Alaska Hiking Tours

Green Soles Adventure Club

 Hiking in
nature’s
wonderland
at its best!
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Introduction

Popular hiking tour

Length: 5 days in late
July
5 hiking trails of various
advanced difficulty
Start from downtown
Juneau
Spectacular scenery
Abundant wildlife

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Alaska Hiking Trails
Total Time to
Day Trail Name Miles Elevation 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 elevation 1760 where the tramway is, it is 4 miles.

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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 Creek Mount Roberts Mount Juneau

Mt. McGinnis Mt. 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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