Whitehorse Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Whitehorse is the transportation hub of the Yukon.

Land

Bus & train

Bus services, er, come and go. It’s always good to check the latest with the VIC.

Alaska Direct Bus Line (867-668-4833; www.alaskadirectbusline.com; 501 Ogilvie St) offers a summer service to Dawson ($150, eight hours, twice weekly); Tok, Alaska (US$125, eight hours, three times weekly), via the Alaska Hwy and Haines Junction (US$60, two hours).

Greyhound Canada (867-667-2223, 800-661-8747; www.greyhound.ca; 2191 2nd Ave) reaches the end of the line in Whitehorse. Service south along the Alaska Hwy to Dawson Creek ($205, 21 hours, three times per week, April to October) connects with buses for the rest of BC and Canada.

White Pass & Yukon Route (Whitehorse ticket office, Front St)offers a delightful rail and bus connection to/from Skagway (adult/child US$106/53, four hours, one daily, May to mid-September). The transfer point is Fraser, BC.

Yukon Alaska Tourist Tours (867-668-4414; www.yatt.ca; 102 Lambert St) runs to Dawson on Friday in summer ($100, eight hours) and returns on Sunday; daily to Skagway (US$55, four hours, late May to early September).

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Air

Whitehorse airport (YXY; 867-667-8440; www.gov.yk.ca) is five minutes west of downtown off the Alaska Hwy.

Whitehorse-based Air North (800-661-0407; www.flyairnorth.com) serves Dawson City, Old Crow, Inuvik in the NWT, Fairbanks in Alaska, and Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. Air Canada (888-247-2262; www.aircanada.com) serves Vancouver. Condor (800-364-1667, in Germany 01805 707 202; www.condor.com) has twice-weekly flights to/from Frankfurt in summer and First Air (800-267-1247; www.firstair.ca) flies to Yellowknife in the NWT.

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