Leaving Whitehorse: Yukon Cycling Journal

By Dave Briggs · Published 2009-08-15 · Last updated 2026-07-18

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After taking a rest day in Whitehorse, it was time to hit the road and carry on cycling through Canada. The journey resumes!

Cycling out of Whitehorse in Canada

(Blog post written: Aug 15 2009)

I left Whitehorse pretty late for me at 11.00, as I knew I had a short but still tough little ride ahead to Marsh Lake Campground. There was a headwind for most of the way, and the roads were fiddly - up, down, in, out. Fiddly.

I made my target destination of Marsh Lake campground in good time, and set up camp. There wasn't any water available apart from the lake, but a warden stocking up the firewood let me fill my bottles from his container.

David cycled in and stopped for a bite to eat before he carried on for the day.

Because he is keen to do longer distances, (and I know how addictive that can be), it will possibly be the last time that I see him, but people who do trips like this have a habit of bumping into each other again, so who knows.

Campfire for the night

I had a campfire going for most of the afternoon and kept myself well fed, deciding that I had better eat some of the ridiculous amount of food I bought in Whitehorse as opposed to just carting it all around.

My star buy is a tub of hot chocolate, although it didn't mention on the tin that after four cups of it you start farting non stop for an hour.

Dave Briggs
Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.

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