Category: Skagway, Alaska

I need to go to Skagway today, and just checked the WP&YR webcams as well as Weather.com. It’s looking like not a bad day for the drive – a mildly rainy Fall day. I got lucky with the webcam, though – the first cruise ship of the day was...

Driving down to Skagway with Cathy this afternoon (after 2 days of painting bedrooms), we met a fairly steady stream of Yukon RVs heading home after what had apparently been a pretty poor weekend weathwerwise. Check out the photo below to see what those folks missed, though – by...

The wind has a bite to it, and most of the fence post holes I’m digging still get stalled when I hit solid ice a few inches below the surface, so today I took advantage of an opportunity to go to Skagway with my buddy Rob, who needed to...

Yesterday was road trip day. Only a little road trip to Skagway to pick up a bunch of gear for the trip, but it was one of those severe, dramatic days that I love. It was -38°C (-36°F) when I left Mary Lake, and -16°C (+4°°F) when I reached...

The weather forecast for both Carcross and Skagway this morning was for rain, at times heavy, but when I left home at 07:30 (Yukon time) it was cloudy but warm and dry. I carried some warmer clothes than the t-shirt and shorts I wore, but hoped that the forecast...

Friday’s inaugural run of the Carcross-Skagway rail service was truly a world-class adventure. I’ve heard that there were some problems with the Yukoners’ Special run, but everything that was an issue then has been resolved. My review got rather carried away and beyond what’s reasonable on a blog, so...

My normal mail pickup is just a short walk to the tiny historic post office in Carcross. For several years now, though, I’ve also had a PO box in Skagway, Alaska. The justification for driving 67 miles one-way to pick up some of my mail is easy – I...

The cruise ship season starts today in Skagway – it’ll be another month before the harbor will look like the May 2005 picture below, though. I’m watching the Norwegian Wind arrive as I write this, on the WP&YR webcam. It’s not a very attractive morning in Skagway – 44...