Good guess!<p>Whitehorse is a mecca for people that are seriously into outdoor pursuits, so it makes sense that so many people want to ride to work.<p>When you live there, the winter is not a reason to not go outside. On the contrary, it often makes going outside easier because all the lakes and rivers are frozen, so you can explore very far and wide which you can&#x27;t do in the summer due to lack of roads.<p>So riding to work in the winter makes perfect sense :)<p>Also, downtown is fairly small. From the farthest reaches of &quot;downtown&quot; to anywhere you&#x27;d be working is a max of 45 minutes on a bike. Most commutes are more like 15-30 mins. Though lots of people live 30-45 minutes by car out of town, which is not doable in the winter. Riding on the AK highway in winter is not an option, the plowing is not good enough.