S4 Ep6 This is how it ended. 935km Family Snowmobile expedition in remote Yukon, Canada.

S4 Ep5 This is the end. 935km Family Snowmobile expedition in remote northern Canada.
This is episode 3 of our 3 part documentary about our family snowmobile expedition, with our dog! From Atlin BC to Dawson City by snowmobile.
To watch part 1 and 2 of this episode, click here
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We start todays part of our family snowmobile expedition in the forests by McCabe creek, we ended here on our last episode, having to cross open water with our snowmobiles.
The trail is easy going with some trees to cut. It's late by the time we find a place to camp.
Time for this family to take the ice out of our snowmobiles, cut some firewood, set up our Montana canvas wall tent, our camping cots, and all the other chores that come with hot tent winter camping.
In the morning we wake up to an amazing sunrise. We make our way toward Pelly crossing. In Pelly crossing, we gas up with enough gas to last us till Dawson city, because the next part of our snowmobile expedition is going to be remote and there will be no more villages until we reach Dawson city.
We had hoped to buy some teats at the store but when we showed up at the Pelly crossing gas station the store was closed. The locals mentioned they were short staff. But to our luck, the store opened just as we finished gassing up our snowmobiles, so we could pop in for a treat and a special drink.
During this expedition The temperatures have been steadily warming up.
In Pelly farm we meet Dale who explains us the route to Scroggie Creek. He warns us for spring glaciers en route. We are surprised how wide the forestry road is and when we come to our first spring glacier, leandra takes it too high and falls in to the water.
What is a spring glacier? A spring glacier is A Yukon/Northern phenomenon.
In the winter, even with temps down to the -40's, valleys and hillsides drain water. This trickle of water freezes over, and continues to do so all winter/spring, creating a thick sheet of ice, at a 30 degree angle. The spring glacier continues growing in thickness and builds something resembling a retaining wall over time. Behind this retaining wall is retained water, so it almost works like a dam. Spring glaciers can be small or large. A couple of the ones we encounter are large.
Leandra takes one of the spring glaciers too high and falls through the ice, into the dammed water. It's cold and it's hard to get the snowmobile back up and out of the water. From then on we are careful with the other spring glaciers. We don't want to go swimming too often.
We are grateful for our bunny boots that are the best arctic winter boots. They have no liners, so when you fall into the water, yes, your boots fill with water, but the heat of your own foot warms this water up and keeps your foot warm. We are going to be doing a review of these boots in a next video, so stay tuned.
The next day we come to Scroggie creek and the Stewart river. An important checkpoint of the Yukon Quest and an important part in our snowmobile expedition, because once we cross the river here, we are closer to dawson city than we are to pelly farm, and that means that from here on our egress in case of whatever, will be to Dawson city. The temperatures are warm and we are a bit nervous to snowmobile the frozen stewart river, but only a bit of minor overflow and we make it through. We arrive to the Dawson city gold fields and are very excited.
The last day we face the last obstacle of this family snowmobile expedition. The Black hills. We start by the switchbacks and then have so much wind drift that we drop our toboggans and break the trail ahead for a few km. we do this a few times until we come to a more protected area of the hill and the snow is soft. We get to a plowed road, as one of the Dawson city gold mines is getting ready for their gold mining season. Thankfully it's only plowed for a few kilometers and at King Solomon dome we have great conditions. Also the sun pokes out so we can enjoy the views of the Black hills. Once we arrive to the Historic dredge #4 we know we can make it all the way to Dawson City.
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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[@TheBrientFamily]

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[@danlevecque7203]

WOW! You are hardcore my hats off to all of you.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! 😊

[@drue6360]

Do you know how impactful this will be on your kid as he grows up? I’m 40 now and only in the last few years have I looked back on memories with my parents that, at the time, I wasn’t happy about having to be a part of. Now I realize how gd lucky I am to have parents that taught us well and took us out and made memories. You can really see that this is lacking in society right now, your son is lucky to have you guys.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Awe thanks 😊 . It’s true, often it’s the adventures we did, that we end up remembering, and not the day to day stuff. I will read your comment to Justin. Cheers and thanks for watching! Leandra

[@mesang26]

thanks for visiting Dawson City

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you, we will be back! 😀

[@dekr3415]

You guys are awesome. Great video and great adventure I long to do

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for watching! 🙌

[@westernsoutherner1]

Epic- I do snowmobile camping but nothing like this. Talk about an expedition. The Skandics are hard to beat.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Absolutely, it’s prime Skandic adventure . Thanks for watching!

[@gaetand7310]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏good expedition

[@TheBrientFamily]

It sure was 🙌

[@outside2585]

Alors là. WHAT an adventure. Thanks for sharing with us, and keeping us on the edge of our seats. Salut du Québec !

[@TheBrientFamily]

Merci!

[@MBTUE]

You had me leaning in my seat when you where getting through that overflow with the 20' drop ! Geezzz stressful or what !

[@TheBrientFamily]

Yeah no kidding haha. That was stressful and wet. Adventure at its finest!

[@mikesantimore6971]

You people are incredible great spirit. Work as a family.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you, it was an incredible trip 😊

[@DempsterDave]

Thanks for sharing the adventure.

[@joelaimone1325]

Your family is incredible!!

[@Wblair8772]

An amazing trip. A hand winch (aka come along) carried under the seat of a wide track is a must have as you can get a machine unstuck with much less chance of breakage than jerking on it with another sled. Connect end to a tree and slowly crank it out/up. A silky, folding saw is small and much more efficient for clearing downed trees than an axe. You guys did amazing. Back in 2007, a buddy and I snowmobiled from the south coast of Labrador to Lab City and back. Water crossings and slob/slush are always a big challenge.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you. We always carry a come along that we use for more serious situations. The ropes we use are kinetic (very stretchy) and therefore very gentle on machines. The 150’ rope stretches more than 30’ under load. The ropes we use are retired 13mm climbing ropes.

[@coolmamaass]

amazing snowmobile trip... Alors sa ces cool comme aventure d hiver.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Merci, oui, c’est l’aventure comme on l’aime!

[@stephanvallee5167]

bravo ! excellent video and story

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! It was a great adventure

[@daveysdash]

Absolutely loved this series, and happy I subbed to your channel. Keep up with the great videos, and, thanks for sharing your Dash!!! - Davey.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for the sub! We have some great things planned for this winter 🙌

[@n411xbushpilot]

I really love your series, and looking forward to seeing more.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! More is on the way :D

[@user-hv3jb1cj9v]

Quite an accomplishment,and did it while filming and telling your story. Glad to see the rest of the trip and hope to see many more

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Brad! We hope for many more adventures as well 😊

[@jean-renemasson5]

Unbelievable, congratulations to you all….

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! It was a memorable trip, we will have to come up with some great ideas for next year’s spring break!

[@mudbrats]

Bunny boots for the win! Great journey, I really enjoyed that.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Bunny boots for the win indeed. Love those things! Thanks for watching!

[@gregchapdelaine4889]

Thank you for sharing this amazing adventure and for the excellent video series! Well done!!! Congratulations on your success!

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Greg! Thanks for your support!!

[@christinebursey4976]

Loved every minute,true explorers.Thks for sharing your trip ,watched from Buchans Newfoundland Canada

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for following along!

[@thomasanderson-cs8kp]

Wow that was a 3 episodes of pure joy . Wow . And i am impressed you brought a 2 stroke with you . Well it was just a Rotax 440 but anyways . The 503 is abit more thirsty .This kind of trip would i love to do too. Wow . The toobagons wasnt made for this kind of trips . You should used the other models with better attachments . I cant wait for the winter to begin here in Sweden too . //Thomas

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Thomas! Yes, we are changing thing up for this year on snowmobiles, we were going to sell the Tundra, (we ordered a 2024 WT Skandic) but we may keep Tundra and sell the 440 instead. Better gas mileagr on the tundra. Also, we have another awesome trip in mind for this winter, that will require the best equipment. Indeed, we need to upgrade our boggans, and we hope to replace the wall tent with a snowtrekker tent that weighs only 13lbs instead of the 90+lbs of our current tent . We will see what we can afford 😅

[@thomasanderson-cs8kp]

I can recomend sit on caribou fur . Keps you warm . Its totally best. And in spring time its awsome lay on the ice when fishing . Here in northern Sweden we use it alot .

[@TheBrientFamily]

@@thomasanderson-cs8kp that’s a great idea!

[@cathyandgreg4239]

Well done...great video work and awesome scenery.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks Cathy and Greg, it was a great trip!

[@jasonbrushett2005]

What an epic journey!! Congratulations to you three🎉

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thank you 🙌

[@npr2498]

Молодцы, в распутицу поехали, на недельку раньше бы, трасса была проще. Тяжёлый маршрут, отличная погода. Холодная палатка, крутые снегоходы. Батя зачёт, мамка крутая)) сын и пёс не ныли😂

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks!

[@user-jk8jb5ur8y]

Quelle magnifique aventure !

[@TheBrientFamily]

Oui, toute à fait!

[@lorrainemacleod5953]

Awesome adventure, was wondering how you got home but I guess you trailered everything back! Quite the journey! Dave

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks, it was quite the trip indeed!

[@TonyType1]

Omg , thanks for showing the ugly … and the Best too. .goos stuff

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks! The good is as much part of the adventure as the bad. And it’s all fun in the end. 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@jiminalaska]

What trip. just bought a Scandic for this winter.

[@TheBrientFamily]

They are great machines!

[@allthingsdiymike1106]

What a wonderful trip! I wonder if it is worth taking another tent that you could drive the snow machines into at night so they defrost or instead of having to clean out the tracks.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for the compliment and suggestion! One reason why we have this big of a wall tent, is because there is enough room for a snowmobile inside in case of break downs or indeed needing to thaw a machine out. We don’t really mind cleaning out the tracks as it’s part of the daily maintenance and chores. A great way to also check the bogey wheel, sliders, suspension etc. Thanks again for the support! Happy trails

[@melannielang3446]

We have no snow here Northern Ontario been to warm. Haven't even started are skidoos yet. :(

[@TheBrientFamily]

Oh it took forever here too! But, first winter camping trip coming up this weekend. Yay!

[@melannielang3446]

@@TheBrientFamily enjoy your camping trip

[@gaetand7310]

And Quebec no interested?

[@TheBrientFamily]

For now we like to leave from home, but who knows, we never say never!