Chilkoot Trail

The Chilkoot Trail is one of the routes the stampeders used to take back in the gold rush days out into the Yukon! Starting in a place called Dyea hiking 33 miles to Lake Bennett.  Look at those men on what they call the "Golden Staircase". So nuts to think that these men would carry hundreds of pounds on their backs over and over again. This was just part of the trail! 


I arrived in Skagway August 5th at 4:30PM and started the trail at 6:30PM! My friend Nicol was right there with me and ready to troop it out! We hiked the first 12 miles in the dark to Sheep Camp that night. Arriving there around midnight super tired we just crashed out immediately. The next day we woke up late and made our way 14 miles to Lindeman City! The day after that we woke up and hiked the rest of the 7 miles and finished in Lake Bennett! Super quick but super fun. We even had great weather which a lot of people did not get. So blessed :) 

There is so much more to this story but don't have much time to write! Here are some photos! 

I would add more but I ran out of space! xo