Yukon: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Yukon Travel Guide
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Exploring Canada’s North: Yukon Territory
Travel to the Yukon and experience the most wide open and awe inspiring wilderness you’ve ever imagined. The Yukon is Canada’s North and our version of Alaska. Yukon is home to a spread of untouched lakes, rivers and mountains so vast you could never possibly explore it all in one lifetime.
Our Yukon travel guide helps you find the best things to do in the Yukon, including the best hikes, camping trips, trip itineraries and of course, the best places to eat, drink and stay.
The Yukon is one of the most undiscovered adventure destinations in Canada, with a distinct lack of crowds and more than enough wilderness to keep you up to your ears in exploration and new discoveries.
Endless rivers make the Yukon a canoe tripper’s paradise, following the paddle strokes of explorers long ago as they made their names or went bust in the Klondike Gold Rush. The Yukon saw it’s heyday a hundred and thirty years ago when gold was discovered along the Klondike River. During those times business flourished and towns were full of bright eyed and sore backed prospectors by day, and the can-can shows and gambling halls were full by night.
Nowadays you can retrace the paths taken by these early explorers, venturing over White Pass and the Chilkoot Trail, or paddling down the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City.
Several massive mountain ranges make for some of the best hiking in the Yukon, including the Tombstone Mountain trek, the Chilkoot trail and several backpacking routes in Kluane National Park.
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Top Adventures & Activities in Yukon
Hiking
Hiking in the Yukon is the adventure of a lifetime with massive mountain ranges, open ridges and unbeatable glacier views. Use our Yukon travel guide to help you plan your hiking trip in the Yukon.
Camping
An endless supply of Yukon Parks frontcountry campgrounds and a lifetime’s worth of backcountry camping opportunities lie in the Yukon, waiting to be discovered by you! Our Yukon travel guide will help you choose the best places to camp!
Canoeing
With far more rivers than highways, this place was made for adventure canoers. Explore deep in the wilderness, moving around the same way people have for thousands of years.
Mountain Biking
The Yukon is home to a quickly growing mountain biking scene. Ride along open panoramic ridges with some of the best trails. Learn more in our Yukon travel guide.
Rafting
When the river gets too wild to canoe it’s time to raft! Explore deep in the land of ice by raft, or enjoy a thrilling day on some of Yukon’s most exciting rivers!
Wildlife Viewing
Use our Yukon Travel Guide to discover some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities. From wildlife preserves to areas teeming with cariboo, moose and mountain goats, the Yukon is home to a rich diversity of wildlife.
Wine & Beer Tasting
The Yukon may not be the ideal wine growing region but they sure do beer well! Use our travel guide to plan some of the best hiking and brewery combinations!
Fishing
With a multitude of large lakes, rushing rivers and undisturbed wilderness, Yukon is a fisherman’s paradise. Cast your rod out on the rivers and see what lies beneath the surface for you!
Snowshoeing & XC Skiing
Expansive open areas with simple terrain make for some of the best snowshoeing on the planet. Dsicover new terrain you couldn’t access in summer, or head out on your favourite hikes with the snow!
Yukon’s Top Parks & Attractions
Kluane National Park
The towering mountains of the Wrangell St Elias range meet their match with some of the world’s largest icefields in Kluane National Park. Come here for some of the best mountain hiking in the yukon and some of the most beautiful lakes!
Yukon River
The Yukon is not only a highway for canoers to travel across the massive territory, treasuring the heritage of the Klondike Gold Rush, but also one of the most fun and beautiful canoe routes in Canada.
Tombstone Territorial Park
Tombstone Territorial Park is a sacred land of rugged mountains and prolific wildlife. This is the home of the Tombstone Mountain Trek, as well as many other amazing day hikes.
Ivvavik National Park
Ivvavik National Park means “birthplace”, referring to the precious mating grounds of the northern cariboo herds. This is the perfect mix of dramatic tundra scenery and wildlife, with the Arctic Ocean as a backdrop.
The Best Places To Visit In The Yukon
Whitehorse
Yukon's Hub
Whether you’re here to strike it rich or explore some untamed wilderness, you can’t visit the Yukon without spending some time in the capital city and we know you will enjoy it!
Dawson City
Home Of The Klondike Goldrush
Dawson City might sound like a small place, but it’s got more personality than you could ever imagine. Visit Dawson City and you will be surprised how quickly you find yourself in a gambling hall, saloon or taking part in a can-can show!
Haines Junction
Gateway To Kluane
Haines Junction is just a short trip from Whitehorse and the perfect base to explore Kluane National Park from. Haines Junction is one of the best places to stay in the Yukon.
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Getting To and Around The Yukon:
Driving in Yukon:
Have you heard Yukon’s expression “larger than life”? Well they weren’t joking, and this applies to driving in Yukon as well. The places are all very far apart, with not a lot of stops in between, so the highways are long. Be preapared for a variety of conditions at any time of year.
The frost heaves the road, making for a bumpy ride, so make sure you are never going to fast to maintain control if you hit some weird bumps along the way!
The Dempster Highway is unpaved and the Calcium Carbonate road material tends to give you a flat tire if you drive too fast. Keep your speed below 80 km/h and make sure you have a spare!
Top of the World Highway is absolutely beautiful, and also long and bumpy. Make sure you plan your gas stops accordingly, and having an extra gas can isn’t the worst idea.
Flying To and Around Yukon:
You can fly into Whitehorse International Airport (YXY), with connecting flights from Calgary and Vancouver. There are flights scheduled each day that arrive and depart. Some airlines only offer flights on certain days, so it can help to plan two one-way flights to make sure you get the dates you prefer.
Sometimes the best way to access distant attractions in the Yukon is by air. You can charter a floatplane from Whitehorse or most areas with a small regional airport. This is also a great way to venture out and do some sightseeing of the mountains and icefields!
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When are the best times to go to the Yukon?
Being far north, inland and mountainous means that Yukon is subject to fairly extremem winter conditions for much fo the year, but don’t be fooled! It’s not hard to find balmy summer weather here and you might be surprised to know that the summer days can get over 30 degrees Celcius.
Spring comes a tad later in the Yukon than futher south, and fall comes a bit earlier too. You can expect to have nice summer weather from the end of May to mid September.
If you come towards the end of August the nights are colder, which keeps the bugs at bay.
It’s popular to visit in time for the summer solstice, where you can see the sun just touch the horizon and never set. If you come at the end of August and later you have a decent chance of seeing the northern lights.
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