Yukon plays like Klondike on the tableau — alternating colors, descending builds, kings in empty columns — but there is no stock pile. Instead, extra cards are dealt face-up onto columns at the start, and you may move any face-up card together with everything on top of it, even if that stack is not in order.
That freedom makes Yukon faster and more tactical than Klondike: planning which buried card to lift matters more than cycling a deck.
How to play Yukon Solitaire
- Seven tableau columns with a Yukon deal: column one has one face-up card; each next column adds face-down cards plus a block of face-up cards.
- Build tableau down by alternating color.
- Move any face-up card and every card above it as one unit, regardless of internal order.
- Empty columns take kings only.
- Foundations build up by suit from ace to king. Win when all 52 cards are on foundations.
Strategy tips
- Use the scoop move to expose a buried ace or low card without first reordering the whole column.
- Do not lift a deep stack unless the bottom card has a real destination — you may bury cards you just freed.
- Empty a column for a king only when the king opens a column that was blocking progress.
- Foundations can wait for tableau cards that are acting as anchors for scoops.
- If Yukon feels chaotic, compare a deal to Klondike — same foundations, no second chance from stock.
Common questions
How is Yukon different from Klondike?
No stock or waste. You can move messy face-up stacks as a unit, which Klondike does not allow unless the stack is properly ordered.
