Skagway, United States Travel Blogs

July 5th skagway rising at dawn (which ...
Jul 6, 1999 (2 photos)

... have to resort to "the alternative" (i.e. in the forest or behind a rock above the treeline) if at all possible... Skagway itself (also spelled Skaguay) is a charming town. It's old-fashioned, quaint and has been restored to a better-than-original ...

Skagway, Alaska, United States
Aug 25, 2009 (18 photos)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - Skagway, AK About 160 miles southeast of Destruction Bay, we leave the Alaska Highway and take the South Klondike Highway through British Columbia to Skagway, Alaska.  We have now traveled the entire Alaska Highway!& ...

Alaskan Sojourn - The Inside Passage
Sep 1, 2005 (7 photos)

There is something romantic about going to Alaska, and it has nothing to do with a cruise (which I did not take anyway). Be it gold and riches in the past, or the grandeur and power of nature and wildlife today, the lure of the Final Frontier remains ...

Skagway, Alaska, United States
Aug 28, 2009 (37 photos)

... who not only followed her captain's orders, cast off and tied the lines, but served all the passengers. After departing Skagway, we headed south through Lynn Canal, the continent's longest and deepest glacial fjord. Lynn Canal stretches over 100 ...

Gold Rushing
Jun 16, 2007

... , and during that time, the rails were starting to make their way to the region. When the rail line finally got to Skagway, a difficulty arose between the location of the town and the line of the rails. The rail line couldn't really be redirected, so the ...

Made the ferry!
Aug 17, 2007 (16 photos)

... incredibly green lake, green I've never seen before in a lake. We wound through passes and another border crossing before reaching Skagway. We had half the day to wander around Skagway. I shopped a bit then found a trail to hike with Keesha. ...

Skagway - I'm an equestrian!
May 27, 2009 (24 photos)

... riding! We had a lot of fun riding and then went back to camp to pack up and start our trip back to Skagway.  We stopped at the Cinnamon Cache for lunch, ham sandwiches and terrific cinnamon buns! We then stopped in Carcross before we ...

Kluane Park, Yukon and Skagway, Alaska
Sep 4, 2005 (15 photos)

... time - this time south to Skagway, the coastal town where thousands once poured through to reach the Klondike Gold Strike. Today Skagway is a popular cruise ship stopover and is at one end of the historic White Pass Railway, and the Chilkoot Trail. It ...

Day 5 Skagway
Jun 12, 2009 (3 photos)

... to 10:30pm) or watch one of the movies that cycles on the 4 or so movies channels they have on board. Back to the update Skagway is a small historic town, it feels that if there was no tourism then this town would close down. It used to be one of the last ...

Skagway
Sep 12, 2007 (9 photos)

... period dresses from the 1890's, and were excellent in their knowledge of the area and in the presentation. [1> We landed in Skagway with three other cruise ships.  Now Skagway is a town populated by 1000 souls; Four full cruise ships hold about ...

Reversal of Route
Aug 11, 2008 (36 photos)

... longest continuously operating business exists. The forecast is for rain again tonight so I am booked into Sergeant Preston's Lodge in Skagway, Alaska. I took a quick walk up and down the main street and it is full of tourists, mostly from cruise ships ...

Skagway
Sep 4, 2007

... the daunting coastal mountain range on their way to the Yukon goldfields.  In 1898, when gold was discovered in the Yukon, Skagway boomed to a population of 8,000 to 10,000 men and women.  It reminded me of the musical "Paint Your Wagon."  ...

Sweet Life on Deck
May 24, 2009 (7 photos)

... . We all rented a couple of cars in the afternoon for exploring further afield. There was drama at our first stop, the historic Skagway cemetery and Lower Reid Falls, where we heard cries of "Help" from the forest high above the Falls. We waited until the ...

Cruising by Jasmine and Melanie
May 24, 2009 (3 photos)

... spat water on each other - it was hilarious. We stopped at ports for half a day to a day, at Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. But the best bit was probably The Food! We ate at the Garden Cafe mostly (a buffet) and stuffed ourselves but sometimes we ate ...

Sail into Skagway Alaska
Jun 23, 2009 (1 photos)

Day 15 Skagway Alaska          Please click Titles under photo's to read story Please click Title under video's. Then click start arrow bottom left of sceen

Teslin to Skagway
May 24, 2009 (7 photos)

... it's head, and looked right at us.  The drive to Skagway was the most spectacular scenery yet, especially from Carcross to Skagway!!  The mountains are really heavy with snow, the lakes are frozen, and lots of waterfalls.  Saw a tiny bear on ...

It's A Frontier Town Fourth of July
Jul 4, 2004 (11 photos)

... , Black Cross Rock, and Bridal Veil Falls. Back in town, we shopped til we dropped, and then settled in for Skagway's Fourth of July celebration.  The town's streets were blocked off to traffic, but everywhere there were people, locals and tourists ...

Update from Skagway!
Aug 12, 2008 (4 photos)

... , plus there are lots of icebergs and glaciers. You'll see a few photos of these. Ketchikan was great! Lots to see and do. Skagway was really small and quaint. Kinda reminded me of Sovereign Hill. Nice for a short stroll. We haven't had much of a chance to ...

Skagway, Alaska, United States
Aug 27, 2009 (11 photos)

... ,000 passengers. Today, the WP&YR is Alaska's most popular shore excursion carrying over 450,000 passengers during the May to September tourism season operating on the first 67.5 miles (Skagway, Alaska to Carcross, Yukon) of the original 110 mile line.

Our First Leg - from Perth to Skagway
Aug 15, 2009

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A polar bear in Skagway? Not!
May 16, 2008 (21 photos)

... green again. This time that same lady saw a brown bear, which again no one else saw! It started raining again when we got back into Skagway, so we didn't get off in town & went back to the ship instead. I had to try the pizza so I got the special of ...

Paying Hommage to the Historic Chilkoot Trail
Sep 29, 2007 (48 photos)

... up snowy Chilkoot Pass ranks among the great historical photos of our time. Therefore, when I saw the sign just outside Skagway pointing to the Chilkoot Trail, I could no more pass up this opportunity than I could pass up descending the steps under ...

Skagway
Sep 7, 2008 (8 photos)

Ships log; 2.00am Transiting Lynn Canal 6.50am Safely docked in Skagway 12.00nn Overcast, light breeze; 14 degrees C 8.50pm Unmoored 9.05pm Commenced voyage to Glacier Bay We didn't have any excursions planned for today so we made the most ...

Skagway, Alaska, United States
Aug 26, 2009 (3 photos)

... had reservations for the Days of '98 with Soapy Smith show,  a one-hour historic musical comedy drama based on the Skagway adventures of Soapy Smith. Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con ...

Alaska
Sep 7, 2008 (6 photos)

... can be found, attracting many visitors who climb, land on or just view the glacier from a distance. The next day we docked at Skagway. In its hay day Skagway was one of the largest towns in Alaska. Like Juneau this place was also built on the back of the ...

Garden City RV Park
Aug 19, 2008 (17 photos)

... day we went on a wildlife and whale watching cruise to Juneau. Had a tour of the city and went to menedenhall glacier then returned to Skagway that night the trip was 140 mile long. The next day we went on a train ride up white pass to the top and back. ...

Skagway, Alaska
Jun 17, 2008 (48 photos)

... a ton of goods over the White Pass. Over 95% of the prospectors came away broke. The rush only lasted a few years and then Skagway became a small town again - from a Gold Rush high of 30,000. At the National Parks Desk we picked up some tickets for a ...

Skagway, Alaska
Apr 25, 2008 (28 photos)

... snow and the Glacier lake was still frozen so they were probably all still hibernating. The following morning, we got the ferry to Skagway, which is further north again. Skagway was a Gold Rush town and they have kept parts of it pretty much the same as ...

Skagway
Jun 27, 2005

... the glacier at the Visitor Center, but it was impressive. Then it was back to our boat and another relaxing ride back to Skagway. The first mate served us hot salmon chowder and the captain gave us snippets of the canal's history and various ship wrecks in ...

Skagway
Jun 27, 2005

... Skagway was really jumping - four cruise ships were in the harbor and the streets were crowded with several thousand tourists. Skagway has a permanent population of about 600 but the summer daytime population can swell to over 5,000 when each cruise ship ...