Yukon Territory Road Trip
Karryon
Trip Itinerary
Whitehorse
Surrounded by beautiful wilderness, the Yukon’s capital is a small city with a big backyard. Whitehorse is the territory’s travel hub and the first stop for road trippers.
Dawson City
One of the country’s most historic and unusual townships, Dawson City looks like a movie set with its gold-rush era buildings and boardwalks. Discover the history of the Klondike Gold Rush, when thousands of miners struggled across the Chilkoot Pass and floated the Yukon River to Dawson City, surviving on stories of riches found in the creek. Gold Bottom Mine Tours offers the only authentic operating placer gold mine tour in the Klondike. Learn the art of panning in the creek and listen to the incredible stories about life in the goldfields.
Tombstone Territorial Park
Just 55 kilometres from Dawson City lies one of the Yukon’s most striking natural phenomena and a world-class hiking destination, Tombstone Territorial Park. With its dramatic wind-carved alps, including the craggy granite peak of Tombstone Mountain, the Park features rainbows of striking, windswept tundra in a treeless landscape, ground-hugging plants and unusual permafrost landforms. Take a walk on one of the trails and watch for caribou, moose, Dall’s sheep, grizzly and black bears, wolves, hoary marmots, pikas, shrews, voles and more than 148 species of birds.
Whitehorse
Surrounded by beautiful wilderness, the Yukon’s capital is a small city with a big backyard. Whitehorse is the territory’s travel hub and the first stop for road trippers.
Carcross
The historic village of Carcross will capture your imagination. Check out some incredible Carcross-Tagish First Nations’ artwork, stop for photos at the staggering totem poles towering overhead, visit master carver Keith Wolfe Smarch as he works on his latest creations, stop by the Surly Bird Saloon in the historic (and haunted!) Caribou Hotel and grab an ice cream from Matthew Watson General Store, Canada’s oldest. The mountain biking and hiking trails in this region are world-class and autumn adds an air of splendour to the experience. The eight-kilometre trail along Caribou Mountain will reward you with stunning views of Bennett Lake, nestled between magnificent mountain peaks, while the more difficult trail up Brute Mountain leads you up a rocky peak with sweeping views over Bennett Lake, Montana Mountain and Carcross.
Haines Junction
Haines Junction, surrounded by the magnificent Saint Elias Mountains, is the gateway to UNESCO site Kluane National Park and home to abundant wildlife, including the highest concentration of grizzly bears in North America.
