Kluane National Park

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Kluane National Park
The valley of the Donjek River
The valley of the Donjek River
Kluane National Park (Canada)
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Coordinates: 60 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 139 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location: Yukon , Canada
Next city: Haines Junction
Surface: 22,013 km²
Founding: 1976
Visitors: 27,606 (2016/2017)
Address: Kluane National Park and Reserve
P.O. Box 5495
Haines Junction, Yukon
Canada
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The Kluane Icefield
The Kluane Icefield
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The Kluane National Park ( kluː'ɑːniː ; English Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada , French Parc national et réserve de parc national du Canada Kluane ) is a Canadian national park located in the southwest of the Yukon and founded in 1976 with an area of ​​22,016 km². The highest mountain in the country belongs to it: Mount Logan ( 5959  m ). 82 percent of its area is covered by the Kluane Icefield and the glaciers it feeds. Kluane Lake borders the national park in the northeast . The park is the fourth largest in Canada and the largest in the Yukon. The park is an IUCN Category II ( National Park ) protected area managed by Parks Canada , a Crown Agency (federal agency). Unlike most other Canadian national parks, it has the addition of reserve . It arises from other rights of use for the local indigenous peoples .

In 1979 the park, together with the US Wrangell-St.-Elias National Park , was declared a cross-border world natural heritage by UNESCO . This world natural heritage was supplemented in 1992 by the US Glacier Bay National Park and in 1994 by the Canadian Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park .

Surname

The name was derived from Lu'An Mün, a word of Tutchonen means the "lake with many fish."

activities

Mountain biking is possible on some paths and the park is a paradise for hikers, for whom there are paths and routes of different lengths and levels of difficulty. Paths are mostly laid out, well marked, some with bridges, it is relatively easy to follow them and some there are primitive campsites. Routes describe a rough hiking direction and demand a lot more from the hiker because of the differences in altitude and river crossings.

ways

  • St. Elias Lake ; Length: 3.8 km, difference in altitude: 120 m, maximum altitude: 880 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 2 to 4 hours, starting point: 60 km south of Haines Junction on Haines Road
  • Mush Lake Road ; Length: 22 km, difference in altitude: 30 m, maximum altitude: 760 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 1 to 2 days, starting point: 55 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, mountain bikes allowed
  • Shorty Creek ; Length: 12 km, difference in altitude: 270 m, maximum altitude: 1,000 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 6 to 9 hours, starting point: 55 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road
  • Cottonwood ; Length: 83 km, difference in altitude: 520 m, maximum altitude: 1,310 m, degree of difficulty: difficult, duration: 4 to 6 days, starting point: 27 or 55 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, circular route, mountain bikes partially permitted
  • Rock glacier ; Length: 600 m, altitude difference: 90 m, maximum altitude: 790 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 0.5 to 2 hours, starting point: 45 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road
  • Kokanee ; Length: 300 m, elevation gain: 120 m, maximum elevation: 3 m, difficulty level: easy, duration: 10 to 30 minutes, starting point: Kathleen Lake day use area, 27 km south of Haines Junction on Haines Road
  • Auriol ; Length: 15 km, difference in altitude: 400 m, maximum altitude: 1,160 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 4 to 6 hours, starting point: 7 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, circular route
  • Dezadeash River ; Length: 4.8 km, difference in altitude: 15 m, maximum height: 640 m, degree of difficulty: easy, duration: 1 to 2 hours, starting point: Haines Junction Visitors Center or at the bridge over the Dezadeash River , circular route
  • Alsek ; Length: 26 km, difference in altitude: 90 m, maximum altitude: 610 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 1 to 3 days, starting point: 10 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, mountain bikes allowed
  • Bullion Creek ; Length: 5.8 km, difference in altitude: 150 m, maximum altitude: 940 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 4 to 6 hours, starting point: Sheep Mountain Information Center, 72 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, mountain bikes allowed
  • Sheep-Bullion Plateau ; Length: 12 km, difference in altitude: 880 m, maximum altitude: 1,620 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 6.5 to 8 hours, starting point: Sheep Mountain Information Center, 72 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway
  • Sheep Creek ; Length: 3.8 km, difference in altitude: 430 m, maximum altitude: 1,280 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 3 to 6 hours, starting point: Sheep Mountain Information Center, 72 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway.
  • Soldiers Summit ; Length: 0.5 km, difference in altitude: 90 m, maximum altitude: 880 m, level of difficulty: easy, duration: 20 to 90 minutes, starting point: 1 km north of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 73 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway

Routes

  • Onion lake ; Length: 35 km, difference in altitude: 830 m, maximum altitude: 1,380 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 3 to 5 days, starting point: Dalton Post, 84 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, mountain bikes partially permitted
  • Goatherd ; Length: 60 km, difference in altitude: 640 m, maximum altitude: 1,190 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 7 to 11 days, starting point: 55 km south of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, mountain bikes partially permitted
  • King's Throne ; Length: 5 km, elevation gain: 1,220 m, maximum altitude: 1,980 m, difficulty level: for experienced hikers, duration: 4 to 10 hours, starting point: Kathleen Lake daily use area, 27 km south of Haines Junction on Haines Road
  • Quill Creek South ; Length: 18 km, difference in altitude: 730 m, maximum altitude: 1,580 m, level of difficulty: difficult, duration: 2 to 4 days, starting point: 13 km north of Haines Junction on Haines Road
  • Mt. Decoeli ; Length: 9 km, difference in altitude: 1,340 m, maximum altitude: 2,330 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 7 to 11 hours, starting point: 25 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway
  • Kimberly Meadow ; Length: 62 km, difference in altitude: 1,219 m, maximum altitude: 1,890 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 3 to 5 days, starting point: 25 km north of Haines Junction on the Haines Road, circular route
  • Slims East ; Length: 23 km, difference in altitude: 910 m, maximum altitude: 1,680 m, level of difficulty: difficult, duration: 2 to 4 days, starting point: 3 km south of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 69 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, mountain bikes allowed
  • Vulcan Creek ; Length: 10 km, difference in altitude: 790 m, maximum altitude: 1,580 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 1 to 2 days, starting point: 3 km south of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 69 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway
  • Kluane Plateau ; Length: 7 km, difference in altitude: 975 m, maximum altitude: 1,770 m, level of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 7 to 11 hours, starting point: 3 km south of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 69 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway
  • Slims West ; Length: 30 km, difference in altitude: 910 m, maximum altitude: 2,114 m, level of difficulty: difficult, duration: 3 to 5 days, starting point: Sheep Mountain Information Center, 72 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, mountain bikes partially allowed
  • Sheep Mountain Ridge ; Length: 11 km, difference in altitude: 1,310 m, maximum altitude: 1,920 m, degree of difficulty: difficult, duration: 6 to 10 hours, starting point: 2 km north of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 74 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, circular route
  • Sheep congdon ; Length: 25 km, difference in altitude: 910 m, maximum altitude: 1,710 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 2 to 3 days, starting point: Sheep Mountain Information Center, 72 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, circular route
  • Williscroft Canyon ; Length: 2 km, difference in altitude: 240 m, maximum altitude: 1,040 m, level of difficulty: average, duration: 1.5 to 3 hours, starting point: 9 km north of the Sheep Mountain Information Center, 81 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway
  • Donjek ; Length: 96 km, difference in altitude: 2,700 m, maximum altitude: 2,070 m, degree of difficulty: for experienced hikers, duration: 6 to 10 days, starting point: Duke River, 9 km north of Burwash Landing Center, 81 km north of Haines Junction on the Alaska Highway, circular route

literature

  • Vivien Lougheed: The Kluane National Park Hiking Guide. New Star Books Vancouver, 3rd edition 2007, ISBN 978-1-55420-025-2

Web links

Commons : Kluane National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Kluane National Park (English)
  2. ↑ Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek. World Heritage Committee , accessed August 3, 2015 .