For more than three decades, Tim Bourcy’s tour company guided clients on a historic, 33-mile hike between Skagway, Alaska and Canada. Among his guests have been tourists, film crews and U.S. Sen. Lisa ...

A hundred years ago, to hike to the Klondike gold fields via the Chilkoot Trail meant a grueling trek carrying a required one ton of supplies, enough to last a year. Soon armchair hikers can breeze ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hikers leave Happy Camp on the Canadian side of the Chilkoot trail in B.C. in this file photo. (Philippe Morin/CBC - image credit) ...

If you've been waiting the last few years to hike the famous Chilkoot Trail in its entirety — well, you may need to wait a bit longer. The American portion of the historic international trail is ...

Gold, Gold, Gold! In 1897, these headlines from the Yukon Territory, Canada, sparked a massive gold rush. People from all economic backgrounds packed up and headed for Dawson City, Yukon. The quickest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chilkoot Trail has been closed on the U.S. side due to flood damage in 2021 and 2022. (Submitted by National Park Service - ...

During the Klondike gold rush, three aerial tramways and several surface hoists operated over the Chilkoot Pass. The aerial tramways were significant engineering feats. The Chilkoot Railroad & ...

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway, In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 3, 1898, the first of a series of snow slides struck the Chilkoot Trail. The trail was one of the main ...

There is a wall of ice and rock at mile 15 of the Chilkoot Trail. Even on a summer morning, thick clouds hide the summit, and the storm-battered mountains framing the footpath are like black ...

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