- Basic strokes, eddy turns, ferries and peel-outs
- River dynamics and water reading
- Water politics and river management
- Solo and tandem strokes, loading, lining and portaging