Canada's largest icefield, Mount Logan, and grizzly country all in one 22,000 km² UNESCO wilderness.
Kluane is the crown jewel of the Yukon: 17 of Canada's 20 highest peaks sit inside its boundaries, including Mount Logan at 5,959 m. The park protects the largest non-polar icefield on the planet, plus healthy populations of grizzlies, Dall sheep, and mountain goats. Most visitors base out of Haines Junction, where the Da Ku Cultural Centre doubles as the Parks Canada visitor centre. From there the Alaska Highway skirts the eastern edge for 200 km with pullouts at every viewpoint.
Strategy: give it a full day minimum. Do the King's Throne trail (10 km return, steep) for the classic Kathleen Lake view, or book a flightseeing tour out of Silver City for the icefields — the only way to actually see Logan. Grab your day pass at the visitor centre before heading in; bear spray is essential and rented at Kluane Outfitters on Kluane Boulevard.
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Kluane National Park and Reserve: what to expect
Kluane is the crown jewel of the Yukon: 17 of Canada's 20 highest peaks sit inside its boundaries, including Mount Logan at 5,959 m. The park protects the largest non-polar icefield on the planet, plus healthy populations of grizzlies, Dall sheep, and mountain goats. Most visitors base out of Haines Junction, where the Da Ku Cultural Centre doubles as the Parks Canada visitor centre. From there the Alaska Highway skirts the eastern edge for 200 km with pullouts at every viewpoint.
Strategy: give it a full day minimum. Do the King's Throne trail (10 km return, steep) for the classic Kathleen Lake view, or book a flightseeing tour out of Silver City for the icefields — the only way to actually see Logan. Grab your day pass at the visitor centre before heading in; bear spray is essential and rented at Kluane Outfitters on Kluane Boulevard.
Tickets & free entry
Entry costs $12 daily park pass. Free entry: Free for youth 17 and under · Free on Canada Day (July 1). Opening hours: Visitor Centre daily 9:00-17:00 (mid-May to mid-Sep) · Park backcountry open 24/7 year-round · Tachäl Dhäl Centre daily 9:00-16:00 (Jun-Aug).
Getting around Yukon and when to go
A rental vehicle is non-negotiable outside Whitehorse. Distances are large and honest: Whitehorse to Dawson is 533 km on the Klondike Highway, roughly 6 hours with fuel stops at Carmacks and Pelly Crossing. Whitehorse to Haines Junction is 158 km, about 1 hour 45 minutes on the Alaska Highway. The Dempster Highway to Inuvik is 736 km of unpaved gravel from the junction near Dawson and requires two spare tires. Husky Bus offers a Whitehorse-Dawson run in summer for about CAD 149 one way if you truly cannot drive.
Best months are late February to mid-March for aurora with tolerable cold (minus 15 to minus 25), and September for autumn colours on the Tombstone tundra with far fewer people than July. Peak summer (late June to mid-August) has 20 hours of daylight and the highest prices. November and early December are the quietest and cheapest, but many Dawson businesses shut for the season. Check road conditions on 511yukon.ca before any drive north of Whitehorse between October and April.
Cheap hotels in Yukon: how Yukon Hotels works
Yukon Hotels is a curated guide to the whole territory, not just Whitehorse. We cover downtown Whitehorse and the Riverdale side, Dawson City on the Klondike, Haines Junction at the gateway to Kluane National Park, Watson Lake near the BC border, Carcross on the South Klondike Highway, and the smaller stops along the Alaska and Dempster Highways like Teslin and Eagle Plains. Each area page lays out what a night actually costs, which streets to sleep on, and what you can walk to versus what needs a truck.
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