Skagway - Day 3 - Part 2:

For some unforeseen reason, I have only been able to upload these five pictures of our train ride up the mountain to the Yukon. I will try tomorrow to post pictures of the spectacular views from the train as we wound our way to the top.

This rail was built in the late 1890s to transport miners and their tons of gear (they were only allowed into the Yukon when they could show that they could sustain themselves for a year)to the gateway of the the gold fields.

Shortly after the railway was built, the gold boom fizzled out. Today, there is a highway on the opposite side of the valley, to the Yukon.

Just one of the spectacular views climbing up to the top!

It seemed as if we were on top of the world!


Here was our destination. In Wyoming, we live at a much higher elevation but going from sea level to 2,888 feet in less than 2 hours made it seem much higher there.

North West Mounted Police border crossing.

This is going back down as you can see by the flags.

We were not allowed to get off of the train because we were in Canada.

Tomorrow when I have time, I will post the train photos; they are awesome!

Are you enjoying the tour or would you rather me post something else?

Jo