Juneau, Alaska

Today was our last full day in Juneau.  Despite the rain, we decided to go for a hike on the Perseverance Trail.  The trail is very near downtown Juneau, but quickly heads into the wilderness.  It was the area in which gold was mined starting in 1880 and beginning the Alaska gold rush period.

The hike was six miles round trip and about a thousand feet of vertical ascent.  It is named Perseverance after the mine in the area (and not the difficulty of the hike).  We got very near the end, but ran into snow and turned around.  I guess we did not persevere?

Anyhow, it was a beautiful hike and fitting end to our time in the capital of Alaska.

Our hike is marked in orange

Area heavily mined and location of mining town.  We ran into pretty significant snow after this point and turned around

Abandoned mine - light folliage is new growth after mine was abandoned

 

Is there still gold in those streams?