Hiking – Juneau Trails – The Outdoor Women

Juneau TrailsAmalga (Eagle Glacier) Trail
Length 7.5 miles, elevation gain 500 feet, located at mile 28.4 of Glacier Highway.

Auke Nu (John Muir) Trail
Length 2.5 miles, elevation gain 1552 feet, located at mile 123 of Glacier Highway, then .8 miles up Spaulding trail.

Bessie Creek Trail
Length 1.25 miles, elevation gain 900 feet, located at mile 34 of Glacier Highway.

Dan Moller Trail
Length 3 miles, elevation gain 1800 feet, located on Douglas Island; after crossing bridge turn right on Cordova St., then left on Pioneer Ave.

East Glacier Loop Trail
Length 3.5 miles, elevation gain 400 feet, located at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

Granite Creek Trail
Length 2 miles, elevation gain 500 feet, located behind town up Basin Rd., then 2.5 miles up Perseverance trail.

Heintzleman Ridge Route
Length 9.5 miles, elevation gain 3000 to 4000 feet, two trail heads;
1) at mile 7 of Glacier Highway, just beyond State Highway Building,
2) off Mendenhall Loop Rd., right at Trinity Dr., left at Glacier Valley School, right at Jennifer Dr.; trail head at the end of Jennifer Dr.

Herbert Glacier Trail
Length 4.6 miles, elevation gain 300 feet, located at mile 28 of Glacier Highway.

Montana Creek Trail
Length 9.5 miles, elevation gain 700 feet, located off Mendenhall Loop Rd., onto Montana Creek Rd. to its end.

Moraine Ecology Trail
Length 1.5 miles, elevation gain 10 feet, located at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

Mt. Bradley (Mt. Jumbo) Route
Length 2.6 miles, elevation gain 3337 feet, located on Douglas Island, 5th street downtown Douglas.

Mt. Juneau Trail
Length 2 miles, elevation gain 3000 feet, located 1 mile up Perseverance Trail behind town.

Mt. McGinnis Route
Length 2 miles, elevation gain 1900 feet, located at the end of the 3.4 mile long West Glacier Trail.

Mt. Roberts Trail
Length 2.5 miles to Cross, 3 miles to Gastineau Peak, 4.5 miles to Mt. Roberts Peak, max. elevation gain 3800 feet, located at end of 6th street, downtown.

Nugget Creek Trail
Length 4 miles, elevation gain 100 feet, located 1.5 miles midway through East Glacier Loop Trail at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

Perseverance Trail
Length 3 miles, elevation gain 600 feet, located behind town at the end of Basin Rd.

Peterson Lake Trail
Length 4.3 miles, elevation gain 700 feet, located at mile 24.5 of Glacier Highway.

Point Bishop/Duporzt Trail
Length 1.6 miles Dupont, 8 miles Point Bishop, elevation gain 200 feet, located at the end of Thane Rd.

Point Bridget Trail
Length 3.5 miles, no elevation gain, located at mile 39 of Glacier Highway.

Salmon Creek Trail
Length 3.5 miles, elevation gain 1100 feet, located at mile 2.5 of Egan Dr.(Glacier Hwy.), turn right just after the cement abutment and before the Salmon Creek exit.

Sheep Creek Trail
Length 3 miles, elevation gain 800 feet to valley, 3500 feet to ridge, located 4 miles South of town off of Thane Rd.

Spaulding Trail
Length 3 miles, elevation gain 1800 feet, located at mile 12.3 of Glacier Highway just past Auke Bay Post Office.

Treadwell Ditch Trail
Length 12 miles, elevation gain 700 feet(down), located .25 miles from the Eagle Crest Ski Area parking lot on North Douglas Island.

West Glacier Trail
Length 3.4 miles, elevation gain 1300 feet, located off Montana Creek Rd., past the campground on the Vest side of Mendenhall Lake.

Windfall Lake Trail
Length 3.5 miles, elevation gain 100 feet, located at mile 27 of Glacier Highway just before the Herbert River, onto a .2 mile gravel road.

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