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There is a particular quality to Yukon light. In summer it refuses to leave, pooling gold across the mountains long past midnight, so a hike begun after dinner feels like the middle of the afternoon. These are the long days for paddleboarding still water, biking wide trails and losing hours to festivals and cultural events under a sun that never quite sets. By late August the balance tips: the hills flush amber and red, the crowds thin, and the first green ribbons of the northern lights begin their slow work overhead. Whichever season you choose, the vastness is the point – landscapes that run to the horizon and keep going, rivers to canoe, wildlife that has never read the guidebook.
Getting there is where Air North comes in. For nearly fifty years, Yukon's own airline has been flying the North – proudly Yukon-owned, 49% held by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, and woven into the communities it serves. That local rootedness shows. Air North connects northern communities to Whitehorse and on to the rest of Canada, with service reaching the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
It shows in the flying, too. Every fare includes a complimentary meal and a genuinely generous baggage allowance: one carry-on, one personal item and two checked bags, with none of the surprise fees that have become the grim norm elsewhere. The comfortable Boeing 737 aircraft offer 32 inches of seat pitch and seats that actually recline – modest luxuries that feel substantial somewhere over the mountains. Add warm, Yukon-style hospitality and a reputation for landing on time, and the journey stops being the part you endure to reach the good bit.
Elise H
Because the good bit is considerable. This is a region of rich Indigenous culture and small, singular communities; of fishing, canoeing and wildlife-watching; of remote experiences you simply won't find anywhere else in Canada. Come in summer for the midnight sun and the festivals. Come in autumn for the colour and the first aurora. Come, frankly, for the rare pleasure of somewhere that still feels genuinely far away.
Ready to head north? Book now at flyairnorth.com, or through your favourite travel agent or online booking service, for seamless travel to Canada and the North
