Site Site 11 Sheep Camp, Loop Sheep Camp Campground

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park | Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits

Type: HIKE TO

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Site Details

• Hike in Distance: 13
• Pets Allowed: Yes
• : Yes
• Proximity to Water: Riverfront
• Site Access: Hike-In
• : Shelter
• Campfire Allowed: No

Permitted Equipment

• Tent
• Small Tent

Driveway Details

• : 10
• : 10

Need to Know

• You are required to stop by the Trail Center in Skagway to validate your permit and receive a safety briefing prior to starting your hike.

• Sheep Camp is the last campground on the U.S. side of the trail before the trail summit. Sheep Camp is the location of the NPS backcountry ranger station, a quarter mile from the campground.

  Your permit guarantees you a site within the campground. Individual sites are first come, first served. When you arrive in the campground you may set up camp at any unused site.

  ·        Location Mile marker: 13

  ·        Site elevation: 1,058 ft

  ·        Campsites: 25 sites, with wooden 10ftx10ft tent platforms, have places to tie securing lines.

  ·        Warming shelter: A large covered, but open air picnic shelter for meals. A restored 1960s era log cabin, also with wood stove. Note: sleeping in shelters is not permitted.

  ·        Food storage: bear boxes

  ·        Toilet: 3 composting outhouses

  ·        Water source: Taiya River located a short distance from the campground, all water must be purified

  ·        Grey water disposal: pack out all food scraps, dispose of grey water into fast moving water to practice Leave No Trace.

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