White Pass Summit — International Boundary Viewpoint and Historic Gold Rush Divide

White Pass Summit sits right on the US-Canada border at the top of the Klondike Highway (AK-2 / BC-2), and it earns its reputation every single time. Standing here you’re on the exact divide that tens of thousands of stampeders crossed during the 1898 Gold Rush — the Dead Horse Trail is still visible below. The views are raw: jagged coastal peaks dropping into fog-filled valleys, alpine tundra rolling into scrub, and the famous narrow-gauge railway clinging to the cliff face beneath you. This is not a manicured viewpoint — it’s a working border, a geological divide, and one of the most loaded pieces of ground in North American overland history.

Access is paved all the way via the South Klondike Highway. The actual border crossing facilities sit just past the summit. Pull over on either the US or Canadian side — there are established pullouts. Snow can dust the pass any month of the year. Cell service is spotty at best. Customs is staffed; have your documents sorted before you roll up.

Gold Rush divide. Alaska meets BC at 2,865 ft.