Chilkoot Pass
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Chilkoot Pass is a high mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point along the Chilkoot Trail, whi
Miners and packers climbing the Chilkoot Pass, September 1898, during the Klondike Gold Rush
Last trek over the summit, 1898
The Golden Stairs (left), Peterson Pass (right), the Scales (bottom)
Border crossing at the top of the Chilkoot Pass
White Pass
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White Pass, also known as the Dead Horse Trail, is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia, Ca
Chilkoot Pass
…and several surface hoists were constructed and operated briefly over the pass. When the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad was built in neighboring White Pass, the Chilkoot Pass route fell out of favor with miners. The Pass and the Trail are administered by the national park services of the U.S. and Canada…
White Pass, Alaska
White Pass trail in 1899
White Pass summit seen from train, 2002
Dead horses, victims of the rush to cross White Pass, Alaska-British Columbia, during the summer of 1897