r/Skagway

244 archived posts · May 2011 – Sep 2026

Gateway To The Klondike

r/Skagway

Skagway, Skagway Swap, Skagway Stolen Bicycle Search, Skagway Volunteer Fire Department, White Pass & Yukon Route, Dyea, Chilkoot Trail, Upper Dewey Lake, Harding Glacier

Created May 3, 2011

451Members (last snapshot)

244Archived posts

###Check out our Visitor's Guide To Skagway!

Skagway, from the Tlingit term skagua, roughly translates to "white caps on the water" or "where the white water gathers". Neighbor to Dyea and the Chilkoot Trail, Skagway now exists primarily as a drinking town with a tourist problem, hosting over 1 million visitors each summer.

Here we can meet up, post on current events, and help some new folks come to town!

Skagway weather:

wunderground.com | weather.gov

External links:

Related subreddits:

r/Alaska

r/Anchorage

r/Juneau