Day 22

Day 22 - Dawson City, YT to
Whitehorse, YT
Miles today - 354 miles
Total miles - 7407 miles

We left Dawson City today and headed back to Whitehorse.
Right before we got to Carmacks, we stopped at the Five Fingers Rapids. It was named by the early miners for the 5 channels ,or fingers formed by the rock pillars. We hiked down to the bottom to get a better look at the rapids.













The Five Fingers were considered to be a navigational hazard when the gold seekers were coming up the river. The safest passage was through the nearest or east passage.

A self portrait on the trail!

Behind Chris you can see the river and the "Five Fingers."

In order to get to the bottom to get a better look at the rapids, you had to go down 219 steps and take a 0.6 mile hike. Going down isn't too bad - it's going back up that wasn't too easy. Of course, doing it in motorcycle boots and pants made it a bit more challenging as well!