My Morning in Skagway, Alaska

The Norwegian Joy is docked in

front of another Cruise Ship.

My plan was to walk the length of the pier into town.  Now people take trolleys into town.

A rockslide in early August 2022

damaged the pier & closed it.

The visiting Cruise Ship was not

impacted & no one was injured.

Cruisers were ferried back to their Ship by small boats and by a trolley.  

The debris was cleaned up. Repairs to the pier started.  More slides occurred.  There was more damage to the pier, and a Cruise Ship was damaged.  

Suddenly, there was mooring space for just three Ships instead of the four that the town relies on.  Some Cruiselines stopped coming to Skagway for the rest of the 2022 Season.

A Team of Geologists came to study the mountainside.   Retreating glaciers left this area vulnerable to slides.

Chain link fencing was placed in the slide area to prevent other rocks from impacting the pier.   A retaining wall was built at the base of the mountain to further protect people and the pier.  

The latest rockslide occurred in May 2025.  So far, this Summer Season has been busy.  Residents are monitoring the mountainside, and the  Cruise Ship Companies are kept updated on the situation.

Welcome to

Skagway, Alaska

Eric and I visited here in May 2014.

Skagway Fish Company

The White Pass Train sits

is ready to take Tourists

the mountain.

White Pass & Youcon Route

Est. 1898

Skagway was created by the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada's Yukon Territory (1896 - 1899).  The people who settled here supplied prospectors with supplies for their trip to the Gold Mines and mining equipment.

I love the architecture here.  Downtown is a Historic District.

The Railroad Building

1900

The Golden North Hotel

A train mural

The Post Office is 

an easy walk from

the pier.

I have packages & postcards

to mail to family & friends

in New York State.

Duff's Backcountry Outfitters 

has a Radio Shack sign

on the corner of the building.  

Grizzly's General Store & 

Sockeye Cycle Company

Skagway Outlet

Store

Skagway Alaska 

Streetcar Tour Bus

Glacier Bay Trading Co.

Cariloha

Jewelry Land

Lynch & Kennedy

Kirmse's Curios

Skagway Mercantile

Shirt Off My Back is

a chain store.

Looking at the port

from town

Back on board, I watch the ship in front of us depart.

The mooring lines 

have been removed.

Thrusters push the ship

away from the pier.

The Cruise Ship pivots.

It is positioned to

leave port.