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Green Soles Adventure Club 1.  Popular hiking tour  Length: 5 days in late July  5 hiking trails of various advanced difficulty  Start from downtown.

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1 Green Soles Adventure Club 1

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 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 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 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 5

6 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 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 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 8

9 DayTrail Name Total Miles Elevation Time to Complete 1Granite Creek3.57001.5 Hours 2Mount Roberts*4-938165-7 Hours 3Mount Juneau935767-8 Hours 4Mt. McGinnis5.532008-9 Hours 5Mt. Jumbo535007-8 Hours * If you only go to elevation 1760 where the tramway is, it is 4 miles. 9

10 54321 Granite Creek1532 Mount Roberts12431 Mount Juneau164 Mt. McGinnis1343 Mt. Jumbo1262 10

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13 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 13


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