Kluane National Park and Reserve is in the southwest of the Yukon, in Canada. It’s a vast wilderness of ice fields, forests and towering peaks like Mount Logan. Trails include the King’s Throne, which winds above Kathleen Lake to a dramatic cirque. The glacier-fed Alsek River snakes through areas inhabited by grizzly bears. The park also shelters Dall sheep and more than 100 bird species.
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We hiked parts of the Auriol range (backcountry) and Slim's River West (daytrip) in 2017. As far as mountains go, this park has great examples thereof. Beware of area closures for bear activity when planning you trip. We planned to backpack the Slim's River West route, but grizzly activity closed it beyond the Sheep Mtn Trail. So we backpacked into the Auriols closer to Haines Junction, set base camp on the grassy moraine, and made excursions into the range from there. The park is well organized, the visitor centre is impressive and educational, and the park staff are incredibly knowledgeable. They provided great insight when we were deciding on a new backpacking route and their reference maps helped greatly. If you ever find yourself in Whitehorse, I highly suggest making the trip...
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Visited Kluane recently on a day tour with Arctic Range. What a stunning, majestic national park! Totally deserves its UNESCO World Heritage status. And the drive from Whitehorse to Kluane seriously needs to be among the best road trips/drives in the world. We stopped along the frozen shores of Kathleen Lake for a picnic lunch and also saw a great panoramic view from Dezadeash Lake.
We also visited Tombstone Territorial Park up north during the same Yukon trip, which provided a great contrast to Kluane. So glad we visited both of them to have a fuller taste of the Yukon's...
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What looks here as an ice road for 50-foot-tall truckers is really Kaskawulsh Glacier in Canada's Kluane National Park. This corner of the Yukon is home to the largest ice field on Earth outside of the poles, with the slow, steady flow of more than 2,000 glaciers continually carving these vast canyons amid the peaks.
Speaking of peaks, glance up and you'll see the Yukon is also a paradise for mountain lovers. And Kluane is its pinnacle, literally. Located within the park is Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada (and second-highest on the continent after Alaska's...
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