Yukon Gloaming
Evening light dances at the edge of a deepening cloud bank near the terminus of the Donjek Glacier, Kluane National Park, Yukon.
To reach this point at day’s end and suppertime, we passed the waking hours navigating miles of undulating hilly moraine like that visible here in the foreground. Everywhere the golden Balsam Poplar, the yellow-leafed Willow, and the red flame of Dwarf Birch daubed the landscape with color amongst more staid evergreen patches of Black Spruce. While there is no trail through this wild place, we found the walking pleasant, and it was not too difficult to pick out a suitable route through the copses of trees and low shrubs. There were also frequent and obvious signs of Grizzly Bear, though as of this point in the journey we had yet to cross paths with one.
Yukon Gloaming
Evening light dances at the edge of a deepening cloud bank near the terminus of the Donjek Glacier, Kluane National Park, Yukon.
To reach this point at day’s end and suppertime, we passed the waking hours navigating miles of undulating hilly moraine like that visible here in the foreground. Everywhere the golden Balsam Poplar, the yellow-leafed Willow, and the red flame of Dwarf Birch daubed the landscape with color amongst more staid evergreen patches of Black Spruce. While there is no trail through this wild place, we found the walking pleasant, and it was not too difficult to pick out a suitable route through the copses of trees and low shrubs. There were also frequent and obvious signs of Grizzly Bear, though as of this point in the journey we had yet to cross paths with one.