River Rising - 14 days in the Remote Yukon Wilderness on the Snake River

Come along with us on the Snake River in the remote Peel Watershed in Northern Yukon Territory Canada. We paddle 300km over 14 days where we get into some fun whitewater, wildlife, fishing, and hiking in the rugged Mackenzie Mountains.
Outfitting and trip logistics: Up North Adventures
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Canoes: Esquif Canoes
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Map drawing credit: Tori Drost
Resources:
Wild Rivers of the Yukon's Peel Watershed, A Traveller's Guide by Juri Peepre and Sarah Locke
Can be purchased in Whitehorse at Up North Adventures

[@freelanceminddrift]

Priceless. These are my ancestors Homelands. People of the Land and Water. 🛶 Your video brings great awareness to these sacred lands and sacred waters. We must Save the Peal River water ways. And preserve this ancient way of life. Gwich'in Nation Proud. Thx for sharing with us 🙂

[@tailwindsnorth]

We spent quite a few evenings by the on the trip reading the history of this area. It is a very special place. Thanks for watching.

[@EzeAdventurer]

“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” - James Russell Lowell Well done team! Caribou and Lynx wow!

[@davidhindy]

Good to see the adventure tubers supporting one another. Love ur video's EZE

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for checking this one out. Still need to watch your video from Wabakimi.

[@EzeAdventurer]

@@tailwindsnorth No rush! Enjoy!

[@EzeAdventurer]

@@davidhindy Thanks my man!

[@michaelbroyer3918]

@@davidhindy his videos are excellent.

[@ericpassiniemi3194]

What a great experience in Canadian wilderness and nice team work.

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for watching!

[@tammyjarvis3699]

I watched Xander’s video of this trip also and really enjoyed it . Almost didn’t watch this because I had just watched that but this was completely different so I enjoyed it too .

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for watching. I enjoyed watching his run too. Going solo would be quite a bit of a different experience.

[@jimhanson7476]

Stunning stunning stunning…….. great canoe save guys, so well done, had to have been a great time together with amazing friends..

[@GraylingOutdoors]

I just watched Zander Budnick do the exact trip solo. I like your coverage - good job, most enjoyable 😊

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelbroyer3918]

I paused at 45:12 because the Dall Sheep video is some of the best video I have ever seen. Just extraordinary! Kudos to your group.

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks, it was a very cool experience paddling by that herd.

[@Suluk46]

Nicely done all of you. Just subscribed. See you out there.

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jitomiller5092]

Just found your channel and loved this video, look forward to going back and watching your other ones.

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed this one!

[@beautyofthebackcountry]

We watched this from front to back in one sitting - fabulous trip, guys! The camera work is lovely and you got some breathtaking shots. Loved how you shook off the first soaking and blasted through the rest of the river like champs. Well done - you continue to push us to book our own trip to the mighty Yukon Territory!

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks! The spill definitely shook our confidence but no choice but to keep paddling! We saw you guys did some whitewater recently too. Lots of time to get a Yukon trip lined up for next season !

[@bonpecheur4565]

Third channel doing a trip to this river in Yukon recently ! Looks popular among youtubers, I'll be watching it tonight , thanks!

[@tailwindsnorth]

@@bonpecheur4565 ya it seems like it. We had been planning this one for a long time. Didn’t see anybody out there except for the last day! Thanks for watching!

[@davidhindy]

I know of this one, Xander video, what's the other one I'd like to watch after this one

[@bonpecheur4565]

@@davidhindy the channel is " Wilderness canuck " , look the most recent video, first part of the trip , arriving at Duo lake

[@-Ncrypt]

Jim Baird has a few trip videos down the Peele watershed too. Love those

[@nb_moto_foodie]

Wonderful!! So beautiful. Couldn’t agree more about protecting the wild that is left. Well done!

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks Justin!

[@kentorlando8676]

Great edit and I enjoyed your drone footage and camera angles especially. I’ve always been nervous about making my videos longer than 15 mins or so because I figured people wouldn’t watch it all but I’ve been wanting to do a longer more documentary style video for my northern trips. Maybe next time. We paddled the Bonnet Plume last summer and when we passed the Snake confluence, it was 1/3 of the volume you guys had. Everytime I hear of people’s Snake River trip, they complain of low water. Goes to show annual variability up there. Cheers and good luck on future trips.

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks! Lots of people seem to enjoy the longer more detailed videos. It’s a challenge keeping things charged up and running in the varied weather on those trips and the editing time is significant. We saw some videos of some folks that did the snake only a few days after us and the conditions changed considerably. On the plus side we weren’t running into shallow boulder gardens on this run. Thanks for watching. We have seen quite a few of your videos before while researching potential future trips. Great job!

[@davidhindy]

U earned my subscription today...as Dan Hurd would say

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@garymoore3446]

Epic

[@CanadianSledDog]

To answer the most important question, Fern Gully is the best 90s action movie. No! The Secret of Nimh.

[@TheManofthefish]

Loved your snake river video. Am hoping to do soon could you share a good resource of maps and river guides or any other info on this route. Thanks

[@tailwindsnorth]

Thanks for watching. We recommend getting a copy of Wild Rivers of the Yukon's Peel Watershed by Juri Peepre & Sarah Locke. It gives a good description of the sections of river and points of interest. We used that and added points of interest to CalTopo maps.

[@douglasbussard3459]

Why doesn’t anyone talk about the beautiful planes they are flying on ? Fantastic otters. Along with the beaver best bush planes ever made.

[@tailwindsnorth]

They really are beautiful planes! Thanks for watching.

[@douglasbussard3459]

Great video. Doesn’t look like you’re starving. 😂

[@davidhindy]

Why doesnt any of the you tubers that do this kinda of trips wver bring a gold pan. I personally think it would make for good content

[@tailwindsnorth]

I think I’ve seen a few videos of people panning on canoe trips like Jim Baird but I think there’s certain rules about where you can pan recreationally.