Both Juneau and Ketchikan featured a range of hikes with stunning views.
A view looking south down the Gastineau Channel from the Mount Roberts Trail on a sunny day in Juneau.
Friends tell me the hike up from Basin Road is challenging. Trail maps say it’s a six-hour hike. I took the tram, which covered quite a bit of the vertical gain, in about five minutes.It’s a quick 1-mile walk up to Father Brown’s Cross, named after a priest who helped build the trail in 1908. Along the way there are several vistas that afford fabulous views of Gastineau Channel in both directions.
But you just can’t miss Nugget Falls. It’s at least 100 feet tall and the water thunders down nonstop to Mendenhall Lake. It’s loud! The trail from the visitor center is almost flat — and it’s about a mile and a half round-trip. Get up close the falls and feel the spray. Walk to the end of the spit in front of the falls for some good photos.is a retreat center run by the Catholic Church. It’s a 22-mile drive north from downtown Juneau, right on the water.
An eagle perches in a tree overlooking the community of Douglas, Alaska, while training a keen eye on a floatplane getting ready to land. Taken on the Mount Roberts Trail. Creek Street once was Ketchikan’s red-light district, so the trail originally was well-trodden by the married customers trying to discreetly visit the “bawdy houses” along the creek.
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