{"id":21631,"date":"2009-07-21T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T05:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2016-09-12T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:56:49","slug":"pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Camp to Sheep Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon brought us to the Chilkoot&#8217;s base camp, Sheep Camp. From here, it can take ten to twelve hours to get to the next camp after climbing the pass, the most grueling day of the trek. It&#8217;s that long day which makes the Chilkoot trail such a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Sheep Camp is built on a hill with platforms for tents. The outhouses are quite a climb up a rocky path, the kind you don&#8217;t want to stumble around on in the middle of the night! Our guides were very attentive to the needs of their lady guests and quickly pointed out the path to the river so we could get cleaned up. \ud83d\ude42 Dinner was chili and mashed potatoes, then a ranger came to brief us on the day ahead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/01anothersuspensionbridge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/01anothersuspensionbridge-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"We had to cross this bridge after Pleasant Camp. Fun!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2188\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had to cross this bridge after Pleasant Camp. Fun!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2189\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/02oldsheepcamp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2189\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/02oldsheepcamp-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Until a few years ago, Sheep Camp was located about a half hour closer to Pleasant Camp. It was relocated after the site was flooded out several times. This is great because it shortens the hike over the pass.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2189\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Until a few years ago, Sheep Camp was located about a half hour closer to Pleasant Camp. It was relocated after the site was flooded out several times. This is great because it shortens the hike over the pass.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2191\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/04rangerstation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2191\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/04rangerstation-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ranger station about ten minutes from Sheep Camp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2191\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranger station about ten minutes from Sheep Camp<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2192\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/05sheepcampcabin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2192\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/05sheepcampcabin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sheep Camp cabin. There are artifacts and reproductions of gold rush journals inside.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2192\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheep Camp cabin. There are artifacts and reproductions of gold rush journals inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2193\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/06platform\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2193\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/06platform-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tent platform (loved these!)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2193\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tent platform (loved these!)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2194\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/pleasant-camp-to-sheep-camp\/07readingmaterial\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2194\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2194\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/07readingmaterial-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Amusing reading material found inside the cabin. Current magazines, too. Was someone trying to shed excess weight before going over the pass? :)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2194\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amusing reading material found inside the cabin. Current magazines, too. Was someone trying to shed excess weight before going over the pass? \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon brought us to the Chilkoot&#8217;s base camp, Sheep Camp. From here, it can take ten to twelve hours to get to the next camp after climbing the pass, the most grueling day of the trek. It&#8217;s that long day which makes the Chilkoot trail such a challenge. Sheep Camp is built on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1005,635,5,3,16],"tags":[1465,654],"class_list":["post-21631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska-usa-travel","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel","category-usa","tag-chilkoot","tag-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}