Gold rushers had a choice of two land routes to the Klondike, the White Pass from Skagway and the Chilkoot Pass from Dyea. Thanks to the White Pass Railroad, Skagway has survived while Dyea has passed quietly into history. Today, there is little to see in Dyea and we arrived too late to explore the area.


a hint of the scenery to come

another hint of the scenery to come

Home sweet home. There were two of us in that thing. At least, we each had our own door and covered porch. 🙂

Getting water, probably my favourite ‘chore’ on the trail

the biggest and most beautiful outhouse I’ve ever seen (also one of the stinkiest)