An Alaska of Imagination.

One of the best pieces of advice when giving tours is to feature the weather, never fear it. A cold, rainy Alaska day could very well have ruined the day for many passengers. But as that train steadily ascended beyond the heavens, the rain switched to snow, and a winter wonderland enveloped the train. Sure, the purty views of all of the mountains aren't in their full sunlight behemoth wonder.

That's typical. That's postcard. That's mundane.

Show the guests the mountains shrouded in mist with a gentle snow falling all around. Let them experience an Alaska of the imagination, not an Alaska of a postcard. Let them feel a sense of wonder and adventure, as that train followed the footsteps of many before it, the same people who looked at those same mountains and cursed every grain of gravel from their bases to their summits. The passengers may not have seen the sheer vicious tops of the Sawtooth Mountains or a sun-soaked view from Inspiration Point, but their imaginations contemplated a world of mystery. They were the lucky ones today, because the Alaska of imagination became their reality. They saw the pictures of the Days of '98, and with those images burned into their minds, they rode that same path, sharing a journey in a different time but with the same sense of adventure and awe.

White Pass...what was a corpse-tainted trail of frostbitten hell a century ago became a gentle trail of romanticized wonder. This is truly an Alaska of imagination. Cherish it. Embrace it. Become inspired by it.