White Pass and Yukon Route Railway - Skagway, Alaska

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Travel the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway for an Exciting Adventure. Skagway’s White Pass & Yukon Route Railway is a popular and enjoyable way to experience incredible scenic and historic attractions of Alaska. The White Pass & Yukon Route is known as the "Scenic Railway of the World," and after your excursion, you’ll understand why.

The historic White Pass & Yukon Route Railway was built in the late 19th century during the Klondike Gold Rush, and it is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The narrow gauge railroad climbs almost 3,000 feet in only 20 miles and features incredible cliff-hanging turns, tunnels, high bridges and trestles. Along your rail tour, you’ll enjoy a fabulous panorama of some of Alaska’s most impressive natural features including glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, and mountains. Passes by intriguing historic sites will add to your adventure on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railways.

Travelers and tourists can travel the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway on their choice of excursions. Day trips depart from Skagway, Alaska; Fraser, British Columbia; and Carcross or Whitehourse, Yukon. You can choose among several excursions depending on your boarding location and itinerary.

The White Pass Summit Excursion is one of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway’s most popular scenic excursions. You’ll travel from Skagway to White Pass on an adventure that will take you to a 2,865-foot elevation at the summit of White Pass. Along the way, you’ll see Bridal Veil Falls, Inspiration Point, and other interesting landmarks along your 3-hour tour. Gorges, glaciers, waterfalls, tunnels, and trestles are all within view along this narrated journey.

You may opt for a Yukon adventure along the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway where you’ll travel seaside to Carcross, Yukon. You’ll follow the original trail of the Sourdoughs between Skagway and Carcross on this exciting adventure. The journey follows the Skagway River to White Pass Summit, then descends into British Columbia to the restored early 20th century station at Lake Bennett.

Scenic rail tours along the eastern shore of beautiful Bennett Lake presents another option for travelers along the White Pass & Yukon Route Railways. You can also opt for an adventure with one of the Railway’s steam locomotives from White Pass Summit to Fraser Meadows.  One-way rail excursions can be combined with motorcoach travel, or you can book a special railway and hiking combination adventure.

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P.O. Box 435
231 Second Avenue
(corner of Second & Spring)
Skagway, AK 99840-0435