Taking full advantage of the fantastic streak of nice weather we've been having, Amanda and I took off up into the mountains on Saturday for a hike along another of the "90 Short Walks in Juneau" . Due to the fact that Juneau sits right at the base of bunch of incredible mountains, there are some truly wonderful hikes within a few minutes drive of downtown, including the Perseverance Trail.
The Perseverance Trail is located at the end of Basin Road, just past the trailhead for Mt Roberts. This trail was actually Alaska's first road and was widened from a mule trail in order to create easier access to an area with about 5 gold mines. What's really neat about this trail, besides the awesome scenery, is the abundance of ruins and artifacts that can be seen while hiking. There's also a really neat mining museum which I intend to go explore on a future day off.
Due to time constraints, we only got about 1.5 miles up the trail. We had plans that evening and plan to go back and finish our hike some time this summer. It was a beautiful day for it though, blue sky and puffy white clouds, light breeze and probably about 50 degrees. It was great!
Oooh - take me! I want to go to the museum, too! Mom
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