Chilkoot Trail Hike

Meet with your guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day exploring the quirky, informative monuments and historical facts spanning Whitehorse. Check out the longest wooden fish ladder on Earth, learn tidbits about prehistoric times in the Yukon and Alaska, marvel at the sternwheeler on the banks of the Yukon River.

Take a short transfer by road to Skagway, but don’t dismiss this as a regular ride. Look out for the UNESCO International Civil Engineering Landmark: White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. Admire the quaint buildings constructed during the gold rush in Skagway before beginning your route at the trailhead in Dyea for a short hike on challenging terrain to your campsite at Finnegan’s Point. Keep your eye out for salmon swimming in the river, black bears, and eagles amid the lanes of Spruce trees.

Wake up in the bliss of wilderness, consume breakfast, and get ready for a trek along the Taiya River. Expect to encounter a couple of steep but short climbs as you meander along the river and Rock Garden, a charming meadow that grants easy walking. Reach Canyon City, a town once rich with prosperity due to the gold rush, but has since been abandoned. Set up your tent and enjoy a relaxing evening in the fresh air.

Enjoy an early breakfast before traversing a trail peppered with gold rush tales: discover where gold miners dropped off non-essentials due to the steep terrain and wind past the canopy of trees to where a cacophony of rocks, scattered in all directions, take over the scenery. Here, many gold miners died because of an avalanche in 1898. Scramble up the Golden Stairs before reaching an elevation of 1100 meters above sea level. Say goodbye to Alaska and enter the Yukon. Enjoy a descent over fields of snow, pass lakes and creeks. Expect to reach Happy Camp at some point in the late afternoon.

Get ready for a day meandering across relatively flat terrain while coming across a collection of enchanting views. Marvel at numerous bodies of water on this part of the journey: Long Lake, Deep Lake, Moose Creek, and Lake Lindemann. The hike may be relatively easy today but be prepared for a climb at Long Lake.

After breakfast, tie up your laces and begin the final leg of your trek. Today’s route beautifully intertwines tales of the gold rush with epic scenery and adventure. As you reach Bennett Lake, which stretches across the Yukon and British Columbia, look out for the old church from the gold rush era and a rail station. Afterwards, hop on a floatplane and travel 45 minutes back to Whitehorse. Feel free to take up the option to book a flight tour that will carry you over the glaciers coating the Coast Mountains. Travel with your team from the airport to a hotel in Whitehorse. Enjoy a well-earned hot shower and spend the evening munching on a hearty dinner with your new friends and guide.

Say your goodbyes and get dropped off at either the airport or connect with your next adventure.