Accommodation

Our official partner hotel in Whitehorse is the Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre. YAU athletes who stay there, get reduced rates. When you make your room booking for 2027 please make sure you let them know you are with the race and give them the group booking code #91165. The reduced rates for single/double occupancy is CAD 135 per room, per night, plus applicable taxes (5% GST and 2.5% levy).

Rates do not include breakfast or any other meals.

If you do sign up for the race, please book your accommodation as soon as possible. In order to get the discount you can make your booking by sending an email to Melissa (opsmanager@sternwheelerhotel.ca) or by calling +1 867-393-9700. Also, you can make your reservation online via this link:

Sternwheeler Hotel Whitehorse

You can of course also stay in other hotels or at a hostel. However, we do recommend the Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre not just because of the reduced room rates. A lot of it is about convenience. All of our pre-race “events” (dealing with paperwork, picking up rental gear, dinner) happen there. So, it’s a lot easier for you to simply walk down the stairs and not have to worry about how to get there each time.

Some more general travel information as given by Tourism Yukon:

By Land

Two main routes lead from British Columbia: the Alaska Highway begins at Dawson Creek and stretches for 2,233 kilometres (1,388 miles) before reaching Delta Junction, Alaska. It’s asphalt-surfaced and you’ll find gas, food and lodging every 32-80 km (20-50 miles). The Stewart-Cassiar Highway winds through B.C.’s interior, meeting the Alaska Highway 22 km (14 miles) west of Watson Lake, Yukon. It has been upgraded to all-weather status but is a remote road: plan ahead for gas, food and lodging as services are limited along the route.

By Air

The Yukon is less that a day’s flight from any North American city. Scheduled air service is available from Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. Almost all flights from other regions and countries will go via Vancouver airport. If anyone is flying Air North, give them a call and ask for the connector fare. They will ask you to email your flight details from wherever you are flying from but once you do, it’s only CAD 100 one way. So, CAD 200 round trip from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary or anywhere Air North flies to.

By Sea

Regularly scheduled ferry service to Alaska and the Yukon runs from Bellingham, Wash., and Vancouver, B.C. The trip up the Inside Passage is a favourite way to travel north: the scenery is breathtaking and the route is teeming with eagles, whales and other wildlife. Reservations are required; call 1-800-642-0066 for Alaska Ferry information, or 1-250-386-3431 for B.C. Ferry schedules.

By Bus

Scheduled motorcoach service to the Yukon is available six days a week from Edmonton, Alberta, and from Vancouver, B.C.

For more information on the Yukon Territory please go to www.travelyukon.com.