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I don’t know why I keep harping on this fact but I just can’t imagine the human effort it took to build the railway. The railway rises 3000′ in 20 miles. Show Full Size Photo

Can you imagine building this in 1898? I can’t. Show Full Size Photo

We’re at the summit and starting down to Skagway. You needed to get this Canadian Mounted Police post to continue. Show Full Size Photo

You will just have to ride the rails yourself to experience the variety of terrain and wonder what it would have been like to carry at least 2000 lbs of supplies up and over the […]

Obviously not in our planes….The summit is the border between the Yukon and Alaska. A beautiful trip. Show Full Size Photo

Yes a typical lunch, stew, homemade bread, coffee/tea, and apple pie. The room was strangely quiet……everyone was eating. Another great job! Show Full Size Photo

We’re going to stop in Bennett, where in the winter of 1898/99 30,000 stampeders spent the winter building makshift rafts and boats to take them across Lake Bennett and down the Yukon River to the […]

The narrow gauge railway was built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. Our yellow tour shirts certainly stand out. Show Full Size Photo

We spent the day on the Whitepass Yukon Railroad for a 68 mile trip from Carcross, YT to Skagway, Alaska. Once again – great organization, to transport and feed about 60 of us. Show Full […]

I don’t think there is a more interesting wind sock than the DC 3 at the Whitehorse airport. It was quite amazing to have it swinging on the pedestal over our heads. Show Full Size […]

John Faulkner, Victor Menkal, Jean Michel Sauve and Andrea Altherr, did a fine job on the BBQ’s and it was very good of Fireweed Helicopters to let the group use their hangar. Show Full Size […]

There seems to be a common theme emerging on this trip……Hospitality! Yukon – COPA flight 106 did a terrific job. Once again thank you! By the way Sunrise is 4:31 and Sunset is 23:36 PM. […]

Here’s the COPA 2013 Planes stacked 2 deep on the edge of the taxi way in Whitehorse. The storm in the background just missed us to the north. Lots of lightning. Some of the group […]

The pictures just don’t give you the “wide open” feeling when you’re on the ground looking around.

On final for 13R. Another great reception from the local COPA members. They wanted us to arrive after 4 PM so that they would be off work and able to help us park and get […]