Images Granite Creek Trail Juneau
The old mining buildings are barely standing.
Images granite creek trail juneau. After about a mile from the trailhead the mt. The trail features wild flowers and berries alpine lakes spectacular water falls and ends at a beautiful basin. The washington state department of natural resources dnr built a 1 3 mile trail segment that ascends the lower part of the granite creek valley between 2015 2017 and officially opened the trailhead on july 29 2017. A few hundred yards more and you can sit on a wooden platform and look down on the valley you just hiked up.
In the area of ebner falls which is worth a quick side trip the trail to mount juneau branches left continue another 2 miles till you see a sign for granite creek trail. The juneau ridge route starts on the perseverance trail. The trail is primarily used for hiking nature trips and bird watching and is best used from april until september. Go only in dry weather to avoid disastrous falls.
Mount juneau is a 6 8 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near juneau alaska that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as difficult. The trail begins in the forest rises abruptly then drops into sheep creek valley. Granite creek trail is as of 2017 being improved. A broken bridge at the bottom of a falls marks the near end of the trail.
A couple of side trails are worth exploring including granite creek 2 miles in which can bring you up to the ridge east of mount juneau s summit. In doing so dnr switched the designations of the granite creek and granite creek connector trailheads. As of 2012 new switchbacks have been added so the ascent isn t as steep as it once was. Sheep creek was named by joe juneau and richard harris after mistaking mountain goats for sheep.
Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. The challenging mount juneau trail rises more than 3 500 feet in about 2 miles from a point 1 mile along from the perseverance trailhead. If the rest of the trail is hard to find follow the powerlines. Granite creek trailhead.
After a short while there is a view across the canyon to the alaska juneau mine. The granite creek trail starting 2 miles in on the perseverance trail climbs 1 200 feet over 1 1 2 miles to an alpine basin. Juneau trail branches off to the left north. The trail then switchbacks up.
The trail is primarily used for hiking walking running and nature trips. Avoid the trail in winter because of extreme avalanche danger. Granite creek trail via perseverance trail is a 9 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near juneau alaska that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. Granite creek trail begin on the perseverance trail at the end of basin road.
Granite creek trail via perseverance trail ist ein 9 meilen langer wenig besuchter hin und rückweg in der nähe von juneau alaska.