When I first moved to Whitehorse, Yukon I saw the most amazing display of my life. Even though I lived there for 10 years this moment was never equaled. My friend (where I stayed when I first went up) was building a log cabin, and I was sleeping in a tent in the cabin (which had no roof yet). It was early fall (Oct. I think) since there only a little snow around.
I woke up one night to the most amazing sight, my eyes have ever seen. The lights were flying around seemingly in all directions, and all colours. I crawled up onto on of the log beams that was going to become the roof, and just lied there in my sleeping bag for an hour or so enjoying the show.
If my knowledge of what the Aurora are did not exist, I would have sworn they were going to cut right through me as I lay there. What a night.
So Whitehorse, or Dawson City, Yukon is where I'd go to see the lights.
Sadly I don't know that bike touring in the Yukon in winter is a very possible idea.
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