Soundtrack for the Trans Canada Trail in the Yukon

Song for the #Hike4Birds North to the Arctic Ocean 

Today we released our “Hiking Songs for the Yukon” soundtrack, which is a list of songs which have inspired us while we trekked across Canada along the Trans Canada Trail in 2024 through Northern Alberta, Northern British Columbia and into the Yukon! 

 

With the release of this list it means that we are so close to getting to Whitehorse – our goal for our fifth year on our #Hike4Birds on the Trans Canada Trail! 

 

While typically of these songs are chosen to reflect our excitement of being in nature and on the trail.  This month’s songs might more reasonably reflect our excitement at being so close to this year's goal.  Indeed, if our estimates are correct (and that is a big if), from Moreley Lake Recreation Area near the border between BC and the Yukon, we have only 14-20 days remaining ahead of us this year!  

With mixed emotions, the lyrics from the band Jukebox the Ghost perhaps say it best,

 

“Walking through the heavy light

The streets are empty, and you don't feel right

You didn't wanna let yourself down

So don't be scared to get out

There's a thousand voices saying, "The time is now"

 

So let go, you're on your own

There's somethin' waitin' for ya

There's somethin' waitin' for ya

So let go of the world you know

There's somethin' waitin' for ya in the great unknown”

 

One of our traditions, starting in June 2019 while we trekked along The Great Trail, starting in Newfoundland, was to release a set of songs which have a special meaning for us, which we have heard a lot, have come to associate with our hike along the way, or that someone along the route pointed out to us and it stuck.  Each month or so we will share a new list of these songs with you by uploading a small listing for your enjoyment.

 

1 - The Oh Hello's - Cold is The Night

2 - The Tallest Man on Earth - Thousand Ways

3 - The Weepies - World Spins Madly On      

4 - Xing - Fate

5 - Yael Naim - Far Far  

6 - City and Colour - Northern Wind      

7 – Leonard Cohen - Travelling Light

8 – Lord Huron - Ends of the Earth

9 - Passenger - The Long Road

10 - Serena Ryder - What I Wouldn't Do

11 - Talking Heads - The Road to Nowhere

12 - Jukebox the Ghost - The Great Unknown

 

Complete listings of our previous playlists and songs are available on our blog!

 

See you on the trail!

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