Skagway and Dyea Self Guided Ebike Tour

Discover Skagway and Dyea's hidden gems on this fun and interactive self guided Ebike tour

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Skagway and Dyea Self Guided Ebike Tour

Skagway, Alaska 99840, United States

Created By: Klondike Electric Bicycles

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Join Klondike Electric Bicycles as we journey the historic streets of Skagway, Alaska and venture off the beaten path to the gold rush ghost town of Dyea, Alaska. This free roam tour will allow you to pick and choose the highlights of the area that interest you the most. From it's pre gold rush beginnings to the current day bustle of cruise ship tourism, this tour provides a great overview of Skagway, it's history, sights, and attractions.


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Start your Ebike tour here at Klondike Electric Bicycles, located at the corner of Fifth and State in the heart of the Skagway historic district. After checking in, you will be briefed on how to safely operate our fleet of electric bikes an... Read more
Introduction to Skagway A great way to start your Ebike adventure in Skagway is a visit to the Skagway waterfront. Park your Ebike at the end of Congress Way, close to the start of the Railroad Dock. This dock alongside the cliff face was t... Read more
Centennial Park offers the opportunity to get up close and personal with two of the White Pass railroad's most unique artifacts, The Rotary Snowplow, and Engine "52" this first to ever makes its way down the freshly laid rails here in Skagw... Read more
A Bold Prediction In 1887, Captain Moore first visited this quiet valley that the local Tlingit Natives call "Shghagwei," which means rugged or windplace. Due to the numbers of prospectors working in Alaska and the Yukon, Moore predicted th... Read more
The McCabe College building, currently occupied by the Skagway Museum and City Hall and Skagway Museum, was built in 1899 of native granite brought from Clifton on the WP & YR railroad. The Methodist school, named for Bishop McCabe, was... Read more
Hidden Gem Photo Stop Hidden behind the parking lot for city hall you will find a great photo opportunity! Equiped with a wooden staircase that leads up to the engineers cab, this vintage locomotive will be a highlight of your Alaska photo ... Read more
Marker to have navigation avoid construction  zone. Nothing to see here!
Only the Good Die Young? On a sloping hillside beside the fabled White Pass Trail lies Skagway's oldest final resting place, The "Gold Rush Cemetery."  Most famous for the grave of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, the notorious wild west ... Read more
Park your bikes at the "Gold Rush Cemetery" and stroll upwards along the path following the signs to "Lower Reid Falls"  A small elevation gain of 50ft over the course of the short trail will lead you to the spectacular site of "Lower Reid... Read more
Enjoy The View! Perched high up on the hillside, enjoy magnificent views of Skagway, the Lynn Canal, and the Twin Dewey Peaks from the Skagway Overlook. There is also a restroom here if you need a pitstop! Look out across our narrow Skagway... Read more
At the Northern most point of Nakhu Bay (Long Bay), you will find the Nakhu Bay Conservation area.  Originally owned by longtime resident Bud Matthews, this unique beach and conservation area is now owned by the Municipality of Skagway. Bu... Read more
The Taiya River received its name when the Tlingit word Taiya became noted as a common usage for the body of water in 1868. The Taiya River is historically significant with its role in the Klondike Gold Rush. The river's terminus, the Taiya... Read more
Ready for a Break? Built from the ground up by longtime Dyea residents Frank and Kathy Hosford, the Chilkoot Trail Outpost is a great stopping point on your Ebike adventure.  With a full bar, and restaurant, this wilderness paradise makes ... Read more
When news of a gold strike in the Klondike reached the ears of the world, tens of thousands of hopeful gold seekers arrived in Skagway, Alaska. They soon encountered their first obstacle – the Coast Mountain Range. Following old trails th... Read more
Tragedy on theTrail On April 3, 1898, the Palm Sunday Avalanche struck the Chilkoot Trail, the route taken by ambitious prospectors from the Gold Rush port of Dyea to the Klondike gold fields. The catastrophe caught countless “stampedersâ... Read more
Boomtown Dyea Dyea's real boom began in the fall of 1897. When word of the wealth of the Klondike strike splashed onto the world's newspapers in mid‑July 1897, traffic up the Inside Passage grew to a frenzied pace. For months, jammed boat... Read more
The endpoint of the Taiya river and the absolute tip of the "Alaskan Inside Passage," the Dyea flats are a municipally run recreation and conservation area. Typically off limits to guided tour groups with a few exceptions, this area is well... Read more

 

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