CHILKOOT TRAIL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE OF CANADA
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A steep trail ideal for an insane adventure and protected internationally by the two neighboring countries.
The Chilkoot Trail was the main gateway to the Klondike Gold region during the 1896-99 gold rush. This steep runway, used previously by the Tlingit tribe traders, was literally stormed by adventurers from all over the United States who landed in Skagway, Alaska. A few kilometres west of Skagway, in the city now phantom of Dyea, began an exhausting 33-mile journey (53 km) along the Coast Channel and the famous Chilkoot Pass. The track led to Canada, in the city of Bennett, British Columbia, becoming a ghost city today. Bennett was only left the time to buy or build a boat, and then we threw into the water to go to the Yukon River to Whitehorse and then Dawson City, where gold was found. With the advent of the train of the nearby White Pass valley in 1899, the Chilkoot Trail fell into désuétude, as did Bennett.
The Chilkoot Trail is still going on today, both on the American and Canadian sides, and is being internationally protected by both neighbouring countries. Putting his steps in those of the Klondike enfiévrés, which sometimes paid their lives for this crazy adventure, is an unforgettable experience. But the climb does not improvise and Parks Canada's web site gives you the information necessary for its preparation.