Gold panning tours, shops & clubs in Yukon
6 listings: 2 tourist panning, 1 guided tours, 1 prospecting supply, 2 club / association. Each names its source; verified ones were checked against the operator's own site or an official listing.
🎟️ Tourist panning
Wild Adventure Yukon — Klondike Gold Experience
30-minute Klondike Gold Experience on the Klondike Highway at Carcross (3028 Klondike Hwy): a prospector runs through Chilkoot Trail history and panning technique using raw ore from an active Yukon mine; everyone leaves with gold in a vial. CA$25, daily 11–4 in summer.
Source: Official site — wildadventureyukon.ca (gold panning activity page)
Claim 33 Gold Panning & Jerry Bryde Klondyke Mining Museum
Family-run pay-to-pan on Bonanza Creek Road (about km 13): instruction, a pan loaded with pay dirt (about $15) and a gold guarantee, with a yard of vintage mining equipment and a gift shop. Open daily 10–5 from mid-May to mid-September.
Nearest public spot: Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site · ≈ 2.7 km
Source: Travel Yukon (lists Claim 33 at km 13 Bonanza Creek Rd); Yelp/Tripadvisor listings updated 2026; business site claim33.vpweb.ca
🧭 Guided tours
Yukon You Mine Gold
A Klondike prospector's private claim near Mount Nansen, west of Carmacks, opened up for hands-on visits: 3-day gold adventures, pans, shovels and detectors to rent, nugget-shooting and Yukon paydirt by mail. Informal and evolving — contact ahead.
Source: Official site — yukonyouminegold.com (about, directions and contact pages)
🛒 Prospecting supply
Dawson Trading Post
Front Street outfitter and antiques store (966 Front St) where Travel Yukon sends visitors to buy a gold pan before heading up Bonanza Creek. Outdoor gear, collectibles and Klondike ephemera.
Nearest public spot: Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site · ≈ 16 km
Source: Travel Yukon 'Gold panning made easy' (lists it for pans); yukoninfo.com listing (address, phone)
🤝 Club / association
Klondike Placer Miners' Association (KPMA)
The voice of Yukon's roughly 200 family placer mines since 1974. Not a hobby club, but its resources pages, training and news are essential reading before you stake or work placer ground in the Klondike, Mayo, Kluane or Dawson districts.
Source: Official site — kpma.ca (about-us page); Yukon Chamber of Mines member directory lists 3151B 3rd Ave, Whitehorse
Yukon Chamber of Mines
Territory-wide mining and exploration association at the Calcite Centre, 151 Industrial Road. Industry-oriented, but its Yukon Mining 101, geoscience and map resources are the fastest primer for a newcomer working out how claims and free entry work in Yukon.
Source: Official site — yukonminers.org (address and contact on homepage)
Before you book or buy
Tourist panning operations run seasonally and many take bookings only by phone or email; supply shops in gold country often keep short winter hours. Assay labs quote per sample and want a proper submission form. Confirm on the operator's own site — the link on each card — before you drive.
New to Yukon? Read Gold Panning in Yukon first: it explains what a tourist pan lets you skip and what the rules are once you leave it.
Panned with one of these in Yukon?
Log the outing in LocalKarat. It starts private; share the story with your crew when you want.