Kusawa Lake lies about 60km West of Whitehorse and is about 75 km long as it twists and turns through the huge glaciated valleys. In some respects it reminded me of Kootenay Lake but on this Canada day weekend we probably saw only about 15 people out on the lake. Mind you, thanks to Paul Christensen -http://yukonfrolics.blogspot.com, we were travelling in style in a 22 ft welded aluminum shallow draft jet boat with 150HP two stroke Merc on the back. We got to the remote parts of the lake pretty quickly.
Paul led us on two fantastic hikes – simply run the boat up on the beach and start hiking. A couple of thousand feet on the first day got us warmed up for 4200 ft of splendor on day two. On each evening we camped on stunning sandy beaches with not a tourist in sight. Clean water, clean air, incredible views, midnight sun (or at least 10:55) and great companions. I’m pretty damn lucky to see the Yukon like this!
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| Paul's cool boat. |
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| Starting a short hike. |
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| Kusawa Lake - a real beauty |
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| Sheep |
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| The dual soft finned arctic dolphin- rogerus maximus |
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| Oooh that's refreshing! |
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| Our route |
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| Nice Camp |
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| The view from camp |
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| West is that way! |
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| Gotta have a little bushwhack! |
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| Paul - "the Kid" |
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| Arc Mountain |
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| Ptarmigan |
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| Ice patch on top |
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| Down the other side. |
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| Rocky top |
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| 10:55 sunset |
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| Lot`s of empty beaches. |
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| Storm moving in. |
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| On the way home. |
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