GET BACK TO NATURE

The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in traditional territory includes Tombstone Territorial Park, a spectacular protected area about 100 kilometres northeast of Dawson City. Its name in the Hän language means “Ragged Mountain Land.”

I hike between Talus Lake and Divide Lake in Tombstone’s subarctic heart, and see the vertical rock walls that rise up 350 metres and are the park’s namesake (they look like grave markers). The valley floor is punctuated by thaw lakes created by melting permafrost, and a carpet of dwarf birch that turns a brilliant red in autumn, which arrives early this far north. The park is accessible in winter for snowshoeing with The Klondike Experience.