Carcross Desert
Dune field beside a glacial lake, billed as the 'world's smallest desert', next to the village of Carcross. Climb the dunes or go sandboarding.
The dunes cover about 2.6 square kilometres. The sand is fine material left behind when a glacial lake dried up during the ice age, and lake winds have shaped it into rolling dunes amid northern coniferous forest and mountain peaks, making for a striking landscape. You can stop beside the road and walk onto the dunes free of charge. The nearby village of Carcross has brightly painted wooden houses, the old White Pass railway station and the Nares Lake bridge, and all can be visited together. It can be combined with Emerald Lake for a South Klondike day trip.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Emerald Lake (Yukon)
- Grey Mountain
- Miles Canyon
- Schwatka Lake
- Whitehorse Rapids Fishway
- SS Klondike National Historic Site
- Log Skyscrapers
- Old Log Church Museum