Skagway

For visitor information and to request Skagway's official visitor publication, visit www.skagway.com.

Phone contact is (907) 983-2854.

Email address is skagwayinfo AT gmail.com.

No Hollywood movie set this, Broadway Street in Skagway is the real thing, a genuine survivor of the 1898 stampede for gold in the Canadian Klondike country. The Red Onion Saloon at that time was (and still is) one of the community's favorite watering holes. Upper floor was a brothel in the old days. Today it serves as a museum depicting the lifestyle of the madams and their "girls" who lived and worked there. Other stores and businesses are equally authentic. (Mike Miller photo)

About Skagway: This authenticformer gold rush town lies on the northern end of Taiya Inlet, some 90 air miles northwest of Juneau. It’s easily accessible by small plane air service or by the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway System. It’s also a popular cruiseship destination. Portions of the community fall within the U.S. Klondike Trail National Historical Park which celebrates the frantic stampede to Canada’s gold-rich Klondike country during the 1890s. Prospectors arrived in the American city by the thousands, bound for neighboring Canada by way of the nearby White Pass Trail

    Attractions and things-to do that make Skagway a favorite stop on a trip through Alaska are many, among them for the outdoors person, hiking the famed (and restored) 33-mile Chilkoot Trail from nearby Dyea. Shorter but pleasant lake and mountain day hikes include the Lower Dewey Lakes Trail.

    Too, there are gold panning excursions, salmon bakes, float tours, beer sampling at local breweries, fishing trips, garden visits, flightseeing options and (not to be missed) the historic old McCabe College concrete building (Alaska’s first) which houses the community’s City Hall as well as an extensive display of Alaska historical items and artifacts. The twice-daily Days of ’98 show at the Eagles Hall has been amusing and educating audiences literally for decades. The city’s visitor center is located within the Arctic Brotherhood Hall on Broadway Street. It’s a gold rush era structure (at far right in the picture above) whose exterior consists of more than 8,833 pieces of driftwood!

    Number one visitor attraction and thing-to-do in Skagway is to take a ride on the historic White Pass & Yukon Route narrow gauge railway constructed in 1898 from tidewater Skagway to Carcross and, ultimately Whitehorse in Canada. The railcars are of vintage design and the seats within them can be reversed going up-valley or down so that everyone always has an awesome mountain valley view en route from sealevel to or from the White Pass summit during full or half-day excursions.

    Another hugely scenic option, if you are traveling by car or RV, is to drive from Skagway to Carcross and Whitehorse in the Canadian Yukon Territory by car or RV over the mountain-rimmed South Klondike Highway. (This road leads ultimately to the Canadian portion of the Alaska Highway and the option to head north into the main body of Alaska or south to Whitehorse, Y.T.)

B&Bs and Inns

At the White House

Innkeepers: John and Jan Tronrud
P.O. Box 41
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical Address: 8th and Main
Telephone: 907-983-9000
Fax: 907-983-9010
Email: whitehse@aptalaska.net
Website: www.atthewhitehouse.com
Amenities:Join John and Jan Tronrud, At the White House B&B. It’s a nice place to come home to. Convenient to the historic district, the house is quietly nestled in a residential neighborhood.

Providing the modern amenities of a hotel, such as private baths, cable TV, mini refrigerators and wireless Internet, the B&B also features the creature comforts of home, like handcrafted quilts and a cookie jar.

Over 100 years old, much of the original woodwork and family antiques decorate the common areas. And the fresh baked muffins that complete the morning breakfast buffet are not to be missed. Open year round for advance reservations. Call 907-983-9000 for reservations.
Rates: Starting at $125 during the visitor season, off-season rates October through April
Number of units: 10

Chilkoot Trail Outpost

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box Box 286
Skagway, AK 99840-0041
Physical Address: Mile 7 Dyea Rd
Telephone: 907-983-3799
Fax: 907-983-3599
Email: info AT chilkoottrailoutpost.com
Website: www.chilkoottrailoutpost.com
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Cindy's Place

Innkeeper: Cindy Roland
P.O. Box 479
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical Address: .2 mile Dyea Road
Telephone: 800-831-8095; 907-983-2674
Fax:
Email: croland AT alaska.net
Website: www.alaska.net/~croland
Amenities: Welcome to Cindy's Place where you'll find two cozy, modern, log cabins
and one backpacker's-style cabin tucked in the woods just two miles from downtown
Skagway. Rates are available with or without continental breakfast & fresh baked
goods, and courtesy transportation is provided to and from town.
Rates: $50-$130/dbl (two-night minimum)
Number of units: 3

Gardenview Granny Flat

Innkeepers:
Box 576
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical address: 10th and Alaska
Telephone: 907-983-2127; cell 907-612-0814
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Email: rapljack AT aptalaska.net
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Historic Skagway Inn

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box 500
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical Address: 7th and Broadway
Telephone: 888-752-4929; 907-983-2289
Fax: 907-983-2713
Email: stay AT skagwayinn.com
Website: www.skagwayinn.com
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Mile Zero B&B

Innkeepers: Tara and Sam Bass, the Mallory Family
P.O. Box 165
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical address: 9th and Main
Telephone: 907-983-3045
Fax: 907-983-3046
Email: milezero AT starband.net
Website: www.mile-zero.com
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Sgt. Preston's Lodge

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box 538
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical address: 6th and State
Telephone: 907-983-2521
Fax: 907-983-3500
Email: sgtprestons AT eskagway.com
Website: www.sgt-prestonslodgeskagway.com
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Skagway Bungalows

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box 287
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical address: Mile 1, Dyea Road
Telephone: 907-983-2986
Fax: 907-983-3986
Email: saldi AT aptalaska.net
Website: www.aptalaska.net/~saldi
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Hotels

Westmark Inn-Skagway

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box 515
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical Address: 3rd and Spring
Telephone: 800-544-0970; 907-983-6000
Fax: 907-983-6100
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Website: www.westmarkhotels.com
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Hostels

Skagway Home Hostel and Gardens

Innkeepers:
P.O. Box 231
Skagway, AK 99840
Physical Address: 3rd Ave., near Main St.
Telephone: 907-983-2131
Email: reservations AT skagwayhostel.com
Website: www.skagwayhostel.com
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Special Notice: Please note: Due to a death in the family, the hostel will not be accepting new reservations until after March 1, 2010.
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