green soles adventure club. june 16, 2011 popular hiking tour length: 5 days in late july 5...
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Alaska Hiking ToursGreen Soles Adventure Club
Hiking in nature’s
wonderlandat its best!
June 16, 2011
IntroductionPopular hiking tourLength: 5 days in late July5 hiking trails of various advanced difficultyStart from downtown JuneauSpectacular sceneryAbundant wildlife
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Alaska Hiking Trails
Day Trail Name Total
Miles Elevation Time to Complete
1 Granite Creek 3.5 700 1.5 Hours
2 Mount Roberts* 4-9 3816 5-7 Hours
3 Mount Juneau 9 3576 7-8 Hours
4 Mt. McGinnis 5.5 3200 8-9 Hours
5 Mt. Jumbo 5 3500 7-8 Hours
* If you only go to 1760 where the tramway is, it is 4 miles at elevation 1760.
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Day 1: Granite Creek• Downtown Juneau starting point
– Perseverance Trail is historical trail– Originally used by natives for goat
hunting, fishing or berry picking– Became first road in Alaska– Joe Juneau and Richard Harris found gold in Silverbow
Basin in 1880s– Attractions include • Old mining ruins, wildflowers, view of Ebner Falls
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Day 1: Granite Creek• Granite Creek Trail
– 2 miles from start of Perseverance Trail– Short but very steep to the peak– Attractions include• Wildflowers, alpine lakes,
waterfalls, ice flow from Mendenhall glacier
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Day 2: Mount Roberts• Start from downtown
– Summit is 4.5 miles– Restaurant and tramway at
1,760 feet
• Attractions include– Wildlife such as eagles, ravens,
grouse, marmots, mountain goats, bears, Sitka black tail deer
– Rainforest and sub-alpine meadows– Trees with totem carvings that depict Native legends– Mountain views of Glacier Bay, Alaska panhandle, and
Admiralty Island National Monument
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Day 3: Mount Juneau• Start from Perseverance Trail
– Short but very steep trail to peak– Goes up from Granite Creek
• Attractions include– Panoramic views of Juneau,
Gastineau Channel, Taku Inlet, Lynn Canal
– Rainforest
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Day 4: Mt. McGinnis• Start from downtown Juneau
– Use West Glacier trail– Located in heart of Tongass National Forest
• Attractions include– Mendenhall Glacier, Mount
Wrather, Stroller White– Rainforest
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Day 5: Mt. Jumbo• Start from downtown
– Also known as Mt. Bradley– Part of Tongass National Forest
• Attractions include– View of Gastineau Channel,
Stephens Passage, Icy Straits– Eagles, ravens, chickadee and
black bears– Spruce forests, muskeg meadows
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New Member Ratings
5 4 3 2 1
Granite Creek 15 3 2
Mount Roberts 12 4 3 1
Mount Juneau 16 4
Mt. McGinnis 13 4 3
Mt. Jumbo 12 6 2
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New Member Ratings
Granite CreekMount RobertsMount JuneauMt. McGinnisMt. Jumbo
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For more resources:• We used the following sites in our research prior
to booking with Tolano– http://alaskatrekker.com/juneautrails.htm– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneau,_Alaska– http://
www.mountainzone.com/mountains/list-mountains.asp?cid=1023
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