Overview

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Teslin Lake is an immense Yukon lake (130 km long!) located along the Alaska Highway at 681 m altitude. This glacial lake, one of the Yukon's largest, offers impressive fetch in a setting of mountains and boreal forest. The village of Teslin, a Tlingit community, sits at the lake's northern end. The Alaska Highway (Highway 1) runs along the shore, providing easy but remote access. Lake historically navigated by Klondike gold seekers in 1898. Extreme adventure spot at 60°N.

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Spot forecast for Teslin Lake

Sunrise 08:45 · Sunset 18:27

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Teslin Lake: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

39h

in September · 6.5 rideable days

The season runs from September to October, peaking in September: 6 rideable days a month and 39 hours of usable wind, at 9 °C. The low point is March, at 0.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 99%13-20 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 99% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at -15 °C. The wettest month is July, with 77 mm.

Monthly averages: Teslin Lake

Monthly averages — Teslin Lake — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	2.0	6 h	-10 °C	41 mm
February	1.0	7 h	-9 °C	19 mm
March	0.5	5 h	0 °C	20 mm
April	2.5	12 h	6 °C	16 mm
May	11.5	62 h	11 °C	39 mm
June	2.5	14 h	18 °C	26 mm
July	2.0	14 h	19 °C	77 mm
August	2.5	15 h	19 °C	67 mm
September	6.5	39 h	13 °C	59 mm
October	4.5	24 h	4 °C	55 mm
November	1.5	7 h	-5 °C	33 mm
December	0.5	1 h	-15 °C	50 mm

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Technical details of Teslin Lake spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Expert

On the water

Immense 130 km long glacial lake at 681 m altitude. Exceptional fetch (up to 130 km in south wind!). Extremely cold water (4-12°C) fed by glacial melt. Waves reaching 2 m+ in strong wind on the full fetch. Rocky and sandy bottom. Currents possible in the narrow part of the lake. Wild landscape of mountains and boreal forest.

Hazards

EXTREME DANGER: glacial water (4-12°C) — drysuit mandatory, survival only minutes without protection. 130 km fetch capable of generating oceanic conditions. Grizzly and black bears. Extremely remote from emergency services. Katabatic mountain winds — violent and unpredictable gusts. Arctic weather conditions possible even in summer. Riding reserved for over-equipped experts, never alone, with satellite communication devices.

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TESLIN (AUT)11.7 kmsource Environment Canada

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