Skagway

Why Visit Skagway With EWT Tours?

Skagway is what happens when a 1898 Gold Rush boomtown gets preserved as a National Historical Park. Broadway Street still has the original wooden boardwalks, false-front buildings, and saloons from the height of the Klondike rush — when 100,000 prospectors poured through this tiny port on their way to the Yukon goldfields.

The town’s signature experience is the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway. The narrow-gauge railway was built in 1898 to ferry gold-seekers over the brutal White Pass into the Yukon. Today it’s one of the most scenic rail journeys in North America — climbing 3,000 feet in 20 miles, hugging cliff faces, crossing wooden trestle bridges, and rolling past glaciers and waterfalls. The 3-hour round trip is justifiably famous.

For travelers wanting more adventure, summer dog sledding on Denver Glacier (helicopter access) is unforgettable — running with an actual Iditarod team on snow that doesn’t melt all summer. Hiking the historic Chilkoot Trail (where the prospectors hauled their gear) is a more rugged option.

EWT Tours visits Skagway as a port stop. The White Pass railway is the recommended group excursion — well worth the price.