ACTIVITIES YUKON TERRITORIES

A NEW WORLD OF ADVENTURE

Except for our incredible scenery, the adventure activities in the Yukon are similar to those you can find elsewhere in North America its just that here you get to enjoy them without the crowds. In fact, there are lots of places in the Yukon where people get kind of huffy if they have to share a trail, or a rapid, or a rock face with another person. If your readers are into whitewater, climbing, mountain biking or trekking, theyre going to love hearing about the Yukon.

Kayaking and rafting

Rafting Miles Canyon

When it comes to whitewater, the Yukon has it all and in most places youll have it all to yourself. The Tatshenshini is a world-class river roiling with Class III and Class IV rapids and, when you come up for air, youll be surrounded by some of the most dramatic scenery anywhere.

The Tat is just the start of the Yukons famous whitewater. The Alsek is a Canadian Heritage River that courses through rugged Kluane National Park past calving glaciers, tossing up a succession of Class IV challenges. The Firth, another Class IV river, tumbles north through remote Ivvavik National Park to the Beaufort Sea, sweeping past canyon walls and arctic tundra dotted with caribou and muskox

Mountain biking

In the Yukon there are hundreds of kilometres of long abandoned mining and logging roads to challenge you. But there are some challenges, like the Dempster and the Canol, that you just wont find anywhere else. The Dempster Highway is really a gravel road that travels 720 kilometres (445-mi.) from Dawson City to Inuvik. Along the way the road traverses two mountain ranges, the Continental Divide and expansive valleys, plateaus, plains and arctic tundra. Just past the halfway point, it crosses the Arctic Circle. And the Dempster is a ride in the park compared with the Canol Heritage Trail. This rugged route was cut through sub-alpine wilderness in World War II to service a long-gone pipeline.

Climbing

At 5,959 metres (19,551 feet), Mt. Logan is Canadas highest peak and a notch on the belt of many accomplished mountaineers. But its just one among many challenging peaks that draw mountaineers from around the globe to Yukons icefields. Steele, St. Elias and Lucania are just a few of the plus 15,000-foot peaks that surround Logan in the heart of Kluane National Park.

Dont take off your safety harness just yet. Yukon ranges offer mountaineering experiences where no climber may have yet gone. Set in landscapes that are almost medieval with unmatched scenery, youll scale peaks found in North Americas wildest regions. And for serious rock climbers, 3,000-foot vertical cliffs in the Cirque of Unclimbables, near the border of the Yukon and Northwest Territories are just a short flight away.

Trekking

There are plenty of incredible treks in the Yukon. Some are busier than others. But with so much wilderness here its easy to get away from the crowds providing you know your way around a compass. And in some cases, its worth putting up with a few other trekkers, because the experience is something you wont find anywhere else. The trek to Donjek Glacier and the classic hike up the Chilkoot Trail pretty much bracket the Yukon experience.

Skiing

Snowmobiling

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