Sports & Recreation | Life in the Knife

The Road to Fiddler’s Lagoon

Posted on04. Jun, 2009 by Shane.

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Tonight we rode the Fiddler’s Lagoon road all the way too — you guessed it — Fiddler’s Lagoon on the outskirts on Yellowknife (if indeed it is within the city limits). You can find the road we took at the end of Deh Cho Blvd. For those of [...]

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Mountain Biking in Yellowknife May 31, 2009

Posted on31. May, 2009 by Shane.

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Today was the hottest day yet and perfect for a 2.5 hour ride around Yellowknife! It got up to +12 degrees celcious – which probably sounds funny to people in the south. My friends in Nanaimo have reported that they were out at the beach in +28 degree sunny weather. [...]

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A Hidden Cemetary

Posted on27. May, 2009 by Shane.

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My friend David M. organized a Wednesday mountain biking ride for us at the Yellowknife Ski Club’s partially melted trails. There were a few surprises along the way including a hidden cemetary / graveyard. I probably would have taken many more pictures but the challenges of the muddy, boggy, rocky, steep [...]

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Rat Lake and Tin Can Hill Hike

Posted on18. Mar, 2009 by Shane.

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I went on a short hike with Petra today across Rat Lake and up Tin Can Hill. It was a cold day for a hike by most peoples standards but being indoor 8 months of the year starts to drive you a little stir-crazy by March. And what better way to get [...]

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Cameron Falls Hike, NWT

Posted on27. Apr, 2008 by Shane.

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This was a great day for hiking. Even though there was still snow on the ground and the rivers and lakes were mostly frozen the hike to Cameron Falls was perfect. Not to mention, there were no bugs out yet – which is why we choose to hike now instead of [...]

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Dog Sledding in Yellowknife, April 5, 2008

Posted on05. Apr, 2008 by Shane.

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Today we went out with our friends Ken, Heidi-Ann and Kim on a -26 degree celcius icy adventure with Becks Kennels dog sleds (http://www.beckskennels.com/). This was a northern experience that I would recommend to anyone visiting Yellowknife in the winter. But you better hold on tight because these little dogs can run [...]