Plan to participate in or plan your visit to coincide with one of Haines Junction's annual events. January. Alcan 200 Snowmachine Race – Haines Highway race from the US/Canada border to Dezadeash Lake and back – third Saturday in January. Old Timer's Hockey Tournament – last weekend in January. What is a poker run? A poker run is an organized event where participants, usually using motorcycles, must visit five to seven checkpoints, drawing a playing card at each one. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run. In the classic game of poker, each player is dealt five cards and the person with the best hand wins. Book the Best Haines Junction Hotels on Tripadvisor: Find 778 traveller reviews, 545 candid photos, and prices for hotels in Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada.
We've all done it. Signed up for a poker run, get three cards in and have a crap hand and lose all enthusiasm for the remainder of the ride.
Now, honestly if you sign up for a charity poker run with the expectation of winning and coming out ahead, then you're probably doing it for the wrong reason. But, from a competitive spirit kind of thing, we all hate to lose and it's even worse when halfway through the game you know there's no way you can win.
That's why we like a slight variation on this old standard..the POKER CHIP RUN.
What makes this game better than a standard 5 card poker run is NOBODY has a clue if they have a good hand or a bad hand until they return to the starting point.
That helps you (as the event organizer) in several ways. The first is the majority of your participants will enjoy the event all the way through, you'll ensure that almost everyone will return to the start (instead of dropping out halfway) and the old 'I don't know how to play poker' excuse some people use for not attending your event.
How it works
The poker chip run is the simplest run you can set up. Here's what you need to do.
1. Decide on the number of stops you will have. Typically you can have as many as 5 or as few as three. If you're short on volunteers to man your stops, then we recommend having only 1 additional stop someone along the route. This gives you 3 draws from the poker chip bag. One when they register and before they leave, one at the stop out on the route, and one when they return to the starting point.
Poker Run Haines Junction 2020
Get a set of generic poker chips, or contact Custom Products Plus (478-299-4601) for custom printed chips.
Divide the chips into equal numbers in a opaque bag so your participants can't see which color they're getting.
At each stop have your participants draw out 3 chips. Then note the colors drawn on their registration sheet.
That's it. Pretty simple huh?
Oh yea, once everyone leaves for the run, or (preferably) once everyone is back in and all the sheets have been returned, stage a public drawing where you put 1 chip of each color in the bag and have a volunteer reach into the bag and blindly draw out a chip. The first chip drawn is worth 20 points, the second chip is worth 10 points and the third chip is worth 5 points.
For example, if the first chip drawn is red, then every red chip drawn on the ride is worth 20 points. If the second chip is white then all the white chips are worth 10 points and the blue chips were worth 5 points.
The beauty of this is that because the value of the chips wasn't established until AFTER the ride concluded, no one knew if they had a good hand or not. They could've had all blue chips, or all red chips or all white chips and they either won big, or was a big loser!
Just make sure the person blind drawing the chips has no way to tell which color is which when they're in the bag and that person doesn't know anything about the participants scores or who has what colors on their sheets.
But if it's a blind draw, it's still pretty hard for anyone to cheat with this system.
If you have questions, or need more info, call us at Biker Nation, 478-268-7528 and we'll be happy to answer any questions about this system. We've used this dozens of times and it works great!
The Tatshenshini is perfect for the whole family. This exciting class III/IV river runs through beautiful scenery. We can cater the excitement level based on how we rig the raft and how we run the river. This allows us to take guests that are just 6 years old, or have a rowdy day on the river. Everyone that comes down has fun!
We have been operating rafting trips on the Tatshenshini River since 1983.
We provide wet suits, wet suit booties, helmets, lunch, paddling jackets and lifevests. The customer is to provide underlayers to wear. Do not wear cotton (i.e. wool sweater, polypro or fleece top are fine to wear).
The trip can be done in one day, leaving Whitehorse by 7:45 a.m. and returning to Whitehorse by approximately 7:30 p.m. We do not provide transportation to the river, but do provide a courtesy shuttle from the end of the trip back to your vehicle at the put-in. Vehicle rentals and a map to the river location can be arranged in Whitehorse. The upper Tatshenshini is located on the Haines Road, a 2.5 – 3 hour ride from Whitehorse – an extremely scenic drive in itself.
Note: Grizzlies, bald eagle and spawning salmon are a common sight.
Times:
Arrive at 10:00am (no later than 10:30).
Trip departs at 11:00am.
Stop for lunch in mid day.
Continue rafting.
Take Out at around 3:00pm (Depending on group size, water level, lunch time, etc.).
Shuttle back to your vehicles at around 4:00pm.
Trip Complete.
How to Get Here:
From Whitehorse (drive is approximately 2.5 hours):
Drive West, highway # 1 to Haines Junction; 154 kms
Drive South, Highway # 3 towards Haines Alaska; 101 kms
1. Decide on the number of stops you will have. Typically you can have as many as 5 or as few as three. If you're short on volunteers to man your stops, then we recommend having only 1 additional stop someone along the route. This gives you 3 draws from the poker chip bag. One when they register and before they leave, one at the stop out on the route, and one when they return to the starting point.
Poker Run Haines Junction 2020
Get a set of generic poker chips, or contact Custom Products Plus (478-299-4601) for custom printed chips.
Divide the chips into equal numbers in a opaque bag so your participants can't see which color they're getting.
At each stop have your participants draw out 3 chips. Then note the colors drawn on their registration sheet.
That's it. Pretty simple huh?
Oh yea, once everyone leaves for the run, or (preferably) once everyone is back in and all the sheets have been returned, stage a public drawing where you put 1 chip of each color in the bag and have a volunteer reach into the bag and blindly draw out a chip. The first chip drawn is worth 20 points, the second chip is worth 10 points and the third chip is worth 5 points.
For example, if the first chip drawn is red, then every red chip drawn on the ride is worth 20 points. If the second chip is white then all the white chips are worth 10 points and the blue chips were worth 5 points.
The beauty of this is that because the value of the chips wasn't established until AFTER the ride concluded, no one knew if they had a good hand or not. They could've had all blue chips, or all red chips or all white chips and they either won big, or was a big loser!
Just make sure the person blind drawing the chips has no way to tell which color is which when they're in the bag and that person doesn't know anything about the participants scores or who has what colors on their sheets.
But if it's a blind draw, it's still pretty hard for anyone to cheat with this system.
If you have questions, or need more info, call us at Biker Nation, 478-268-7528 and we'll be happy to answer any questions about this system. We've used this dozens of times and it works great!
The Tatshenshini is perfect for the whole family. This exciting class III/IV river runs through beautiful scenery. We can cater the excitement level based on how we rig the raft and how we run the river. This allows us to take guests that are just 6 years old, or have a rowdy day on the river. Everyone that comes down has fun!
We have been operating rafting trips on the Tatshenshini River since 1983.
We provide wet suits, wet suit booties, helmets, lunch, paddling jackets and lifevests. The customer is to provide underlayers to wear. Do not wear cotton (i.e. wool sweater, polypro or fleece top are fine to wear).
The trip can be done in one day, leaving Whitehorse by 7:45 a.m. and returning to Whitehorse by approximately 7:30 p.m. We do not provide transportation to the river, but do provide a courtesy shuttle from the end of the trip back to your vehicle at the put-in. Vehicle rentals and a map to the river location can be arranged in Whitehorse. The upper Tatshenshini is located on the Haines Road, a 2.5 – 3 hour ride from Whitehorse – an extremely scenic drive in itself.
Note: Grizzlies, bald eagle and spawning salmon are a common sight.
Times:
Arrive at 10:00am (no later than 10:30).
Trip departs at 11:00am.
Stop for lunch in mid day.
Continue rafting.
Take Out at around 3:00pm (Depending on group size, water level, lunch time, etc.).
Shuttle back to your vehicles at around 4:00pm.
Trip Complete.
How to Get Here:
From Whitehorse (drive is approximately 2.5 hours):
Drive West, highway # 1 to Haines Junction; 154 kms
Drive South, Highway # 3 towards Haines Alaska; 101 kms
Put in: Just past the BC/Yukon border, about 300 metres, turn right. You will see the sign.
If you come from Haines:
Just past the Blanchard River bridge, 300 metres, turn left.
If you arrive at the Yukon/BC border you have passed it by 300 metres.
Pricing & Dates
Dates Currently Available (Have been reduced due to COVID-19):
- June 26, 27 and 28
- July 3, 4 and 5
- July 17, 18 and 19
- July 25 and 26
- July 31, August 1 and 2
- August 8 and 9
*More to be added. If you have a large booking for date not available let us know and we can try to arrange something*
Cost: $165 CAD per person / $145 CAD kids 13 & under, all necessary paddling equipment
Ask about group rates.
Prices are subject to change without notice. 5% GST applicable to all prices.
Tatshenshini River Put-In
Distances:
- Whitehorse—Haines Junction: 158 km (98 Miles)
- Haines Junction —Turnoff at Blanchard Camp: 101 km (63 miles)
- Whitehorse—Blanchard Camp: 259 km (161 miles)
Drive from Whitehorse is 2.5 hours
'One of the best ways to spend a summer day in Yukon.'
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Rafted the Tatshenshini River day trip. The guides were amazing, lunch was tasty, the wetsuit kept me warm, and the rafts were comfortable. We laughed and squealed through the rapids and all of the play between rafters. We flipped, we swam, we laughed. A really good time was had by all! Now to raft the Tutshi River.
