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The Palm Sunday Avalanche. The deadliest event of the Klondike Gold Rush occurred on April 3, 1898, between Sheep Camp and the Scales on the Chilkoot Trail. Numerous snow slides took place on that day. Five slides directly involved stampeders, and three resulted in the loss of life.
Stampeders recovered the injured and dead from an avalanche near the summit that killed 63 people on April 3, 1898. ~ Detail from LaRoche photo 2130. Travelers did not always fare better in the summer. Stampeders struggled in rain, fog, boulders, and bogs.
11 Ιαν 2017 · In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 3, 1898, the first of a series of snow slides struck the Chilkoot Trail. The trail was one of the main routes to the Klondike gold fields during the ...
On Sunday April 3rd, 1898 - Palm Sunday - a large avalanche struck the Chilkoot Trail between Sheep Camp and the Scales. This single deadliest event on the trail took over 65 lives. Just ¾ of a mile from the Summit, the Scales were located at 3,000 ft above sea level.
Chilkoot Pass (el. 3,759 feet or 1,146 metres) is a high mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point along the Chilkoot Trail that leads from Dyea, Alaska to Bennett Lake , British Columbia.
Palm Sunday Avalanche! View taken from Scales, a small tent town along the Chilkoot Pass trail. Clearly visible in the photograph is the long single-file line of stampeders carrying their goods up the "Golden Stairs" and over the Chilkoot Pass. Photo courtesy of David Sundman.
23 Ιουλ 2018 · A narrow corridor carved by water and ice. A lifeline from the coast to interior. A route engineered to move hundreds of people. A recreational trail to explore the intersection of nature and history. The Chilkoot Trail is all of these things and more.
