Sourdough car rental-Skagway vans

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We used Sourdough several years ago. I would not recommend them. The van was old - so old one window did not have a handle to roll it down. They were late meeting us to pick up the van resulting in a delay of over an hour for us to start our drive to Emerald Lake. They had told us we had unlimited mileage, but when we returned the van, they wanted to charge us extra because we had gone over 100 miles. We refused to pay. I thought they might put it on our credit card anyway, but they did not. We did make it there and back without breaking down. Try Avis.

We used Sourdough several years ago. I would not recommend them. The van was old - so old one window did not have a handle to roll it down. They were late meeting us to pick up the van resulting in a delay of over an hour for us to start our drive to Emerald Lake. They had told us we had unlimited mileage, but when we returned the van, they wanted to charge us extra because we had gone over 100 miles. We refused to pay. I thought they might put it on our credit card anyway, but they did not. We did make it there and back without breaking down. Try Avis.

Sourdough Car Rentals has several 8 passenger vans. We rented the Chevy Astro last summer and made the drive to Emerald Lake. It had over 132K miles on it but worked fine. The office closes early but we just filled up the tank, parked the van in their lot, and left the keys. No problems at all. See http://www.geocities.com/sourdoughcarrentals/ for more information. You do have to call them to book, however.

I recommend 5 hours for the 150-mile drive to Emerald Lake and back. You an see photos of the road at explorenorth.com/library/roads/sklondike-pho…
The railway has similar scenery, but excels for those with an interest in history or engineering. See http://www.railsnorth.com/steamex.html for photos of that route.