YU-KON DO IT! Branch kicks off the season!

NOLS Yukon has started their short but busy season, and everything is running smoothly. Two courses have already begun. This years IC course left to the coast mountains for a 10 day hiking segment. The YHC-a (combo course) set out for 30 days on a self supported expedition this past Wednesday. Issue days were fun with students prepped and ready timely and efficiently. We look forward to more students this week!

After weeks of preparation and training staff at the branch this year are filling their roles nicely.There are some new faces; Meredith Young recently from Vancouver, BC in ‘equipment world’ as the new equipment coordinator, Steve Couglin coming from Montreal, as operations coordinator, and our student intern Rickilee Walls coming from Squamish, BC.

Our Rations coordinator whom we have named ration superhero is last years student intern, Allison Bray. She is joining us from Prince George, BC. Coming out of the field for the season is Dave Pigott and Briana Mackay as program supervisor and program co-ordinator, or maybe its the other way around! The two are in the office making things happen at least, and although some of us are confused with what our actual titles are we’ve chosen to work as one ‘family’ unit. And its been working so far. Then of course, the man upstairs, our mighty director Jaret Slipp leads us into another successful season in the north.

NOLS Yukon staff board – Symbolizes the staff doing their part to

‘add to the flow of the river of the river’ -to build a growing and

continuously succesful NOLS Yukon Branch.