The "geezer" thing to do in Skagway is to ride the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway to the White Pass summit....climbing 2865 feet into the mountains. The Leonard's had other plans....and decided to rent a motorcycle for a few hours to travel the same uphill route to the White Pass summit (and beyond!).
This was more dirt bike than Harley....and Jenesa was missing the sissy bar on the back! But how could we resist riding through the scenic mountains of Skagway, AK and into the Canadian Yukon? We were actually required to carry our passports while biking because of entering Candadian territory (roughly an hour away). Luckily, today was a gorgeous day....temperatures hitting mid-60's.....and we were ready to ride!
Barely reaching 35mph on the ride up to the summit....I was half scared by the steep drop-off right beside the road. It took all of my energy NOT to look down the mountain-side....and I kept my eyes and total focus on the center line in the road! No way were we gonna die on a Kawasaki! I wound up missing a lot of beautiful scenery for the first 20 minutes of the ride.....but we survived the climb. What we didn't miss was a frickin' BEAR on the side of the road once we hit the summit. He was literally 10 feet from us.....but I wasn't stopping for a picture!
After two hours riding through the Alaskan mountains....we can honestly recommend a bike vs. the train on your next visit to Skagway. And, yes....next time we'd love to do it on our Harley!
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