Hiking at Skagway, Alaska/Carlos Pueblo

Hiking at Skagway, Alaska/Carlos Pueblo

We went on hiking at Skagway, Alaska on both times while we were on our

cruise trips. The ships on each time dock at the same place, Ore Dock, and

allow us to walk toward the lovely township. The locomotive is capable to

pick the passengers up right next to the ship to carry on to the White Pass

Scenic Railway. We walked on the 2^nd Avenue and turned left northward

along with the railroad track to the Lower Dewey Lake for a total of 3.2 miles

hiking. After the lake adventure, we came back to the ship for lunch and a

little bit rest, we took off again toward opposite direction of the lake, to

Yakutania Point and Smuggler’s Cove which had concluded our stay at the

township.

I still remembered how to climb up to the lower lake, also a water resource of

the town. It is 0.5 mile uphill trail to the Lower Dewey Lake, another 2.7 miles

around lake. The hiking overall is rated as moderate while on the east side is

a little bit more challenge than the west side. The lake is very clean, clear, and

cold, with a very beautiful scenery with 5 picnic tables for breaks. On the south

end, we saw hikers group continued another 2 miles the Sturgill’s Landing last

time while at the north end of the lake, I overheard this time someone hiking

to the Upper Dewey Lake another 2 miles away. The map also indicates that

you can hike additional 2 miles to the Icy Lake/the Upper Reid Falls. There are

two posts out of the woods on the west side, you can have an excellent view of

the snow cap mountain peaks which are one of the most impressed points of

my trips.

We could see where we were going next from the café window. The helicopters

were busy all day long, seven of them, to carry on the passengers interested. We

passed by a small airport for the township to be connected with outside world.

We passed across a strong and dependable steel bridge over the rapid River

Skagway toward our second hiking of the day, the Yakutania Point 0.8 mile and

the Smuggler’s Cove another 0.2 mile away. Three years ago about the same time,

I saw an American golden eagle which was pointed to me by a young lady who

worked on our Jewel’s sister ship Pearl docked simultaneously with another

Holland America ship at this small town.

A fellow Taiwanese pairs took a private van tour to Yukon, Canada and several

Interesting tour including the old gold rush Klondike etc. The drivers are a retired

couple from Arizona creating this successful venture during summer season.