This week's Outdoor Explorer comes to you from the Chilkoot Trail, the infamous route used by Klondike gold rushers during the late 1800s. As you walk the trail, signs of that crazy gold rush period ...
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 ...
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 & ...
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 ...
In February, 1898 Mike Mahoney aka “Klondike Mike” made a deal with Hal Henry. He would escort the Sunny Samson Sister Sextette and their luggage over the Chilkoot Pass and down to Dawson city for ...
When we told our son and daughter, then 11 and 9, that we were going to the Yukon to visit family friends, they were thrilled. But when we told them that we were going to hike the Chilkoot Trail - 53 ...
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