S4 | EP2 We had to emergency start the skidoo,😱 in the middle of nowhere - Winter camping in Canada

We had to #emergency start the #skidoo, and we rolled another one over, at least once. Join us on part two of our multi day snowmobile winter camping adventure in Atlin BC, Canada.
If you haven't already seen part 1, you can find it here: • S4 | EP 1 Snowmobile c...
In today's video we Wake up in the middle of nowhere, pack up camp and heat out to continue our cross country snowmobile camping trip. We start by having to cross the O'donnel river, as Philippe crosses the river with his snowmobile the ice breaks. Justin loses his confidence and asks his dad to cross the river with his snowmachine instead. No problem for Leandra, and not for Scooby the dog either!
Justin's starter rope is frayed to the point of almost breaking, so instead of starting the snowmobile normally, we have to emergency start the snowmobile using a string.
We then connect with a network of historic mining roads as the snow starts falling heavily. We cross Wilson creek, and take a right to connect back to yet another network of trails that can bring us toward Spruce creek and ultimately back home.
The trails have not been visited yet, so Philippe is breaking the trail with his Skandic Superwide Skidoo, that's made for work like this. He leaves the trailboggan toboggan behind, and breaks the trail for a while, comes back, and then we all go together as a family.
We camp somewhere among the spruce and subalpine fur, and wake to a beautiful sunrise in the remote BC backcountry. After some repairs in the morning, we make our way across the pass and back to our home.
We are 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. 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:
• Northern BC and Y...
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
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).
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.
Join us for family uncommon adventure trips that take us deep into the Yukon and BC wildernesss.
We hope you’ll be inspired to take the road less travelled!
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For resources and trip inspiration visit our website www.thebrientfamily.com
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[@victorbrient6195]

great new video from the number one family in adventure and exploration☕

[@marcplaisted460]

Family Adventure! 🤠👍🏻

[@TheBrientFamily]

The best of its kind!

[@DempsterDave]

Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for your support Dave!! We appreciate it

[@morecowbell20]

Beautiful country, great adventure! That uphill overturned sled indeed brought back memories. Thanks for the great video!!

[@TheBrientFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, yes, always a good time getting unstuck

[@solobushman]

Great adventure, one problem I see is that I'm not with you guys. Lol. That country you are traveling in looking exactly like my hometown country. Scandic ,900 ace,20 x 154 track is the best I ever had for breaking trail in powder snow. Stay safe out there and thanks for the video.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Trapper 62, it is beautiful country indeed. Where is your hometown country? Yes, the Skandics are amazing for this kind of stuff!

[@solobushman]

@@TheBrientFamily. West coast of Newfoundland, canada. I should have been a little more clear about the world "country ". When we talk about going in the country ,it referring to the back country of our area. But I'm watching your videos from Alberta. Stay safe.

[@TheBrientFamily]

@@solobushman Snowmobiling in Newfoundland would be awesome too. The closest we got to there is when we went to Iqaluit once, and camped there in the winter, it was -50 with a windchill, it was cold and quite an experience to keep the tent warm with a gas stove. We are so happy to have trees here to make a fire to keep warm! Thanks so much for watching 😊