White Pass - Definition

The White Pass is a mountain pass through the Coast Mountains in Alaska and British Columbia that leads from Skagway, Alaska, United States to the town of Bennett, British Columbia, Canada on Lake Bennett. The trail through the pass, called the White Pass Trail, was used by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush. They carried or used pack animals to carry their supplies from Skagway to Lake Bennett, where they built or purchased rafts to float down the Yukon River to the gold fields near Dawson City.

The trail is now part of the Klondike Gold Rush Historic Park in both the United States and Canada. The trail is 56 km (33 miles) long and ascends steeply from sea level at Skagway to an altitude of 4,100 feet, then descends to Lake Bennett.

The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad parallels the trail from Skagway to Bennett.