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KLUANE dramatic heights<br />

In the Kluane region, size matters! It features Canada’s highest peak,<br />

Mount Logan (5,959 m), and the largest icefields outside of the polar caps.<br />

A dramatic landscape of broad, lush valleys and monumental mountain<br />

ranges, Kluane National Park and Reserve is the Yukon’s component of<br />

the largest internationally protected area in the world and is a UNESCO<br />

World Heritage Site. Kluane is steeped in the enduring cultural heritage<br />

of the Northern and Southern Tutchone peoples with influences by<br />

the Tlingit and Upper Tanana.<br />

Beaver<br />

Creek<br />

Burwash<br />

Landing<br />

Destruction Bay<br />

Haines Junction<br />

WHITEHORSE<br />

Hikers cross a ridge overlooking Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake – YG, F. Mueller<br />

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