Good thing we didn't meet any oncoming traffic!

We went into downtown Whitehorse on Friday morning, filled up the fuel tank, and emptied the holding tanks. Also did some stocking up at both the grocery store and the liquor store, There aren't many services along the Cassiar Highway so we wanted to be prepared.

Then, we headed back down the highway that takes you to Skagway, Alaska. Only as far as Carcross though! I had read about a fantastic hike in the area, and we wanted to have a better look at the town as well.

When we got to the town, if you're heading south the first thing you see is the brand new Tagish Tlingit First Nation Learning Center.

It's a beautiful building.

Lots of totem poles.

And a bit of interesting art in the lobby.

But other than that, there's not really a lot to see there. Still, it's worth a quick stop.

We stopped in at the Carcross visitors center and picked up a walking tour map.

That's Nares Mountain. We will be climbing that this morning!

Carcross is a busy enough little town.

Tourist buildings for the cruise ship passengers.

The cruise ships that come into Skagway, Alaska send many of their passengers on the railroad that runs from Skagway to Carcross. So, the town of Carcross has a lot of tourists visiting whenever the train arrives between May and October.

Carcross train station.

The oldest continuously operating general store in the Yukon.

Shoplifters will be shot!

The beach at Bennett Lake.

The railway bridge entering Carcross.

Lots of wildflowers.

Carcross also has Canada's oldest continuously operating post office.

It has been in this building since 1905!

Carcross scenery.

Kevin, with the smallest cabin in the Yukon!

Arnulf “Arne” Ormen was a woodcutter, of Scandinavian descent, who lived at 12 Mile on the Tagish Road from the 1940s to the 1960s. He would ski into Carcross in the winter and bicycle in the summer to get his supplies and to visit the beer parlour. As Arne grew older he thought he should live in Carcross and so he built a little cabin where he claimed he could do what he always wanted to light his fire without getting out of bed. He was a very tall man and could not stand up straight in his cabin, only in the outhouse. Unfortunately, Arne didn’t live for very long after his tiny cabin was built.

The Catholic Church.

We decided to go to the trailhead for the Nares Mountain hike, and see if we could park there overnight. We had actually asked at the visitors center, and the lady there thought it wouldn't be a problem. She even produced a photo showing the parking area so that I could be sure there would be enough room to get Sherman turned around.

We got past the residential area, and as soon as we were on the single track road we saw a momma black bear with her two cubs. Didn't manage to get a photo of the cubs, but we did see them climb a tree. Then, mom starting running off and we got a quick shot of her. The cubs were soon right behind her.

Mom, running into the woods.

We drove about 2 kms (1.3 miles) on this road. 

Good thing we didn't meet any oncoming traffic!

The trailhead parking was pretty tight! We squeezed out of the way enough that a couple of more vehicles could fit in if anybody else shows up to do some hiking.

Sherman, parked at GPS 60.166292, -134.649021

It's about a 5 hour hike, so we're going to get an early start, and then do some driving this afternoon!

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