A brighter day today, with some sunshine and blue skies. We went on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway. The railway was built in 1899 to take prospectors to find gold.

The route climbs from sea level in Skagway to almost 3000 feet at the summit, crossing the Canadian border.

We left the train at Fraser and transferred to a coach for the return journey. The views were spectacular, with deep snow all around.

The coach stopped at Liarsville, which was the basecamp for people heading up the pass to the Klondike to search for gold. Reporters stopped there and to avoid the perilous journey they made up stories based on what others told them, hence Liarsville.

We had refreshments and sat in the ‘Hippodrome’ to watch a performance by ‘locals’ from the past.

We then tried our hand at panning for gold!

Eventually we arrived ‘home’.