We spent the night near town.
Whitehorse – First Day
Next morning we drove from Five Finger Rapids to Whitehorse where we stayed for two days
Dawson City to Five Finger Rapids
We followed the Klondike Highway from Dawson to Whitehorse. However we decided to stop for the night at Five Finger Rapids a couple of hours before Whitehorse.
Artic Ocean Return
Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk
On the fourth day we reached Inuvik, where we stopped at the Western Artic Regional Visitor Center.
Dempster and Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highways
We spent one week travelling Dempster and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highways.
Together those roads cover 540 miles to the Artic Ocean. The round trip is a little short of 1,200 miles crossing across Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
Both are mostly unpaved with a mix of gravel sections, dirt sections and some sections covered with calcium chloride.
It is a stressful drive filled with potholes, washboards, freeze weaves and other difficulties. Finding the proper groove and speed over the washboards is the most challenging part. Going too slow is terrible, going faster helps but the extra speed makes it difficult sometimes to avoid potholes and specially the freeze weaves.
Dawson City – Yukon
We camped the night before at the top of the Midnight Dome overseeing the city, the Yukon river and the surrounding mountains.
Top of the World Highway
We followed the Top of the World Highway crossing the Canadian border, entering Yukon with the goal of reaching Dawson City by the end of the day.
From Alberta to Yukon
Maligne Lake – Jasper NP
We wanted to go to Malgine Canyon but this is one of the areas still closed due to last year’s fires.
We left the campground early in the morning towards Maligne Lake instead.
