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Yukon Territory Holidays

Yukon Territory, Canada
Yukon Territory, Canada
Yukon Territory, Canada
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Why visit Yukon Territory

Yukon Territory offers one of the most remote and rewarding wilderness experiences in North America. Vast and sparsely populated, it is defined by glacier-clad mountains, boreal forest, and wide river valleys that stretch for hundreds of miles without interruption.

Kluane National Park protects Canada’s highest peak, Mount Logan, along with immense icefields that rank among the largest outside the polar regions. Flightseeing reveals the true scale of this landscape, while hiking and rafting provide quieter ways to explore it.

Wildlife is abundant and often seen. Moose feed in wetland areas, caribou move across open tundra, and both black and grizzly bears inhabit forest and mountain terrain.

From late August to April, Yukon Territory offers excellent northern lights viewing, thanks to its northern latitude and clear skies. In autumn, tundra and forest turn vivid shades of gold and red.

The territory also retains a strong connection to its Gold Rush past, with historic towns, preserved routes, and a frontier atmosphere that still shapes travel today.

 

Where to go in British Columbia
Kluane National Park

Kluane National Park

Aurora above Whitehorse, Yukon

Whitehorse

Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon

Tombstone Territorial Park

Kluane National Park, Yukon

Highlights of British Columbia 

  • Kluane National Park: Protecting Canada’s highest peak, Mount Logan, this vast park contains immense icefields, remote mountain terrain, and exceptional opportunities for flightseeing, hiking, rafting, and spotting grizzly bears and moose.

  • Northern lights viewing: Yukon Territory’s northern latitude, dry climate, and minimal light pollution create excellent aurora viewing conditions, particularly between late August and April, with frequent displays visible from remote lodges.

  • Dempster Highway: This remote 740-kilometre road crosses mountain ranges, tundra, and river valleys, offering access to Tombstone Territorial Park and some of the most isolated landscapes in North America.

  • Tombstone Territorial Park: Known for its jagged granite peaks and wide tundra valleys, this park offers rewarding hiking, strong wildlife viewing, and exceptional autumn colour during the brief northern fall.

  • Yukon River: Flowing for over 3,000 kilometres, this historic river was central to Indigenous travel and the Gold Rush, and can still be explored by canoe today.

  • Dawson City: At the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City retains preserved wooden buildings, historic streets, and a strong frontier character shaped by its remote northern location.

 

Charging Rapids

Whitehorse is named after the Yukon River’s former rapids, which resembled the manes of charging white horses. These rapids were so powerful that sternwheelers could not pass them, and cargo had to be unloaded and carried around. The rapids were later submerged by a hydroelectric dam in the 1950s, but the city retained the name, preserving this link to its Gold Rush era origins.

 

 

 

High Peaks

Kluane National Park is home to Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada at 5,959 metres. Despite its height, it is rarely climbed because of its extreme remoteness and severe weather. The park also contains one of the world’s largest non-polar icefields, so vast that it creates its own local weather systems, with storms forming directly over the glaciers.

 

 

 

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Getting to Yukon

Most travellers reach Yukon Territory via Whitehorse, its small capital. From the UK, fly to Vancouver, Calgary, or Edmonton, then connect on a direct flight to Whitehorse. Total travel time is typically 12–15 hours. From New York City, fly via Vancouver, Calgary, or Edmonton, with similar onward connections. Whitehorse airport is small and efficient, with regular scheduled services. Some remote lodges require an additional light aircraft transfer from Whitehorse, arranged as part of a planned itinerary.

 

 

 

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OUR FAVOURITE TIME TO VISIT

The best time to see the northern lights in Yukon Territory is from late August to early April, when nights are dark enough for aurora viewing. The peak period is November to March, with long nights and frequent displays. February and March often combine strong activity with clearer skies and improving temperatures. Viewing is best away from Whitehorse, where minimal light pollution and Yukon Territory’s northern latitude create excellent and reliable conditions for seeing the aurora clearly overhead.

 

 

 

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