Planning Your Yukon Wilderness Adventure

Getting Here

By Air: Whitehorse is served by three airlines during the summer months

Air North, Yukon’s Airline, has jet service from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.  They provide good service and competitive rates.

Air Canada, has jet service from Vancouver; be aware they have limited cargo capacity which could mean delayed baggage.

Condor, has twice weekly service from Frankfurt, Germany.

By Road: one can reach the Yukon from points in Alberta and British Columbia.

The famed Alaska Highway, its Mile 0 in Dawson Creek, BC, is very scenic and most often provides lots of wildlife viewing opportunities.  From Edmonton it’s a 24-hour drive.  The Milepost travel guide for the Alaska Highway, is a good reference.  Go to Related Links for a click through on the guide.

The other road coming into the Yukon from the south is the Cassiar Highway which comes up through central British Columbia.  It is very scenic as well.  From Vancouver, plan on a 35-hour drive.

One can also get here utilizing the Alaska Marine Highway and BC Ferries .  If you come as a walk-on customer, you can arrange motorcoach transportation from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse with White Pass and Yukon Route.

For links to transportation options, click on our Related Links page

Accommodations

Accommodations are plentiful in Whitehorse with a number of hotels and bed ‘n breakfast operations.  Go to our Related Links page for listings and website addresses.

What to Bring

Basically, a sleeping bag and your personal effects.  Go to our recommended personal gear list for canoe trips  and personal gear list for backpack trips. For fishing trips, use the same personal gear list for canoe trips.

What Does Cedar and Canvas Adventures Provide?

Airport services, one night’s accommodations with a dinner meal the evening before our departure day, highway transportation to the departure point and from the pick up point back to Whitehorse, tents and sleeping pads, meals and all kitchen/camp needs, canoes, personal floatation devices, dry bags, guiding and interpretive services.

Upon your arrival the day before commencement of our trip, we will pick you up at the airport, or meet you in town if you choose to drive, and bring you to our home/headquarters on the Klondike Highway for an evening meal and overnight accommodations.  The accommodations (framed wall tents on platforms with bunks and wood stoves) are rustic, romantic, clean, comfortable and warm.  The evening will be spent going over the trip itinerary, discussing bear awareness and avoidance, understanding our medical and emergency evacuation plan and, if we are doing a river trip, transferring all your personal gear into drybags.

Continue to information on BOOKING YOUR TRIP with Cedar and Canvas Adventures

 

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