Hiking Nahanni Country

There are many hiking opportunities in Nahanni National Park Reserve, accessible from the river. Hikers can spot a variety of wildlife including moose, Dall's sheep, woodland caribou, black and grizzly bears, wolves, snowshoe hares, falcons, and eagles.

Sunblood Mountain Trail

Yellowknife Parks and Trails

Popular walking trails offer walkers, bikers and hikers scenic views of the city skyline and city lakes. There are some 17 lakes and 38 acres of parks and trails within the city limits. No one has to leave town to enjoy the wilderness in any season.

Western Arctic Hiking

Stretch your legs on trails around Inuvik. You can cover a few kilometers on the Boot Lake, Treeline/Tundra and Old Baldy trails. Walk the East Channel shore or check out the ski trails that start at the Ski Club.

Hiking in Dehcho

This is one of the world's most spectacular and difficult hikes. Once a wartime pipeline route, its 372 km (231 mi) run through the Mackenzie Mountains and up to Macmillan Pass on the Continental Divide, and into the Yukon. You can begin your trip at Norman Wells in the east. About 48 km (30 mi) in, you'll find yourself scrambling in rocky Dodo Canyon and several unpredictable river crossings follow.

Climb the Unclimbables

The very name is a dare to climbers from around the world. In 1955, the legendary mountaineer Arnold Wexler came across a spectacular series of remote cliffs in the Logan Mountains just outside what is now Nahanni National Park Reserve. Frustrated by their sheer granite walls, he named the jagged monsters the Cirque of the Unclimbables.