15 Travelers Who Know The Secrets to Travel in the Yukon

It’s one of those places you aren’t quite sure where to visit because unlike the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum, the Yukon is home to many natural wonders rather than historical buildings. No matter where you turn, there will be a photo opportunity ready to wow you and your loved ones. So in order to help you find out about some of the best that the Yukon has to offer, we have carefully selected some incredible bloggers who have the secrets of travel in the Yukon to share with you. Be sure to click on their links to explore further.

1. Explore North & The Ice Palace Blues

The bloggers behind Explore North decided to go out on the town to explore the music and culture of the Yukon. Sharing there incredible experience with readers about the Ice Palace Blues, they explain that the Yukon Transportation Museum puts together events (this one for their 25th anniversary) which embrace Yukon talent such as the Yukon-born singer Brandon Isaak.

Photo Credit: Pemberton Music Festival (another amazing celebration)

2. A Luxury Travel Blog & Yukon Quest International Dog Sled Race

Though you would never anticipate to hear this from the cold arctic, apparently the Yukon has got more festivals than you could imagine. In particular, the writers of A Luxury Travel Blog write about the Yukon Quest International Dog Sled Races they attended and explain it to be “heart pounding excitement”

Photo Credit: Yukon Quest

3. Yukon Frolics & The Wheaton River Run

This is one of those things where you should feel pretty honoured to have experienced. After a heavy rain fall or a season of wet and damp weather, the Wheaton River Lower Run will run free of dams and allow for some of the most spectacular kayak rides. The writers at Yukon Frolics have this incredible experience and share their stories on the link available above.

Photo Credit: Keith Williams

4. Group Travel Leader & Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park

Some of the most personal blogs end up being the best read blogs due to the personal nature of the writing. The passion behind Group Travel Leader’s blog posts really give you a sense of what to feel and expect while visiting the Yukon. As they explored the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park even on an overcast day, they explain all the secrets to a successful visit.

Photo Credit: Matthew Wild

5. Butterfield & The Dawson City Music Festival

Butterfield isn’t just one blogger, but a featured page of many talented travellers who inspire others to do the same. One of their recent features is Jonathan Lansdell who is a professional trip planner. Lansdell explains to his readers that “from Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, to countless rivers and lakes, capped with the imposing Beaufort Sea. The Yukon Quest dog race and the Dawson City Music Festival are modern day embodiments of a region that still shouts out wild frontier.” If you’re looking for more secrets, he’s definitely your guy.

Photo Credit: CBC Radio 3

6. Travel in the Yukon & The Alaskan Highway

A specific post we are referring to is one written by Claire B. titled

Yearning for the Yukon

Photo Credit: ap0013

7. Grand American Adventures & Yukon’s Forgotten Town of Dawson City

The bloggers of Grand American Adventures dig up the past which will help other traveller’s really envision what the old city of Dawson really was like back in history. From all the settlers to the Klondike Gold Rush, there are so many very neat reasons to be exploring this forgotten town.

Photo Credit: Tan Yilmaz

8. Go Nomad & The Yukon Wildlife Preserve

This is a true traveller at heart. The writer of Go Nomad has stories from not just the Yukon, but Canada’s other two territories as well. He goes in depth explaining his secrets to travel in the Yukon including his drive along the Klondike Highway to get to the Yukon Wildlife Preserve and dogsled with MukTuk kennels.

Photo Credit: Heather

9. Travel Yukon By Motorcycle & The Braeburn Lodge

This brave and skillful traveller has explored all the Yukon has to offer by bike. One of their favourite stops along the way was at the Braeburn Lodge. Why? Their world famous MONSTER cinnamon buns. Having met the server by name, they explain in detail why this is one of the best secrets to travelling the Yukon.

Photo Credit: Blkittel

10. I Backpack Canada & Hiking in Tombstone Territorial Park

This champion has a blog description as “True North Strong & Awesome,” I couldn’t have picked a better description myself. What a perfect way to explain someone who has backpacked across Canada and can share with you all the wonderful secrets the Yukon has to offer. She explains the beautiful sights and sounds while hiking the Tombstone Territorial Park and the incredible tundra along the way.

Photo Credit: eyebex

11. PacSafe Blog & Eating Moose Meat

This is by far one of the best Yukon blogs out there, the writer of PacSafe blog actually suggested renouncing a vegetarian status as they quickly did to try some of the best moose meat around. She hilarious claims that by the end of her trip she was drinking the moose meat gravy while sharing some other wild stories and secrets about travelling the Yukon.

Photo Credit: Bruce McKay

12. Yukon’s Vagabonds & Kluane Country Sunsets

Well, if there’s one link you should be checking it is the Yukon Vagabonds. Their photos are incredibly stunning and as the writers personally grew up in the heart of Kluane Country, they have many sunset photos to prove their wonderful existence in the Yukon. They explain that with over 22,000 square kilometres of vast landscape through Kluane Country, this is the best place to be to become one with wilderness.

Photo Credit: Keith Williams

13. Chris Robinson Travel & Hiking Along the Yukon River

Though Chris Robison starts his blog off with a remarkable poem and leads onward suggesting many different sights to see while in the area, he then goes on to suggest that one of his ultimate places to be is waking up for an early morning jog in time for the sunset and a stroll along the Yukon River. It seems to be the pure beauty and serenity of the Yukon that is a large part of the big secret to enjoy your travels here.

Photo Credit: Caitlin Nelson

14. Chasing the Sun & Rafting the Tatshenshini-Alsek River

Now here is a story you can read for days without getting tired. The family bloggers from Chasing the Sun took on a family adventure of road schooling through the Yukon. One of the epic and ‘out of this world’ experiences was actually rafting along the Tatshenshini-Alsek River. For pictures and stories, you must visit their blog!

Photo Credit: Jacek Kaim

15. twistedsifter.com Twisted Sifter & The Hot Spring Hair Freezing Contest

Have you ever heard of a hair freezing contest? We hadn’t, yet it looks like a blast! The Twisted Sifter site writes about the annual contest where visitors at Takhini Hot Pools in Whitehorse, Yukon dunk their hair under hot water and then allow the cold air to freeze their hair. The next step to the contest is the molding, contestants mold what ever they would like into their frozen hair for a chance at the grand prize.

Photo Credit: Harvey K

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Happy travels!