THE YUKON - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 677

Camping
The prime choice for tenters (no RVs allowed) is M Robert Service Campground (South
Access Rd., 867/668-3721, www.robertservicecampground.com , mid-May-Sept., $20), a
two-kilometer (1.2-mile) drive or 20-minute walk south of town along the riverside Millen-
nium Trail. It has a small store and café, showers, an outdoor living room (complete with
TV), and free firewood.
Government-run Wolf Creek Campground ($12), 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) south of
Whitehorse along the Alaska Highway, has campsites for tents and RVs (but no hookups),
a creek with spawning salmon (early August), drinking water, outhouses, and cooking shel-
ters.
Near the south entrance to town, Hi Country RV Park (91374 Alaska Hwy., 867/
667-7445 or 877/458-3806, www.hicountryrvyukon.com , tents $22, hookups $30-40) is
one of a half-dozen private campgrounds spread along the Alaska Highway within a five-
minute drive of downtown. It has 130 sites spread among the trees, modern shower facilit-
ies, a laundry, RV wash, dump station, wireless Internet, and convenience store.
Farther south, Pioneer RV Park (91091 Alaska Hwy., 867/668-5944, www.pioneer-rv-
park.com , May-Sept., tents $19, hookups $26-32) has cheaper sites but is not much more
than a glorified parking lot.
FOOD
It's hard to go past Baked Café (100 Main St., 867/633-6291, 7am-6pm Mon.-Sat.,
8am-5pm Sun., lunches $6-10) as a recommendation for a centrally located café offering a
familiar range of coffee concoctions, salads, soups, paninis, and baked goods.
Even though chains such as Starbucks have made an appearance in Whitehorse, go
beyond what you know and search out Midnight Sun Coffee Roaster (9002 Quartz Rd.,
867/668-7559, midnightsuncoffeeroasters.com , 8am-6pm Mon.-Sat.), with coffee that is as
good as you'll find anywhere. It's located in a bike shop, where bags of coffee beans are
spread throughout. Flavors come with locally inspired monikers like Sam McGee's Black.
Also well worth a visit is The Chocolate Claim (305 Strickland St., 867/667-2202,
7:30am-6pm Mon.-Thurs., 7:30am-7pm Fri., 8:30am-6pm Sat., lunches $6.50-9), an arty
space with handmade chocolates, freshly baked sunflower bread, sandwiches, savory soups,
cappuccino, and a few outdoor tables.
In a two-story log building just off 4th Avenue on the north side of downtown, M
Alpine Bakery (411 Alexander St., 867/668-6871, 8am-6pm Tues.-Fri., 8am-4pm Sat.)