S4 | EP 1 Snowmobile camping adventure in remote northern BC

It's winter in the Yukon and it's time for our first family snowmobile adventure camping trip of the season, this northern adventure we are going winter camping in the snow, in the midst of the Yukon/BC winter. Leaving from our home in the town of Atlin, located in the remote northwestern corner of British Columbia, on the border with the Yukon and Alaska. On this winter family camping trip, we are going snowmobile touring to connect multiple valleys that are inaccessible in the summer. We will snowmobile over peaks and through valleys. While we normally do our winter camping in wall tents / hot tent camping setups during our winter trips, we wanted to introduce our son Justin to cold camping in the snow, while at the same time trying out our new hilleberg Nallo 3gt tent. We are avid snowmobile tourers.
Watch more of our snowmobile touring adventures and winter camping trips here:
• S3 | EP5 Insane snow 😱...
We are bringing our dog in the Scooby-mobile on this snowmobile family touring trip and winter camping adventure.
Philippe rides a 2021 Skidoo Skandic SWT 900 ace and pulls a trailboggan toboggan. ‪@skidoo‬
Leandra rides a 2022 Skidoo Tundra LT 600 ace, and pull the Scooby mobile.
Our son Justin rides a 2003 Skandic 440 lt.
The sleeping bags we use for winter camping in the snow:
Philippe Helsport winter sleeping bag from the late 90's ‪@helsport1951‬
Leandra uses a Northface darkstar ‪@TheNorthFace‬
Justin MEC Talon -30 down sleeping bag
Our Tent we use for winter camping:
Hilleberg Nallo 3 gt @hilleberg
Sleeping pads MEC reactor 3.8
Dry bags - Scully dry bag from Mountain equipment coop Canada.
Dry bag - Slogg dry bag from Mountain equipment coop
In this video we show you the layers we wear to keep us warm during the cold winter camping trip.
Clothing we wear that keeps us warm in northern Canada:
Leandra
Thermal layers: Mountain Equipment Coop T3
Mountain hardwear fleece pants ‪@mountainhardwear‬
Columbia fleece sweater
Fjallraven expedition pack down hoodie ‪@fjallraven‬
Goretex gear Alpha ar jacket and pants by ‪@arcteryx‬
Philippe's how to layer for winter:
Thermal layers, Locally made and Swix
Down hoodie ‪@hellyhansen1877‬
Goretex gear Alpha AR jacket and pants by ‪@arcteryx‬
The three of us wear Darn tough socks ‪@darntoughvermont121‬
in our Bunny boots. We swear by these bunny boots for cold weather camping. No liners, and always warm.
safety gear:
We are always in very remote country, so we count on our ‪@GarminInt‬ in reach to communicate (we each have one).
Let us know if you want us to do a full episode on our safety gear. We were in charge of our local search and rescue team for many years.
Thank you for watching our videos.
Our Music: ‪@epidemicsound‬
Our Machines: #2022Skidoo #tundra 600 ace, 2021 SKidoo #Skandic SWT 900 ace, 2003 Skidoo Skandic 440 LT.
FAQ:
Our regular winter hot Tent setup: Montana Canvas 12x14 wall tent
Our cots: Coleman
Sleeping bags: The north Face, Mec, Helsport
Toboggans, Trailboggan, Brute, Pelican
Clothing: Fjallraven, Helly Hansen, Mec, The North Face, Vans.
Supported by Atlin Mountain Coffee Roasters :D
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We are the Brient family.
We live in Atlin, a remote community in northwestern BC on the Border with the Yukon.
During the week we operate a wood fired organic coffee roastery, at our off the grid property. On our weekends and days off, we go exploring the remote Yukon backcountry.
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[@morecowbell20]

Great start to another adventure! I could sure relate to being stuck on the unforeseen vertical slope. That was me a couple weeks ago, and getting out of that ordeal was about the same. Except I was alone and the sled was upside down, and my body is much older than my brain agrees with. All good now though. Funny how the brain turns a bad experience into an "adventure" to be remembered with fondness! I look forward to part two of your trip!

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks, yes, that flat light is terrible. Happy to hear you got it out. We have an upside down snowmobile in the next episode too. Indeed, those experiences make good stories to tell afterwards. Thanks for following!

[@vernsampson3584]

Once again great stuff! When the going gets tough, the tough grab their shovels! LOL Scooby seems to really thrive on these trips and your son is learning a lot of great skills through you. Looking forward to episode 2. Cheers from the grey drizzly wet coast.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for the kind words Vern! Yes, we are all in our element doing stuff outdoors, Scooby included!

[@valhallaawaits6889]

What a great family adventure.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks, we are in our element and at our best when doing this kind of stuff together as a family

[@glennpurchase807]

Very nice ride

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for following!

[@user-ed6pr8li4g]

Nice video !!!!!😊

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@kodiakyamaha8688]

Oh that looks like fun! Great video

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you, fun indeed!

[@gaetand7310]

Great trip👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks, it was a great trip indeed!

[@DempsterDave]

Thanks for the gear and layering info. It's close to what we used to do when I was an active SAR member in Alaska.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Dave, it changes when it’s colder, and as you see in the video I did add some big orange bib pants as it was colder in the pass. But yes, probably similar to what you were using indeed! You were doing SAR? That’s awesome! I am sure you have some good stories to tell. We were in charge of the Atlin search and rescue society and active members for many years, until a few years ago when our business and family needed more time from us.

[@keithswallow9147]

If you go on a snowmobile trip its better to bring a gun in case of wolves and a faster and lighter snowmobile and a ski doo skandic 600 is also good to use when you wanna go on a snowmbile trip and bring matches

[@upnorthyooper1196]

Have you ever tried those blue blocker glasses or a amber lens? I find they help a lot when driving in a snow storm. I think they would help in what you call flat light for picking out the horizon.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Great tip. Yes, Philippe recently got a pair of goggles with special low light lenses, he’s got them up in Resolute bay right now, putting them to the test there, and likely will test them on the flat light here, upon his return. Cheers! And thanks for watching 😊

[@stephanvallee5167]

Nice camera shot !!! Thank you for sharing ,

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! Happy to hear you liked it!

[@t.texasty]

You guys have some pretty awesome videos! Around 8 minutes or so was that Surprise Lake in the background?

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks, Yep! Well seen

[@dwaynefriedrick6326]

Thanks for sharing. Impressive. Looking at purchasing are own snowmobile and toboggan. Would you please provide some info on your equipment and the temperatures you experienced on this trip. Looks like a Expedition not sure if SWT. Others sleds are a Tundras? What length of recovery strap you recommend?

[@TheBrientFamily]

Hi Dwayne, we have a 2002 Skandic 440, a 2021 Skandic SWT 900 ace and a 2022 Tundra 600 ace. We love the snobunjee cobra for getting each other out, but a 12-16 ft braided rope or strap is always in our kit, on each snowmobile. On this trip it was about -10 C. We used the trailboggan toboggan which is a smaller boggan but manoeuvres very nicely. We also have a brute togobban which is great for hauling big loads, but is terrible to back up with.

[@dwaynefriedrick6326]

Thank you