Traveler's Guide: Yukon Roads and Towns
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- A guide to traveling Yukon's roads, including descriptions of road conditions, major towns, services, and the scenery and highlights along the way. To see individual road segments, check out the section listing below:
Introduction 0:00
Alaska Hwy 3:08
Klondike Hwy 7:50
Dempster Hwy 11:46
Top of the World Hwy 17:08
Robert Campbell Hwy 18:38
Canol Road 21:28
Other Roads 25:40
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We really appreciate all the work that went into this video. You gave the viewer a lot of valuable information that can be found nowhere else. Thank you.
I hope you're able to take advantage of the info and visit the Yukon yourself!
@@selkinshome Fantastic content Scott. I am travelling from New Zealand in June/July of 2023 to ride to Tuk and many of these surrounding roads. Very informative. Cheers.
@selkinshome Thank you for offering information with the viewer in mind rather than selfies on location. Thank you also for not treating the Yukon like it's just that thing on the way to seeing the ugly oil fields of Alaska. (The non oil field parts of Alaska are beautiful, but sadly the massive privately-owned and inaccessible oil fields are the destination, the start or end point of the PanAmerican highway and only access to the Arctic Ocean--if you can call a mandatory there-and-back bus tour "access.") I wish the PanAmerican had the alternate spiritual beginning or ending in Yukon & Northwest Territories--so people wanting to make the "PanAmerican" journey can choose Tuktoyaktuk and support a local indigenous community living in harmony with nature, and beautiful scenery and culture you can explore freely. I just watched a travel vlog from a lovely Texan couple (the adventures of A+K, if I recall correctly) and their experience of Tuktoyaktuk could not have been more different from what I saw in the Alaskan oil fields, which was just soul crushing. In Tuk it was like they'd be wandering around and the deputy mayor of Tuk would grab them to take them to see a pod of Beluga whales (no, autocorrect, I did not mean Belgian waffles...Although that does sound good.) Contrast that with an industrial nightmare, a war on nature, where the oilfield owners barely suffer you to take a strictly regulated bus to the water's edge and back. North America deserves a better choice to cap the PanAmerican journey, and after all, there's a choice at the southern end, a choice between Argentina and Chile, so why not the northern end as well?
I've saved this to re watch and take notes, so much good info to chart a course through and around Yukon! Thanks!
Great video! We drove the Top of the World Highway from Alaska to Dawson City and the Dempster to Tuk and back in Summer 2023. It was wonderful to relive those drives through your video.
Wow! An accurate description. Thank you so much.
You only made one error. 'Enter by one route and leave by the other'. A standard Yukon joke is "I came for a quick visit thirty years ago".
Great presentation. I could easily plan an entire trip to the Yukon, there and back, with this one video. Thanks for posting.
Thanks. I hope you make that trip
U truly are great yes I have been able to see Yukon with your eyes I am 75 years old n since school I had a fascination for the tundra
Thanks for your note. I'm glad I was able to give you a glimpse.
Wow! This is about the most excellent travel RUclips I’ve seen! Thanks!
Thanks!
Nice scenery, to the point, no babble. LOVED IT!!!👍🙋♀️🖖
Thanks!
A truly excellent geographic and travel video on Yukon. A well organized and comprehensive presentation. Congratulations.
Nice video!
I spent almost my entire early childhood growing up in a cabin that my dad built off the Alaska Highway at Morley Bay, seven miles south of Teslin. That was back in the 1970s before the highway was paved. We left the Yukon in 1980 when I was 13 years old and I haven't been back since. Many of the roads and towns in the video I experienced via my dad's gold colored,1965 Chevy pick up. Your video took me down memory lane.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, James! If you can track it down, you may enjoy documentaries from the 1960s by Gordon Eastman. Some beautiful images and experiences in the Canadian north from that time.
Scott you are amazing! Covered the essentials of Yukon in 25 Min.!!! Very informative
Thanks!
Thanks. Nice video. A couple of years ago, I drove up from Skagway to Whitehorse and spent the night. Beautiful scenery along the way.
I really appreciate your honesty and beautiful voice ❤❤❤❤❤
Very interesting. Drove all of the Yukon roads in 1992, traveled the whole of the ALCAN highway. Alone and camping in a tent. Best trip of my life.
Excellent, excellent, informative video! Thanks for your work.
An excellent overview! Brought back lots of memories. Thanks!
Great Video....channell....no silly one-liners, no all about me's camera shots....subscribed.
I remember the yukon being the most beautiful place I've lived. Different color of ponds due to minerals was fascinating to see.
I was in Yukon awhile back. The locals corrected me for calling it 'The Yukon.' "It's Yukon, not The Yukon." I argued that it was the Yukon Territories. No deal. "where you from?" "i'm from B.C." I replied. "Its not called The B.C.is it?
THANK YOU FOR THIS FANTASTIC HELPFUL INFORMATION, AND PICTURES.
Fascinating.
Very informative.
Very nicely done.
A friend of mine forwarded this video to me. He and his good friend did a lot of motorcycle riding in the same area. He said your video was an excelent example of what you'd see. My other interest was that my father had been stationed in Alaska in the Army. He used to talk so fondly about That part of the world. I feel like I got a taste of it in your video. Thanks so much.
Thanks for the kind words. It's a remarkable place to experience.
Been there done that. A trip like this puts so much into perspective!
I have always had a fascination with the Yukon. Now 65 yo, I doubt I will see it “with my own eyes”. Your “eyes” helped me get a taste of what I desire. Thank you.
I have lived in Dawson City since 2009, and I found your video amazingly accurate! While I have traveled many of the roads in Yukon, you have been on even more of them than I have. I highly recommend the trip to Keno though. It is a very special place.
Did it this summer. A transcendent experience.
Kluane was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.
Scott Extremely well done, I just found this and it will be very helpful for my trip to alaska in 2024...Thanks again
Great video and very inspiering, one wants to jump in the car and starts driving to the Yukon territory.
Thanks great information my wife and I are planning to drive to Alaska 2024 thanks again we live in BC Canada have done 49 States leaving the best for last. Can’t wait to see the most Beautiful place in the world 🙏🇨🇦🇺🇸
Have a wonderful trip!
My wife and I were in Chicken in 2018. Very neat place. We panned for gold in the chicken creek. We had dinner in the chicken creek cafe. Guess what was on the menu? CHICKEN!!! It is my favorite place that I've been in Ak. Probably will never get back to Ak. but we have great memories of our trip there. Round trip from southern Michigan was 11,465 miles. We were gone 8 weeks.
I’m a Faro boy. Great video, should have mentioned Faro’s many B&Bs and the golf course! It’s a great tourist destination.
Thank you! Words cannot express enough. This, is the true Freedom!
Exceptional driving information. Thank you!
Amazing shots, amazing work. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing Scott!
Glad to hear it's helpful!
I traveled the Alaska Highway in 1997. Much of the road was not paved. I remember well Watson Lake and Whitehorse. The first time I saw the Northern lights was at a lodge called Iron City. This video brought back wonderful memories of my adventure. Thank you. 😊
Thank you very much for sharing your video of Yukon....I enjoy watching your travel ..❤
My wife and I drove the Cambell Hwy. several years ago.......totally awesome! Tourist center in Watson Lake gave us really good maps and briefs as to what to look for along the way. From Watson Lake to Faro (250 miles.??) we saw no cars or trucks.........none.....zilch except for 3 trucks going the opposite direction. Stop in the middle of the road to take a pic......and the silence......wow.....not a cabin .......nothing in sight.....except for beautiful scenery...not even a jet's con trail in the sky. Thanks for the memories.
That doesn't surprise me. That stretch is the quietest road I've been on in the Yukon; possibly excepting the North Canol. Sounds like you had a great time!
This was an amazing video and very thorough on the route. Awesome job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for all the detailed information! Definitely gives me insight on what I’m getting myself into on my upcoming trip
Fantastic video, beautifully filmed and very informative.
Many thanks!
Thank you! It’s so beautiful
Hey, that's my map at 7:07 Glad it's being used!
It's a great map, Ryan. Thanks for putting it together!
Lots of great information. Beautiful country.
Thank you for the map with gas going to Tuk, makes it simple to remember I grabbed a screenshot and will reference it on my trip this year!
Glad it's helpful!
Hello, I'm already in Dawson City👍👍👍😊😊😊🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
This is THE BEST video of its kind I have EVER seen - for ANY destination - by any video producer. I've seen quite a bit of the Yukon on two trips each of multi weeks duration. And I've also done a fair bit of Yukon travel 'research'. You are incredibly brief and pithy and HIGHLY informative - accurately so from what I've seen. WOW! WOW! You must be an amazing person - no show boating - just the facts with great pictures. Really practical facts! Thanks for your GREAT work. In time I'll go through every one of your videos now that I've seen your work.
I'm humbled by your generous praise, Neil. Thank you.
@@selkinshome You are very welcome. I've now seen a lot of your other uploads and it seems this video is a distillation. That should not be a surprise. Most beautifully done.
Excellent guide, thank you so much!
eye candy well done thanks for sharing great video classssssssssssss
Great video, awesome photography and drone footage. Some of these roads are on my bucket list. Thank you for the comprehensive coverage of the roads in the Yukon territory.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Everyone seems to make kinda the same videos they stop at the same places mention the exact scenery other record for their videos.,thank you anyway for showing the experience.
Great video, I appreciate the hard work you put into it. Thank you and greasy side down.
I applaud you again for this excellent informative video. I have ridden to most of these places.
One of, if not the best travelogs ive seen. Thank you, your video has convinced me to explore more of the yukon as we travel to Alaska in 2025.
Wow, thank you!
I just love the Yukon and Alaska. We had a blast there in 2017. Drove a 1994 F250 long bed 4x4 pulling a 25 ft 5th wheel. So many nice places to boondock
I’ve ridden most of the roads covered here and must admit that this is very acurate and informative video. Great job!
Thanks!
Thank you sir for this valuable information. Haven't been to the Yukon since 1997, we are planning a summer to travel most of Yukon, you provided a wealth of information. Thanks again. Have a great day.
Very informative, thanks for making this video.
Amazing informative video. Thank you for this
Bloody brilliant mate, it looks terrific.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing! Than you for the excellent information!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video ! I'm looking at heading to the Yukon for a 6 week trip to enjoy the back country :) Thanks for sharing,
thanks for the detailed video guide!
Thanks for a fascinating and insightful video. Superb work and great photography, with straightforward and informative narration.👍👍👍
Thanks for the kind words, Patrick.
That was a very informative video. I'll think I'll save it for future references..............Thanks for sharing
Glad you find it useful!
Great information and to the point! I appreciate the lack of extraneous chatter that is a part of other videos. :)
Glad it was helpful!
Fanastic review, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for a great, in-depth video. Tons of information. I am giving serious thought to making a move to Canada, and the Yukon is the place I would like to go. I can't get over the endless miles of untamed beauty. I could spend the rest of my life there, and die a happy man!
This is the most complete and informative video I’ve seen on what to expect on Yukon roads. My only criticism is that you didn’t cover South Klondike Highway to Skagway, AK.
Very nice to watch, thanks. I am going there in May.
I drove some of these roads last spring/summer. Using Dawson City as a hub I traveled the Dempster and the Top of the World into Alaska for a couple of weeks and then home eventually down the Cassier to Stewart/Hyder and Highway 16 across BC to Casper and south back to US. Two months of bucket list exploring. Thanks for take on beautiful Yukon.
Sounds like a great trip!
Absolutely awesome post! Thank you so much.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
Useful and beautiful video Road Atlas for the Yukon.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done. The Nahani Range road is beautiful
Thanks, Terry. I'm looking forward to Nahani Range Rd!
Fantastic pics and commentary
Wonderful summary. We have driven almost all the roads in Yukon, in various types of vehicles, but have not yet taken the Nahanni Range road or the North Canol road. Yukon and Northwest Territories are amazing places.
Thanks for the kind words, Andy. The North Canol is definitely worth the effort if you can get the right kind of vehicle. A lot of variety of landscape, and dramatic views on the latter half.
I am considering a trip out to Yukon, but with a daily driven sedan. Would you recommend I use a SUV instead or am I OK with using my sedan to explore most of the Yukon?
Nice and exhaustive travel guide .Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video thanks
Thanks for the video it helped to educate me before I take the plunge.👍
Great to hear!
Fantastic video, Scott. I’m trying to do my homework in preparation for one or more trips through BC, and to the Yukon, NWT, with hopes of dropping my kayak into the Arctic Ocean. I say one or more trips, because the first will likely be with my truck (for kayak transport), but doing this on a GS may have to happen as well. Thank you for educating and inspiring us all. I hope you continue to travel and make additional videos, and for me, the more detail, and longer the video... parts 1-10... the better. Thank again! Kind regards,, Andres
Glad you enjoyed it! If you're a big kayaker, there are outfitters who can set you up with multi-day drop-in routes in the Yukon backcountry. Have a great adventure!
Mr Elkins great well put together informative video.. Did a lot of these roads in2004... Great scenery in Kluane area.... stayed over in Dawson did the free ferry and remember seeing wonderful scenery traveling north from there.. the little pit stop of Boundry Alalska I saw on a vid is no longer there... has gas gifts and some cabins I believe. Chicken Alaska had about 27 folks and a three legged dog...drove out to the village of Mayo ..did Haines.. Haines JCT , Skagway ,, saw northern lights in Skagway mid September I believe it was ..had a tremendous cinnamon bun in Johnsons crossing.... this was a great video with great narration.... give you lots of props doing it solo and the drone is a great touch !!! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your memories! Mayo is on my mind for my next time up there.
Would love to travel there ! Nice video !
A very nice and well done video. It is really well spread out but so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your travels and wish you many more safe journeys. Take care and keep the rubber side down . Cheers !
Thanks, Fraser. Safe travels to you as well!
Great video Scott, excellent presentation, thanks for posting. A little trivia here: Alaska highway is known by many names one of which is Highway-97. Alaska highway mile-zero is of course in Dawson Creek. However, highway-97 does not start there. It starts in the city of Weed in California, at its intersection with old highway-99 also known as Weed Blvd. At that intersection is a totem pole that marks the start of the Alaska Highway!
Thanks for the bit of trivia! I checked out a map and it looks like I've traveled about 2/3 of that route from Weed to Dawson Creek. But now, of course, I want to ride it all in one go!
Thanks for the video and insights
super helpful with great, practical info. Thx!
You're welcome!
Awesome write up! Thanks for posting, I hope to ride some of these roads next year.
Don't put it off!
Wonderful video and info. Thank you.
A fantastic, highly informational video!
Thank you for the detailed descriptions
Hoping to travel some of these roads someday
This is an outstanding video; agreed with many of your recommendations having done the Alaska highway. Well done!
Thanks!
One of the best and most informative presentation on the Yukon I have watched. Great job and thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Great video.Thanks!
Great informative video, extremely well done.
Thanks!
What an awesome video. Spent about a month exploring the Yukon and Alaska this past month and yearn to return. Passed the Dempster while going north on the Klondike and will definitely venture up her on my next trip. Thanks.
Thanks! I imagine you saw some great fall colors on your trip.
On my way to the Yukon tomorrow and found the info in your video very helpful info. Thank you
Accurate and descriptive, a great vid...
Excellent prentation, thank you
Thanks!
Great Job! Thank you!
Breath taking scenery. And you didn't mention the northern light shows. Up close you could hear them
Very nice documentation. Did all these roads on several vacations in the '80s including the Nahanni. All with 4x4 camper trucks and the rental conditions were less restrictive then today. Did also the Cassiar back to B.C. Sweet memories.
Nice work, thank you.
Aahh…lived in Yukon for forty years…very close to my heart…still love it! Excellent video.
Glad to know you enjoyed it!