Your day, step by step
07:30
Walk to the Klondike Gold Rush visitor centre at 2nd and Broadway. Collect a free timed ticket for the Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum and check the day's ranger programme.
08:00
Walk Broadway and the side streets of the historic district before the crowds peak.
09:00
Morning block: your Summit train if you booked one (2.5–3 hours, check your ticket for the time and boarding point). Without a train, walk out to Yakutania Point and back (1.6 miles, about an hour).
12:15
Lunch at the Red Onion Saloon, or a beer at Skagway Brewing Company or Klondike Brewing.
13:15
Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum tour (30 minutes) at your ticket time, then the Moore House at 5th and Spring.
14:15
Walk to the Gold Rush Cemetery and Lower Reid Falls (4 miles round trip from 2nd and Broadway, about 2 hours), or take the SMART bus to the stop half a mile away.
15:45
Ships at the Railroad Dock: head for the tender landing now (forward berth) or the bus pick-up by 16:15 (aft berth).
16:30
Back on board at the Broadway or Ore Terminal Dock, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Broadway / town centre (ship at Broadway or Ore Terminal Dock)16:30
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Broadway / town centre (ship at Broadway or Ore Terminal Dock)Walk, about 5–15 min16:30
- Broadway / town centre (ship at Railroad Dock aft berth)Walk to the ship's bus pick-up, then bus along the restricted pier16:15
- Broadway / town centre (ship at Railroad Dock forward berth)Walk to the ship's tender landing, then tender back15:45
- White Pass Summit train departure (booked independently)2.5–3 h round trip, then back on board 90 min before all-aboard13:00
Where people get Skagway wrong
Booking the White Pass train independently on a departure that returns too close to all-aboard, or not allowing for the bus or tender at the Railroad Dock.
Built from our Skagway guide, checked against 17 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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