Fun Facts and Things to do in SKAGWAY, ALASKA
A Small City with Great Tours to Offer!
Spending a day in Skagway, won't be complete without taking one of the most scenic train rides in your life- The White Pass Summit Tour.
If you don't like to just sit and look then Skagway offers a lot of hiking trails for you- from a short hike to Yakutania Point or Smugglers Cove where you can do a barbeque or picnic with your friends to a long hike to Devil's Punch Bowl where you can enjoy the view of the whole Skagway from the top. If you are lucky, then you might see a bear or a moose along the way!
You can also try dog sledding in the forest or if budget is not an issue with you then take a dog sledding tour on top of the icy mountain by a helicopter ride.
If history and pub quiz is your thing then take a city tour where you can learn more about Soapy Smith and what happens during the Klondike Gold Rush between 1896-1899.
Shopping is not a problem (during summer time) up to million tourist visit Skagway and the main street is filled with shops you can imagine!
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Welcome to Skagway
A preview of a series of videos about my summer living in Skagway, Alaska
Port Overview - Skagway, Alaska
Birthplace of the Alaskan Gold Rush, Skagway is the starting point for the historic White Pass Railroad and is located just north of the massive glacier filled icefield.
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Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Skagway - Alaska: White Pass & Yukon Route Railway, Jewell Gardens, Davidson Glacier, Red Onion Saloon Brothel Museum, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Lower Reid Falls, State Sreet and Broadway Street, Skagway Museum and Archives, Lower Dewey Lake Hiking Trail, Yakutania Point, Upper Dewey Lake, Captain William Moore Cabin, Gold Rush Cemetery, Corrington's Museum of Alaskan History, Yukon Suspension Bridge
Grizzly Falls Ziplining Expedition - Skagway, Alaska
Fast, fun, and exhilarating, this approximately 4 hour adventure is sure to excite nature lovers and thrill seekers alike! Get a running start on solid ground and take flight into the treetops of the Alaskan rainforest!
It all starts at your cruise dock when you meet up with your guide. From there, enjoy an entertaining historic tour through downtown Skagway then along 9 miles of stunning coastline. When you arrive at our base in Dyea, you will transfer into our customized unimog—an all-wheel drive vehicle necessary for getting up our rugged mountain road. During your adventurous ride up the mountain, look out at the impressive rainforest and glacially fed waterfalls. Get psyched—you're about to fly over this wild landscape!
At the top of the mountain, you will suit up in gear that meets the highest standards of safety while your highly trained guide tells you what to expect and how to safely navigate the course. You will then be lead to the take off zone, where you'll clip in and fly away! You'll soar through a course of 11 ziplines, the longest measuring 750ft—that's longer than 2 football fields combined! But this is more than just any zip course. Our lines will bring you directly above glacially fed waterfalls, so close you will actually feel the mist as you zoom by! For the more cautious adventurers, rest assured that you can always control your own speed with a brake system. But we double dog dare you to let go and zoom up to 45 miles per hour!
Of course, that's a little too fast to take those perfect pictures of the Alaskan wilderness. That's why we decided that a hardcore unimog and an 11 line zip course over waterfalls just isn't quite enough. So we added 4 state of the art suspension bridges. From these bridges, you'll be able to capture stunning photos of you and your loved ones in the heart of Alaska's wild beauty.
After completing the course, pat yourself on the back, say goodbye to your guides, and enjoy your last ride in the unimog to your bus at the bottom of the mountain. Take advantage of the scenic drive back to Skagway to look over your pictures and joke about who was the bravest zipliner. This is bound to be an E.X.C.U.R.S.I.O.N of a lifetime, one you will surely remember for years to come!
JEEP from Skagway to the Yukon
The camera, set on Central Time thought these opening shots (in the port of Juneau) were shot 3 hours later in the day, on June 11....But, From the Port, a good look around town, and then getting into our rented Jeep for the drive to the Yukon Territory. From Skagway, it's only about 65 miles, doesn't take long - but we were entirely independent, so it really was the highlight of the trip
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5 free things to do in Skagway, Alaska
Visiting Skagway?? In this episode ( ) we have hand picked 5 FREE shore excursions you can do on your next Alaskan cruise!!
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Most Beautiful Railroad in the U.S. - Skagway, Alaska
When in Skagway, Alaska, be sure to get a ticket for the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. It was one of the most beautiful trains I have ever been on and it will blow you away. Enjoy! ;)
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Skagway Alaska White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad Tour
This video showcases in-depth the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad in Skagway, Alaska. This is definitely the top attraction in Skagway and worth every dime of the ticket price. The railroad links the port of Skagway with Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. The railroad was constructed in 1898 during the legendary Klondike Gold Rush as transportation to and from the goldfields. From the late 1980's until now the railroad has been used as a tourist draw. If you like this Skagway, Alaska White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad video then make sure to give it a thumbs up!
Skagway, Alaska Cruise Port Guide: White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a popular attraction for cruise guests visiting Skagway, Alaska. Completed in 1900, the railroad was the primary means of transportation for prospectors travelling over the White Pass to the goldfields in the Yukon.
The “White Pass Summit Excursion” allows guests to ride in vintage-style passenger cars along the same route as gold prospectors of the past while seeing spectacular views, gold rush points of interest, and more. The narrated tour takes about two-and-a-half hours as the train travels forty miles round-trip to the White Pass summit at 2,888 feet in elevation.
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Skagway, Alaska
Recorded June 20, 2007.
Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862. However, the population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with more than 900,000 visitors. The port of Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is now in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months. Skagway is also part of the setting for Jack London's book The Call of the Wild.
This video begins in downtown Skagway along Broadway Avenue. Here I take a look at the Golden North Hotel and other historic buildings in town. Also in the video is a glimpse of the White Pass & Yukon Railway. A journey I took back in 1994 on my first trip to Alaska, but not today. The video concludes on the Sapphire Princess as we sail away down the Lynn Canal.
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On vient à Skagway pour la beauté de ses paysages et le souvenir de la Ruée vers l'Or.
Tourists visit Skagway for the scenery, and the memories of the Gold Rush.
Skagway Tour- What is there to see?
If you are heading to Skagway, check out this basic overview of what there is to see in Skagway.
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Legends & Lies Skagway Inn Skagway Alaska
Welcome to the Saloon Room at the Skagway Inn, a gold rush era bordello located on Paradise Alley in the Historic Red Light District, where , in 1898 , JD Stewart was robbed of his gold poke worth $77,000 dollars in today's dollar, by the bartender and con-men of a 6th Avenue saloon.The Skagway Inn Gold Rush Saloon- an artful blend of theatre and learning through drama,song,food, and drink of the Gold Rush.
Skagway Alaska Excursion
These were some of the highlights of our cruise excursion at the small town of Skagway, Alaska. Our guide was full of information and stories, especially regarding an infamous outlaw named Soapy Smith. After the tour we walked around town- very interesting place! You can see the photos we snapped of Skagway here:
The Red Onion Saloon, in Skagway, Alaska
The Red Onion Saloon originally opened for business in 1898 at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, and was considered Skagway’s most exclusive bordello at the time. It was built by planks cut by Captain William Moore, the founder of Skagway, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
A Seattle saloon man, Peter Lawson, built the Red Onion during the fall of 1898 and opened it as Skagway's largest dance hall and saloon. Upstairs was a brothel, a higher class parlor than the adjacent cribs on Yokohama Row and Paradise Alley.
The Red Onion was moved in 1914
with one horse from Sixth and State Street to
its current Broadway location. Interestingly, the
Onion was dragged around the corner backwards and the front and back of the building had to be removed in order to switch them.
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Skagway Alaska!
In July 2010 we travelled to Alaska onboard the Sea Princess. Here are just a some photographs taken in the ten hours we were in Skagway. We both intend to go back to this wonderful place and spend a lot of time exploring the state of Alaska.
The few hours the ship stops at each port are never enough fo us. I hope you enjoy the images. I will put up more pictures and video of our holiday soon.
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Alaska Tour - Skagway, AK - Stop #6
Today we made it thru Carcross all the way to Skagway, Alaska!
The drive had spectacular scenery with lakes like mirrors with mountains in the distance! Jeannie took several pictures thru the windows of the scenery and our caravan of 25 RV's. To get into Skagway, you need to descend from over 3000 feet elevation to sea level over a 7 mile decline which was quite long and steep, but we all made it fine!
In Skagway, we were there for the 4th of July Celebrations including a parade down Main Street and Fireworks! We also went out to dinner numerous time at different old time bars, and then to the 'Days of '98' Show' featuring a play about 'Soapy Smith' and Can Can Dancers!
We also took some time to go see and climb the Chilkoot Trail. This was the famous trail many hearty souls climbed, in the winter, up a steep mountain during the Klondike Gold Rush! Because so many were dying, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police starting requiring them to carry a year's worth of food, or 2000 pounds up the mountain. This required even the strongest hikers to take over 30-40 trips up and back to get all the stuff hand carried over the mountain!
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