South Klondike Highway

Connects: Skagway, AK, to Alaska Highway, YT Routes#: Alaska 98, BC 2, Yukon 2 Length: 98 miles Road Surface: Paved Season: Open all year Highest Pass: White Pass, elev. 3,292 feet Map (1 detailed pdf file available): Skagway, AK to Alaska Highway Junction

The South Klondike Highway is 1 of 2 highways connecting ferry travelers with the Alaska Highway; the other is the Haines Highway out of Haines. The South Klondike Highway, like the Haines Highway, crosses from Alaska into British Columbia, then into Yukon Territory. Also known as the Skagway–Carcross Road, the South Klondike Highway connects Skagway, AK, with the Alaska Highway at Milepost 874.4, 12 miles south of Whitehorse. It is a 2-lane, asphalt-surfaced road, open year-round. The South Klondike Highway offers some spectacular scenery as it climbs an 11 percent grade from sea level at Skagway to White Pass. The highway then winds through the subalpine landscape of Tormented Valley to Tutshi Lake, Tagish Lake and the much photographed Emerald Lake.