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We went up to 6000′ to be above the first layer of scatter cloud. I turned so I could take this picture, but as you can see by the front off to our left, we […]

Here we’re just outside of Pelley Crossing at about 5000′ I was surprised by how it opened up – but not many places to land other than the road. The two routes that people follow […]

Runway 27 in Carmacks. The gravel runways actually work quite well. But note the clouds – we are heading slightly to the right. Show Full Size Photo

Most of the runways are along the river valleys. Show Full Size Photo

We flew over these interesting shapes between Braeburn and Carmacks. I have no idea why some of the water had lime green around the edges and some didn’t, they were certainly visually interesting. (in my […]

In our briefing, they asked us to report any fires that we might see on our route….this one had already been called in. We had just passed Braeburn at 4500′. By the way the elevation […]

When we left Whitehorse the control tower gave us a choice of a left or right hand turn out to the north, so I chose left, in order to fly over the city. Yes, that […]

We made sure we had full tanks for the flight from Whitehorse to Dawson City in case we had to divert. We had a briefing from Nav Canada and there was some concern about the […]

So a couple of old guys did find a place where we felt more at home!! Show Full Size Photo

There’s a reason we wear the shirts. We had to stand out from all the other people that pour off of the Cruise ships. There were two docked on the pier. Now personally, the town […]

Heading down hill which I’m sure was a lot easier than carrying everything up? Look up the Chilkoot Trail on the internet to see some of the famous pictures. Show Full Size Photo

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 […]