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Page 1. ● Popular hiking tour ● Length: 5 days in late July ● 5 hiking trails of various advanced difficulty ● Start from downtown Juneau ● Spectacular.

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2 ● Popular hiking tour ● Length: 5 days in late July ● 5 hiking trails of various advanced difficulty ● Start from downtown Juneau ● Spectacular scenery ● Abundant wildlife Page 2

3 ● 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 Page 3

4 ● 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 Page 4

5  ● 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 Page 5

6 ● Start from downtown Juneau – Use West Glacier trail – Located in heart of Tongass National Forest ● Attractions include – Mendenhall Glacier, Mount Wrather, Stroller White – Rainforest Page 6

7 ● Start from downtown Juneau – Use West Glacier trail – Located in heart of Tongass National Forest ● Attractions include – Mendenhall Glacier, Mount Wrather, Stroller White – Rainforest Page 7

8 ● 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 Page 8


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