Whitehorse to Alaska Border

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Caribou RV Park

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Hi Country R.V. Park

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Whitehorse. South access to downtown via Robert Service Way. Whitehorse is The Capital of the Yukon and offers unparalleled access to the surrounding wilderness. Over two-thirds of the Yukon’s residents live in Whitehorse, which has a year-round population of about 36,000. For a complete list of Things to do in the Yukon and Alaska on your trip north, visit our Things To Do section.

Yukon Visitor Reception Centre

This is a great place to start your visit to Whitehorse as there are many staff available to answer questions and tons of information on the surrounding areas. www.tc.gov.yk.ca/vic.html

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Yukon Transportation Museum. This is a very interesting stroll through the Yukon’s past. You will see the “Queen of the Yukon,” Lindbergh’s sister airship, as well as many other types of transportation that helped open the early Yukon to modern times.

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Beringia Interpretive Centre.

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Airport Chalet.

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Whitehorse Airport.

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Two Mile Hill Intersection, north access to downtown Whitehorse. Turn down the hill to access Whitehorse city center.

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Kopper King

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McIntyre Creek.

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Fish Lake Road.

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 Junction of North Klondike Highway to Dawson City. Take the Klondike Highway 6km to Takhini Hot Spring Road to access Yukon Wildlife Centre and Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs, a completely new facility at the site of the former Takhini Hot Springs..

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Viewpoint overlooking the Takhini River. Parking. There is an information sign on the old Dawson Trail, the stagecoach trail between Whitehorse and Dawson City.

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Takhini River.

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Annie Ned Creek.

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Takhini Burn rest area. Litter barrels, outhouse and viewing platform with information signs on the 1958 Takhini wildfires.

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Side road to viewpoint 3.2 km/2 miles, Takhini River Campground 15 km, Kusawa Lake campground 23 km/14 miles, gravel road is narrow and winding, camp sites.

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Mendenhall River

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Cracker Creek.

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Otter Falls visitor facilities.

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Aishihik River, Rest Area at east end of Aishihik bridge with view of Canyon Creek Bridge, originally built in 1920 to haul supplies to Silver City, it was rebuilt in 1942 during construction of the Alaska Highway  The bridge was typical of the type of construction used on the Alaska Highway. It was rebuilt again in 1987 and the Yukon government refurbished it in 2005.

Aishihik Lake Campground 42 km/26 miles, camp sites, shelter, fishing. Aishihik road leads 29 km/18 miles to Otter Falls day-use recreation site. Picnic tables, kitchen shelters and boat launch. There is fly fishing for lake trout, grayling and  rainbow below the falls. 17 km/11 miles beyond the falls is the southern end of 40 mile-long Aishihik Lake with boat launch and fishing for lake trout, grayling and northern pike. The road (which is maintained only as far as Otter  Falls) continues on to the abandoned First Nations village of Aishihik, 135 km/84 miles (and is not recommended for large RV’s).

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 Marshall Creek

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 Rest Area.

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Pine Lake Public Campground. 42 camp sites,  water, fire pits, shelters, swimming beach, excellent interpretive trial.  Fishing and boating in nearby lake for lake trout, grayling, white fish, burbot  and pike. Fee area.

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Rest area.

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 Da Ku Cultural Centre and Haines Junction Visitor Center. Includes Native cultural displays.

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Haines Junction. Population 800, this highway community is nestled at the base of the St. Elias Mountains and is the headquarters for Kluane National Park.

Haines Junction is part of the Golden Circle Route. Take the Haines Highway 246 km/153 miles to Haines to continue on the Golden Circle Route.

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Rest Stop

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 Trailhead.

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Parking.

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Spruce Beetle Trail, Rest Area.

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Bear Creek Summit. 1,004 meters/3294 ft. Highest point on the highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks.

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Jarvis River, parking at north end of bridge.

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Rest Area.

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Sulphur Lake.

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 Rest Area.

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Christmas Creek.

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Boutillier Summit. 1,003 meters/3290 ft. Second  highest point on the highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks. If you are  heading North this is your first glimpse of Kluane Lake.

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Rest area, interpretive sign on the Kluane  Lake and First Nations history.

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Turn east on gravel road for 5 km/3 miles to ruins of Silver City. This old trading post, with roadhouse and North West Mounted Police barracks was on the wagon road from Whitehorse to the gold fields of Kluane Lake.

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Silver Creek.

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Kluane Lake is 46 miles long is the largest lake in the Yukon. It is famed for its beauty and fishing. Huge  waves are not uncommon on this lake, so if you are using a boat be careful and pay attention to the weather.

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Rest Area beside Kluane Lake.

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Slim’s River Bridge. Crosses ancient glacier moraine at head of Kluane Lake. Sheep Mountain, bordering highway is in Kluane National Park. Dall Sheep are often seen on hillside. 

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 Tachal Dhal Visitor Information Center. Rest area.  Viewing platforms with telescopes for viewing sheep. Interpretive programs. Open mid-May to mid-September.

Slim’s River West trailhead adjacent to information center.