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- Mount Logan and the Saint Elias Range — Canada’s highest peak sits inside the park and dominates the skyline; massive granite faces, hanging glaciers and extreme weather make this area feel properly wild and remote. If you like spine-tingling scale, the view from the valley floors is unforgettable.
- Kaskawulsh Glacier and the Slims River watershed — one of the park’s biggest glaciers and the site of the 2016 “river piracy” event where meltwater abruptly changed course. It’s a dramatic example of glacial change you can see on hikes or from the air, and the braided glacial rivers and sediment-heavy waters are striking up close.
- Flightseeing over the Kluane Icefields (glacier landings) — not cheap, but a short flight gives you jaw-dropping perspectives of the icefields, crevassed glaciers
- Mount Logan and the Saint Elias Range — Canada’s highest peak sits inside the park and dominates the skyline; massive granite faces, hanging glaciers and extreme weather make this area feel properly wild and remote. If you like spine-tingling scale, the view from the valley floors is unforgettable.
- Kaskawulsh Glacier and the Slims River watershed — one of the park’s biggest glaciers and the site of the 2016 “river piracy” event where meltwater abruptly changed course. It’s a dramatic example of glacial change you can see on hikes or from the air, and the braided glacial rivers and sediment-heavy waters are striking up close.
- Flightseeing over the Kluane Icefields (glacier landings) — not cheap, but a short flight gives you jaw-dropping perspectives of the icefields, crevassed glaciers and Mount Logan that trails can’t. Many operators offer glacier landings so you can step onto the ice and hike a short distance — worth it if your budget allows.
- Kluane Lake — Yukon’s largest lake: big horizons, migratory birds, and shoreline camping. It’s great for quiet paddles, spotting trumpeter swans, and watching the color shifts in glacial silt as seasons change. The lakeside roads and viewpoints make it a relaxed stop between hikes.
- Kathleen Lake & the King’s Throne Trail — a classic Kluane day-hike: steep switchbacks up to a cirque that looks down on Kathleen Lake and the valley. It’s short enough for most fit day-hikers and delivers alpine views and wildflowers without technical climbing. Personal favorite — that amphitheatre view at the top still gives me chills.
- Dall sheep, grizzly and moose country — rugged cliffs and alpine slopes in Kluane are prime Dall sheep habitat (the white rams are iconic). Keep an eye on ridgelines at dawn/dusk for big mammals; always follow bear safety practices and keep distance, but the wildlife encounters here are genuinely classic Yukon.
- Alsek River corridor and braided glacial canyons — this river system carves dramatic canyons and feeds into the larger Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage area. Sections are famous for rafting and multi-day trips (often run from nearby staging areas) where you float past ice-cliff scenery and remote wilderness.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past decade, I’ve backpacked through 80+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.