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Skagway’s White Pass & Yukon Route is the “Scenic Railway of the World”

Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gauge railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark – a designation shared with the Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.

The WP&YR climbs nearly 3000 feet in just 20 miles and features steep grades of up to 3.9%, cliff-hanging turns of 16 degrees, two tunnels and numerous bridges and trestles. See the steel cantilever bridge which was the tallest of its kind in the world when it was constructed in 1901.

Experience the breathtaking panorama of mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels, trestles and historic sites from the comfort of our vintage passenger coaches.

Narrow-Gauge to White Pass Summit

The clouds, draping the mountains like strands of silver steel wool, hung low over the Lynn Canal, gateway to the historic city of Skagway, Alaska, itself the origin of thousands of stampeders who had begun their 45-mile treks over the White Pass Summit toward the Klondike gold fields of the Yukon in Canada in 1897 and 1898. The throngs continued to infiltrate the area today from vessels which also sailed from Seattle, but all disembarked from one of the many daily cruise ships which docked a short distance away.

Alaska and the
Scenic Yukon Country
The most popular voyage to Alaska is that through the famed “inside” passage along the shores of British Columbia and Southeastern Alaska to Skagway.

But one who only sees the shores of Alaska sees only the fringe of this great Northland. And unless the tourist goes beyond, the most interesting part of an Alaskan trip is wholly missed, as he or she returns without having enjoyed the delightful summer climate, the flowers and sunshine, the awe-inspiring and beautiful scenery of mountains, lakes and rivers of the interior.

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