#006 – The Ibex Ridge Hike with Jeff Bond


#006 – The Ibex Ridge hike is a somewhat easy trailhead to access “if” you have some clear directions to the starting point. YTG Placer Gold Geologist Jeff Bond gives you not only the accurate directions to the starting point of this amazing hike, but some in depth background into the geological history that shaped both the Ibex and Takhini River basins.

Classified as an “intermediate/advanced” hike, the Ibex Ridge provides some incredible vistas as you ascend 6909 ft to its summit. Essentials for this hike requires a camera for those photo ops, good hiking boots, warm clothing, food and water are essentials for your day out.

For further details on this hike, click the link to Yukonhiking.ca

Your narrator, Jeff Bond
Niko the dog, Fran Nyman, Leyla Weston and Jeff Bond at the Ibex Ridge Summit
The “official” top of the mountain marker
Snow near the summit
Leyla nearing the summit
Evidence of glacial activity near the top
Evidence of water erosion in the rolling topography.
First vantage point minutes into the hike. Canyons in the distance that have been carved through water erosion.

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“Trapper Dan your Renaissance Man”

Daniel Halen