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Skagway is located at the bottom of a deep valley, with very steep mountain sides. In the winter, it gets very little sun and there are few people around. In the summer, however, tourists and seasonal workers come to fill the town up. It is the least rainy town in Southeast Alaska because it is furthest removed from the ocean. Popular attractions are the gold rush trail and the White Pass railroad into Carcross, Canada, which might soon be extended to Whitehorse, YT. This is only open during the tourist season and only runs for the tourists.

The ferry service into town is usually very good. Hitch-hiking out of town can be difficult, but the bus to Whitehorse will probably pick you up if you have some money and you give up.

Also popular are old-school bars such as Moe's bar, which will soon close so enjoy it, the Red Onion bar, and the brewery. There are some nice shorter trails inluding one halfway out the railroad line, and one up the mountainside on the East side. Some people like to bicycle down the road into town, and once a year there is a grueling footrace-bicycle race up to the pass.

This is also a very popular stop for the cruiselines that come to Alaska.

Skagway Travel Blogs

3rd Port
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Aug 22, 2009 – Sep 21, 2009
We were supposed to pull into Skagway at 8 a.m. so when I awoke at seven to watch docking and we were already docked I was disappointed again.  We are the only ship here so we got a nice spot.   We were scheduled to be here until 8:00pm so we took our time this morning showering and …
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This trip was featured on Thursday September 24th, 2009
Skagway
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Sep 07, 2009 – Sep 21, 2009
Today was our day to visit Skagway.  And as luck would have it we were given a break in the weather so that we were able to leave the ship and go into town.  We were going to be there until 8pm so we had plenty of time.  There really aren’t very many things to do in Skagway, other …
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This trip was featured on Thursday October 15th, 2009
A polar bear in Skagway? Not!
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May 07, 2008 – May 26, 2008
So Bernie & I went for breakfast early to avoid the crowd at the Horizon Court; like 6am and actually we did avoid it for the most part. I also saw 2 women that had the same pink jacket that I bought in Juneau. We went off the ship and into the rain; this was becoming too usual b…
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