Abandoned Yukon: C-47 Plane Crash 

how is this channel so undiscovered and unknown.. IMO best hiking/outdoors/exploring channel out there. Videos are all just so well thought out, educational, beautifully shot and every video takes me somewhere unique that I would have never known existed. The fact that this channel is so unknown kind of adds to the appeal though.. Luke takes us on adventures to hidden gems throughout Canada, while his channel itself is a hidden gem. Thank you for making these videos and please don't ever stop.

Never ceases to amaze me, no matter how remote, or screwed up, or old, SOMEBODY manages to pluck the engines out of these things, every time.

The DC3/C47 is still one of the most beautiful planes ever created, also they seem to have good statistics considering survivability of crashes. You often hear of DC3s gliding down smoothly and slowly coming to a halt largely intact, which is good for passengers.

Those drone shots of the plane on the mountain look unreal!

Its kinda creepy but cool how the cold can preserve things, parts of the plane look like it has only been there a few days

92 KM OVER 2 DAYS!? That's hella committed (not to mention you got good mountain fitness)! And Nina kept up with you the whole time? Amazing!

My father was in the USAF and spent some time in Labrador in the late 50's or early 60's. While there he met a RCMP officer who carried a Thompson sub-machine gun in his vehicle. This RCMP officer told my father that he stumbled upon a similar plane crash in the Canadian bush and he found this gun in the wreckage and carried it as a secondary duty weapon thereafter. This same RCMP officer let my father fire through a full magazine from this gun to allow him to feel the full effect of firing this weapon.

Beautiful country, so lucky to be Canadian and have all this space, a gift from God.

that dog is adorable!

I've already started planning trips based on your videos.

The dog remained unfazed. having four legs just works. Great video. Beautiful landscapes!

Surprised Basler hasn't scooped this one up yet.

Having flown DC3’s early in my career, I salute the guys who pulled off that landing. What a shame that so many souvenirs have been removed from a weather preserved wreckage. Nice video Mate ; good skills. Thanks, cheers Mach

Nevertheless, someone managed to get the engines and instruments out and away.

Awesome video man. Love the history, love the beautiful country, and the trek.

I’m from Whitehorse! That’s so neat that this is so close to home!

This is amazing, love that you included the story and even fact checked rather than just showing the great footage. Subscribed!

The deep snow must have kept the plane from blowing up and burning after crash. How amazing the interior was with regards to hardly any RUST on ...ie....the air line fitting show cased in video... * huge thumbs up on your solo journey ( pup included ) from Lake George, NY USA.....

Yep,deep snow is my guess too. Seems to me no matter what direction it was going on impact,to crash there and not be torn up worse than we see,it had to be snow and plenty of it. Snow also explains why none of them could walk out so they just waited and hoped to be found.

Dude...this is great. You hit all the notes for an excellent RU-vid channel. Keep it up!

Amazing story. Absolutely STUNNING scenery and photography. Thanks!

Awesome Luke! I've dreamt of visiting this one for years but knew I never would. Thanks for bringing it to me! Nice to see a pristine wreck that hasn't been tagged and still pretty intact!

wild how good shape the aluminum is in... and incredible storytelling and visuals well done man.

WOW! It is amazing up there in the summer. Incredible. Great photography and I love the story behind it too. Great video 👌

Wow, just wow Luke👍. Always enjoying the content

1950 is 70 years ago... that's crazy. I remember when it was only 40 years ago. Time is zipping by so quickly.

Quality is getting better Luke. Keep it up.

"Hey Mikey, got another DC3 restomod project for ya!"

Huge fans over here!!! Somehow we were not subscribed!!! We are now! Keep it up Luke, your channel is fantastic, educational and inspirational.

That was fantastic! Your editing and filming are great! I love stories like this. What a beautiful plane. I'm glad you brought that drone to get some of those views.

The story of this and the C-54 for which they were searching is described in Gregory P. Liefer’s Aviation Mysteries of the North, chapter 11, "Without a Trace." It’s the aircraft shown on the cover of the book. This C-47 crashed northwest of Whitehorse, and another C-47 crashed on another mountain southeast of Whitehorse before that during the same search. It has six crew members which were rescued the next day. His book Broken Wings is also very good.

Drones are so powerful, I really enjoyed this.

Awesome video. I can't believe this channel currently has only 10.4k subs, this is a million sub channel. Well, you are now one sub closer to a million.

One day this channel is going to blow up, I have faith that it will

The drone footage at the end as it pulls back to show the expanse of the area give me the chills 😎

I seriously thought this was a national geographic video LOL you have a good editing and all your shots are amazing, you got a sub for me

Fortunately all people were rescued! Thanks for the vídeo. From Rio Brazil.

Brilliantly produced looovved the scenery

That is too cool. I have hiked to a few crash sights in Montana and California but nothing as remote as this. Nice job.

Another great episode, hiking adventure and story from history well done on all accounts. I always find your posts too short leaving me wanting more that's a good thing and totally understood based upon the remoteness of your travels. Not to mention as the presenter its your format and subsequent length of post, certainly the topics are fully and completely covered. As a long time backcountry hiker/mountaineer/adventurer myself prior to my accident find myself adventuring vicariously through your eyes to get my fix now. From a totally selfish point of view please continue to seek out your special form adventure and post the results I do so appreciate it.

Wow, simply wow. And the Nina - caribou encounter is surely a one of a kind extraordinary moment that was captured amazingly well. What an incredible thing to witness! Thank you for sharing this with us Luke. And thank you for continuing to share your Yukon adventures with us.

Beautifully filmed. Very entertaining

"Too remote to salvage". Man, that's for sure. Yet someone has managed to scavenge the engines off of it.

Such a lucky dog to great adventures like this.

Absolutely amazing! The video quality is stunning! Keep up the great work; I very much look forward to more videos.

Incredible! Great job.

Great video. Thanks for helping preserve our history

that was so amazing my dude, a true adventurer!

Glad no one was killed ... Its been stripped and how they carried the parts away is amazing . WOW

you deserve sooo many more views bro keep it up

Terrific video. Many thanks for your massive physical and mental effort in making it.

Would be great if there was a visitors’ book in a tin for people to sign.

Too cool, Luke. Another awesome adventure and beautifully captured at that.

Awesome job. Very nicely filmed as well. What an adventure you had.

Nice channel dude👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What an adventure! Thank you for documenting it!

I enjoyed this.............Many Thanks...................Blessings...................

Looks like some parts were taken including the engines possibly!

very interesting story - and your solo trip excluded the amazing Nina - so impressed with that pup!

Gorgeous aerials! Another stellar video luke!

Great video! Love learning about these stories. Thanks for creating and sharing!

Lovely little video with nice editing and commentary. Thanks.

Thanks for taking us there. This is an enjoyable video, the whole thing.

Incredible video. I love finds that are wayyy off the beaten path and not covered in graffiti and been stripped by thieves. very VERY cool

They salvaged the engines instruments and tail rudder and elevators. Good work guys!

Landscape is so pristine and beautiful. If I end up going there I would not want to come . Thank you for this beautiful video. A new subscriber from Alberta.

Absolutely love your work Luke! Please keep more coming :)

Brings back old memories I was a mechanic in the United States Air Force on c47s in the 60s

Great story. Thanks for taking us with you on this journey.

Truly incredible story and wonderfully filmed video. I really appreciate you providing the details which are so often missing in RU-vid videos. Many thanks.

Just found this channel WOW , I have seen many others but this by far the best so far.

Such beautiful, open countryside. Lucky man!

Fantastic film!! You’re the coolest brother.

Thanks for the journey and story of this old plane. Your photography talents are obvious, great compositions, light. The storytelling was compelling, complementing the imagery perfectly. I certainly felt an awesome sense of space, the remoteness, the emptiness, the raw beauty and melancholic magic of this place. The only way I can figure that plane remained nearly intact was that there must have been a fairly deep layer of snow cushioning it, and one very skillful pilot to bring it down uphill to reduce the length of the "landing" and to bank the wings just enough at the last minute to match the slope of the mountainside. Probably woudn't happen again like that in a million years, so that was one lucky crew. Btw, love your dog!! I'm a first time viewer of your content, but this won't be the last time. I just subscribed.

Incredible footage! Thank you for sharing your adventure (and historical information).

This is amazing! I live in the Yukon and would love to see this one day. Video is really amazing!

Beautiful scenery thanks for posting

Epic adventure! Been following you since your Kauai videos. Inspired me and my wife to hike the kalalau trail and it was amazing. I always enjoy your journeys and love learning about some unknown history as well. Thanks for all the amazing content!

Man, this was really cool. Very well done. Should get way more views.

does anyone know the coordinates of this? i want to try and find it in FS2020

Looks like all the good bits have been ‘salvaged’. 92 kilometres there and back actually isn’t that far, even in that specific mountain terrain, especially since you did 20K each way on the bike. That leaves just 36K to walk onto the target. A day’s rest at the crash site would be sufficient to complete the trip back out. I’m 62 and nowhere near as fit as I used to be, but I’m sure I could hack that. Indeed I’d probably sleep in the plane for a few nights, using it as a base to explore the area. Thank you for sharing anyway. Nice find.

Thank you! Just discovered your site today, this is a great video. I appreciate the effort and risk you put into this, well done!

Indescribable beauty in this part of the country, I've not been to the wreckage but know people who have, maybe I will in time, it's in my back yard....

That is amazing how preserved it is. The pup luvs the hikes I like his backpack. Be safe

fabulously well made video

New subscriber here. Fantastic video. Really appreciate how you make it look like you have someone filming you - but it's all you! When I saw you sliding down that snow covered hill, I knew you had to walk back up and retrieve your camera - and with cramping legs! Thanks for showing us that incredible crash site. So glad to hear everyone survived. Take care.

I was on a mountaineering trip where someone had a tent like yours, it was dubbed by another as being the dog kennel. Your trip was great.

Brilliant story and photography. Well done and subscribed!

There’s a small plane wreck up in Colorado Indian Peak area. Isabelle Glacier up in nearby area, too.

Great video. Well edited, interesting subject and all in all well worth a watch.

Excellent journey. Thanks for sharing. New Brunswick

You are a braver soul than I! And kudos to your loyal companion. It looks like many items were salvaged from the wreck such as seats, instruments, the elevator and rudder, engine parts and even windows. It was a good thing the plane crashed in the winter, it likely slid on its belly through the snow as it went down.

There is a beauty in a vintage art deco style plane laying atop a desolate mountain top.

notable historia, gran aventura, congratulations

Video was WAY too short! :) Nice research/planning. Views were just awesome: the caribou, the puppers, the mountains/valleys and especially the pullback of the plane at the end. This is all very intriguing. I noticed that the cockpit was rather "empty". Some of those tubes/pipes look clean cut - so, I'm assuming the Air Force must have taken the "important and/or sensitive" equipment out of the plane. Also, glad you knew when to rest up, was a little concerned when you said you were going solo! will have to go check your catalog - nice work!

Well done, thanks for posting

awesome adventure... thanks

Great video. Thanks. The wreckage makes it look survivable - it’s rare you see an accident with so little damage to the main airframe. The upward slope will have absorbed a lot of the energy of the crash, as will the shearing off of one wing. Superb video. And I like your dog. Subscribed.

How do I find it in google maps?

this SO made my day thanks