What else to do in Skagway besides the train?

[DISNEYMAMA18]

We will be in Skagway on 8/17 on the NCL Pearl. We have the White Pass Train / Bus Combo Tour. That tour takes 3.5 hours. What else is there to do in Skagway? We will be there until 8:00 pm. We are a group of 7 that includes kids ages 9 - 17.

[shadowmeboy]

We are doing a half day sled dog experience.

[RaiderCruiser]

Mostly depends on what you like to do. Also, do you have to stay together in the big group? Often it is difficult to find things everyone wants to do. I have listed some of the things we did that were not part of a tour.

 

Lower Reid Falls, Gold Rush Cemetery, Red Onion Saloon and Museum, the museum at the old R/R station and lots of shopping and site seeing down Broadway(I think).

[kdzkatz]

Lower Reid Falls and the Gold Rush Cemetary are pretty cool. If you want a longer tour and get a chance to go up into the Yukon to Emerald Lake you may want to consider Dyea Dave Tours. I believe it is about a 7 hour tour but you can split it up and do half train and half road (but not on one of the huge buses like the cruise ships offer). The train is the big touristy thing to do but I personally enjoyed the road tour up and back. I enjoy taking pics while on vacation and you don't get the same opportunities on the train mainly since it can't stop if you see a wild animal and you can't stop and get a pic next to the Welcome to the Yukon sign.

 

The train is very popular but I thought I would throw out the other option. Also, if you do the road tour up and back to Emerald Lake it is only $79 pp.

[Cruise_More_Often]

How strenuous is the Lower Reud Falls hike?

[lukydog]

Is the Lower Reid Falls something that is walkable to from the cruise ship terminals?

[niakwa]

Wife and I ( in our 60's) decided to try the Grizzly Falls Ziplining.

[Budget Queen]

How strenuous is the Lower Reud Falls hike?

 

easy, takes 10 minutes. From the cemetery, which you have to get to.

[prmrolltide]

We have Dyea Dave booked for the Emerald lake tour. Can't wait for our trip !

[Cruise_More_Often]

easy, takes 10 minutes. From the cemetery, which you have to get to.

Thanks. Just getting to the cemetary is a bit of a hike, but I'd love to see the Falls.

[oaktreerb]

Skagway has easy hikes like Yakutania Point and Smugglers Cove, pick up the hiking map at the visitor's center. Skagway is also a national park so there is a park visitor's center with rangers who give lectures and tours. There are sites to visit within the town which have been restored to depict what Skagway was like in the gold rush years and a very nice museum. The visitor's center can direct you to plenty of options for your free time.

[Northern Aurora]

The Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park headquarters has interesting displays, and they also offer ranger led walking tours. Their website offers ideas for visiting Skagway.

[xlxo]

Thoughts...

• Red Onion
  
• Liarsville
  
• Diamond's International
  
• Yukon excursion
  

 

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[nmeola]

We are doing the train and bus back in the morning and a flightseeing of glacier bay in afternoon.

[rvorcruise]

Thanks. Just getting to the cemetary is a bit of a hike, but I'd love to see the Falls.

 

The local SMART bus takes you to the closest point to the cemetery on the main road, less than a mile of level gravel road to walk, alongside the White Pass rail shops.