We flew to Whitehorse to start and finish our trip there. So while we flew up with a lot of food and gear, this trip required much more shopping for fresh food, stove fuel, bear bangers, and other incidentals. Whitehorse has a plethora of outdoor stores.
Canoes, PFDs, paddles, bailers etc:
We flew with some stuff but rented 20’ Mackenzies and paraphernalia. We used Kanoe People for shuttle and rentals. They were awesome and we recommend them.
For navigation:
Must buy – Yukon River guide book by Mike Rourke
We relied on “handrailing” the river based on the directions in the guide book. It was an extremely valuable resource. We also had some beta from other people who had done the river. This was really helpful too.
Trip length:
We got the Kanoe people to shuttle us to the North end of Lac Laberge. From there to Dawson City is 620 km. This took us a fairly leisurely 13 days. Carmacks is a convenient half-way’ish restock place or convenient take out/put-in. Dawson City is a well worth a few days of post-trip relaxation and enjoyment. There are good restaurants, showers, laundry, and worthwhile museums etc. We shuttled back to Whitehorse on the Husky Bus.
A little too close to nature 