Claude Chabot

It has been an unseasonably warm fall, but winter is going to settle in whether we like it or not. So why not enjoy it with some outdoor activity? This column, which will appear sporadically through the winter season, will be...

Winter has finally come. At the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club, this is cause for great celebration (we were getting tired from all that snow dancing!). The wax room, which has been a bit quiet lately, is starting to bustle,...

As we move into the spring, our ski calendar fills up with loppets. The word loppet (as with many ski terms) is Norwegian, but the definition is the same the world over. A loppet is a long, mass participation event geared...

February is Challenge month at the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club – the Air North Challenge that is. Air North, the Yukon’s Airline, has teamed up with the ski club to present a fun way for club members and casual...

Having more or less skipped over summer in Whitehorse this year, let’s get on with winter! At the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club, early season skiers (aka the hard core) are already out on the trails. As the snow slowly...

As we head into spring and summer, the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Cub starts winding down – sort of. In April, as the snow melts downtown, the average Whitehorse citizen, sun- and heat-starved, gets the idea that skiing...