Skagway

Skagway

The northernmost port on our trip is Skagway. This town is incredible, a gold rush town with a population of only 900.  Over 2,000 people move here to work in the summer to support the 1 million visitors they get from cruises.

White Pass Railway

We started our day on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, built during the gold rush in the late 1800s and climbs 3,000 feet to White Pass and the Canadian border. You could stand outside between the cars as we made our way to the pass.



Canada!

Once to the Canadian border it began snowing, seems appropriate! It was a great trip, the views were beautiful and the history of the area during the gold rush is fascinating.  Once we returned to Skagway we were ready for lunch, went to the Skagway Brewing Company for a delicious salmon sandwich!


Lower Dewey Lake

After lunch we decided to hike to Lower Dewey Lake above town.  A mile straight up and then we arrived at the lake. Absolutely gorgeous and not a person in site, had the whole lake to ourselves! A tough hike but completely worth it.