Glad I scheduled some time for YK, but 2 days is enough time to see most of it. The local book store had a wall of nothing but arctic and canoe tripping stuff I'd not seen before.

ST, I bought a back up battery. Probably should get an extra memory card too. OTB's were perfect. Used a 2mm NRS wetsock and a NRS Hydroskin liner. There was still some ice floating down the river with us. Solid footing. Slightly tight kneeling in the bow and getting the boots under the seat. But still OK enough to feel safe if I needed to do a wet exit.

Check out outfitters; Black Feather, Wanapitei, and Nahanni River Adventures. I got a list of rivers from the other trippers I need to do. Mountain, Bonnet Plume, Nahanni, etc.

First couple days on the Baillie we were running ~25 sets a day, CII & a couple CIII. All scouted from the boats on the fly, except one CIV. You could see the river falling away. 8 kph with just the current. Decked  canoes, a couple Old Town Discos, knee pads, but no thigh straps. Decks worked great. You could pull the skirt up or down like a wind breaker as the weather changed.

About 8k for a turbo-beaver, arctic west?? airlines. We needed to stop twice coming back from Hawk Rapids to refuel. Pilot took off from YK at ~ 6 AM and we were back in YK ~ 6 PM. Pilot was cool. Picked us up below Hawk Rapids and flew low through the canyon on the way out. He was having as much fun as we were. Fuel stops are wherever they leave some 55 gal drums. Used a diamond mine for one stop.

I went with Wanapitei. I don't think these outfitters make much on these trips. $$'s add up fast.

I'm been trying to get some pics posted, so I'll try again.
Spent a few days in YK walking around. Lots of shacks in old town, here's a great place to eat.

Here's the view from on top of old town looking to the new town section.

That's a trashed plane next to the storage container.

Back in the air we begin to see the end of trees.

In the air we see Artillery Lake is still frozen up.