Hey everyone!
So I recently got the chance to go to Whitehorse Yukon and one of the questions that came up
for me when I was packing was what clothing should I pack for winter in Yukon?
So now that we've gone to Whitehorse Yukon and come back and experienced the minus 40
degrees celsius plus windchill temperatures, I think I have a little bit more insight into
what to pack in terms of clothing, so I thought I'd share what I packed.
Before you go, always check the weather forecast.
For us it was forecasted to be as cold as minus 40 degrees Celsius plus windchill.
I don't have winter clothing for that temperature, because living in Vancouver it doesn't get
that cold and it doesn't get that snowy.
So it doesn't make sense to go and buy expensive winter gear just for that trip if I'm not
going to be able to use it at home, but they do rent out winter clothing so that's what
we did.
We went with Men's World, but there are some other companies as well that also rent out
clothing like Arctic Range I believe, and so they usually have two packages.
All the companies that do rent out clothing are pretty much equivalent, I think, they
vary a little bit in pricing but the clothing that they rent out is about the same.
So there's two packages of clothing based on temperature ratings really so I just emailed
them and asked them which one would be more appropriate during our stay and they recommended
the colder option.
I think the boots were rated to minus 100 degrees celsius or something.
The packages included a fleece lined toque, fleece gloves, mittens that were waterproof
but had fleece lining in it, big waterproof snow boots, salopettes, snow pants, and a
big winter jacket that was waterpoof and wind proof.
So that actually kept us very warm during our stay.
Package for us for 5 nights costs approximately $200, so it's not so bad.
It is really important that you stay warm right, so.
In terms of what we packed for clothing, we followed a few general rules, which was, number
one, we needed to dress in layers.
Layers because you can peel them off easily.
If you're going from outside to inside, add on as needed or take away as needed.
And number 2, to avoid cotton material because when it does get wet it doesn't dry very easily
so if you get it wet or you sweat, you might get cold.
So I'll show you what I packed and it worked well enough for me.
I often wear camisoles or tank tops as my base layer.
I know that a lot of people recommend also like a long sleeve base layer so you might
want to do that instead of this, but this is just what I did.
It's a basic cami, it's not cotton, it's from Uniqlo.
It's from their heattech line.
And then, on top of that I would wear a fleece turtleneck also from Uniqlo, very soft, very
warm.
And then, on top of that, also from Uniqlo, is this fleecy zip up.
So, it's like this, it's very soft very comfortable, very warm.
I think I wore it like every single day.
And for the bottoms these are like tights, and they're also from Uniqlo they're also
from the heattech line.
These are like thin ones that I could wear underneath like snow pants.
But I also have a pair of thick ones, they're also from Uniqlo from their heattech line,
and these are fleece-lined so they're warmer.
These are actually the ones I wore the most when I was in whitehorse.
I just wore them under the snow pants.
And then, for socks, I had these ones.
I bought these a while ago like years ago, and I think they were labelled like thermal
socks or something like that, they're fairly warm, I don't think they're wool socks, so
if you get wool socks those also work really well.
I brought my ski pants, which I only used mainly if we were just going around town or
if it was a little warmer outside and I didn't wanna wear the full salopettes, so I also
brought my ski pants.
And then, I brought a toque.
The clothing rental package included a toque too but I just brought my own.
For your neck and face you'll want to cover it because if it's gets windy it can really
bite at your skin, so you can get either one of those neck warmers, the ones that you just
like loop over your head and pull over your face or like a balaclava.
But I didn't have one of those but I just brought a scarf, and wrapped it around my
face and I could pull it over my face when I needed it.
I brought these mittens that are fleece lined mittens, they're really warm, but I mainly
used the gloves provided in the clothing package because I could still use all my fingers and
those fleece gloves were actually really warm.
So last but not least, here are a few other things you might wanna pack.
Sunscreen and sunglasses because if it's sunny and then it reflects off the snow it's gonna
be pretty bright.
And then you might wanna bring, actually you should bring moisturizer and lipbalm because
that cold is gonna make your skin drier and you dont' really wanna have cracked lips.
And the other thing is if you're planning to take videos and photos, bring extra batteries
because in that kind of temperature, they run out really quickly.
K, so thanks for watching, and I hope that was helpful.
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