Haines Junction

Parking is clearly marked and visible from the Haines Highway, 7 km south of Haines Junction.  This trail is reasonably easy and although it does not reach any summit, it offers great views of the surrounding mountain ranges and Haines Junction. When you reach the highest point of the trail you can continue up through the sub-alpine to alpine areas and the mountain slopes, going off trail. This...

To reach the trailhead drive 27 km (17 mi) south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road and then take the road leading to Kathleen Lake day-use area.  The trail begins at the Cottonwood trailhead - you can take the trail behind the wooden cabin in the day use area from the lake shore which will take you to the main trail to Cottonwood / King's Throne. The first 2 km are quite flat and are shared...

Lake Lowell, located in the Yukon's Kluane National Park, is fed by the Alsek River and the lake's namesake glacier, which borders the western shore. When the weather permits, you can see Lowell Glacier and glistening icebergs floating through the lake. There is access to a ridge hike (intermediate difficulty for elevation and technical skill) from camp that overlooks the lake and gives way to ...

You will rarely see another person if you hike early in the season like me, and even in season the Yukon is a remote destination. Covering 480,000 square kilometers, only 34,000 people call the Yukon home. Compare that to the territory's 70,000 moose and you get an idea of it's untouched wilderness. The Kluane Ranges is home to Mt Logan, the second highest peak in North America after Denali at ...

This trip is within the Kluane National Park and Reserve. The park is neighboured by BC’s Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park and Alaska’s Glacier Bay / Wrangle St Elias National Parks to cover roughly 110 000 km2 of some of the last truly untouched wilderness on this planet.The park is very rugged with only a small portion of it accessible. Many of the peaks remain unclimbed and some still unna...