Skunk the Skagway tour guide!

Tour guides like to think they know everything. They tell you all sorts of things while you’re on your Skagway tour, and you really just have to take them at their word. They could tell you that the ice in Alaska is one percent tequila and you would have no other choice than to believe them.

However, Skagway tour guides don’t really know everything. They often say things on their tour that they heard from another tour guide, even though it’s totally wrong. They may even make stuff up just a get a chuckle at a poor innocent tourist’s expense. Like when they tell you wild tales about deadly hareabou in the Yukon. When you arrive home and tell your friends about the ferocious Yukon hareabou, they have a hearty laugh at your expense.

Damn you, tour guide!

Don’t let your hate for the smarmy Skagway tour guide make you seethe with anger. Instead, prepare yourself for your Yukon tour so that you can get the drop on them. But just how can you…

Skunk your Skagway tour guide?

We are going to make it easy. You see, most tour guides only live in Skagway during the summer season, so they don’t really know much of anything. Even locals that were born in Skagway don’t know some of these juicy tidbits.

What follows are three “tourist questions” you can ask your tour guide in Skagway that they’re sure to get wrong. Be sure to wager a beer that you can skunk the tour guide. Then you can enjoy a free frosty brew at their expense! Oh man, this is going to be AWESOME!

Skunk the tour guide question one!

When you first arrive in Skagway, you’re going to see a tall mountain to the west. The summit of this mountain looks like a face in profile. Pretty much everyone in Skagway calls it Face Mountain. However, this is not the name of this mountain.

You ask your tour guide, “What is the name of that mountain that looks kind of like a face?”

They will answer, “Why, that’s Face Mountain!”

You will say, “WRONG, Poindexter! That’s Parson’s Peak! Hahahaha… Now you owe me a beer!”

Oops, you forgot to wager a beer. That’s okay because the next question is coming soon.

Skunk the tour guide question two!

At some quiet moment during the driving part of your tour, when the confounded tour guide isn’t running their mouth, you will casually say, “I noticed that we are on a road out of Skagway? Are there any other Southeast Alaska towns with roads going in and out. If so, what are their names?”

Now don’t forget to bet the beer this time, because they think they know the answer, but they don’t. They will likely say, “There are two Southeast towns with roads – Skagway and Haines.”

This is when you lean back, fold your hands behind your head and say, “What about the third town?”

They will say something like, “I used to know this!” or “There isn’t a third town with a road.” You will confidently laugh and say, “Hyder has a road, smartypants!”

Oh man. I can see the look on their face right now. Best of all, FREE BEER!

Skunk the Skagway tour guide question 3!

The Yukon border! This is free beer territory.

Around the 50-mile mark of your Yukon tour, you will pass a narrow creek and then cross the border into the Yukon. There is a big Yukon sign at this spot where you’ll stop for a photo. When everyone else is taking a picture in front of the sign, you will casually walk up to your tour guide and ask, “What was the name of that creek we just passed?”

They will think they have you on this one, and may even bet you a beer. You see, the creek is marked with a sign that says Dall Creek, so they will think it’s a slam dunk. What the tour guide doesn’t know is that the sign is a misprint. You see, the Yukon government doesn’t know the names of their own creeks. The real name of the creek is Dail Creek, which is also the name of the tall mountain directly above where you stand. It is named after surveyor George Dail, who lived during the Gold Rush and surveyed the mountain. Even more confusing, there are often Dall sheep on the mountain that you can see from the highway (which explains the misprint)!

Your tour guide may argue and even point out the sign. That’s when you’ll pull up your GPS and show the name… DAIL CREEK!

This will make their head explode and cause them to wonder if their entire life is a lie. After you’re done dancing your victory jig while mocking the tour guide relentlessly, you will have earned yet another beer. What a day you’re going to have!

If you would like to book your Yukon discovery tour so that you can skunk the tour guide, follow the link and make it happen. Just remember that the second beer is for your M&M Tours salesperson.