Skagway, Alaska Wednesday 11 June

Skagway Alaska

Skagway, Alaska Day 5 of our Cruise:

Home base for the Klondike Gold Rush:

Most of the buildings from the the late 1890s when this was the jumping off point fro the last big gold rush:

More Jewellery stores and Cafe's than in those days, but you get the idea:

And always the big sky:

The big attraction is the White Pass and Yukon Railway which does go as far as Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory in Canada:

But, we took the 3 hour option up the steepest part up to the Canadian Boarder:

Starling the River Plain, but quickly climbing:

Into the Mountains:

And great engineering to overcome the steep terrain:

Which was state of the art at the time:

To the Border:

Where you are up in the Snow Line:

Then back down the same way:

Pasted a Gold Dredge:

Some Graffiti:

Then back to the ship: