Juneau
Alaska
Alaska's capital sits on a strip of shore between Gastineau Channel and mountains that rise straight out of town, and no road connects it to anywhere else, so every visitor arrives by ferry, cruise ship or plane. Once here, one road runs north past the Mendenhall Glacier to the Lynn Canal, and a bridge crosses to the gold-mine ruins on Douglas Island.
3 challenges · 13 stops
STARTERCapitol Hill down to the whale
≈ 2,000 steps0.9 mi · about 1.5 hoursStarter · 3 stops · 500 credStart where you live.Three stops on foot from the marble-columned Capitol past the Governor's white mansion and down to the bronze whale on the Seawalk. Under a mile of steep downtown streets and waterfront path, about ninety minutes, no tickets anywhere.
STANDARDAround the glacier lake and out to the shrine
≈ 1,900 steps + 17 mi by car0.9 mi on foot · about 4.5 hours · + the walk in to 1 stopStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.Four stops by car and on foot: the glacier from Photo Point, a mile of gravel to the foot of Nugget Falls, the stone cabin on the far shore of Mendenhall Lake, then 22 miles out the road to a stone chapel on Lynn Canal. Half a day. Photo Point carries a Forest Service fee in summer; the rest is free.
ADVANCEDGold country: the basin, the island, the canal
≈ 6,000 steps + 35 mi by car2.9 mi on foot · a full day · + the walk in to 1 stopAdvanced · 6 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.Six stops that follow the gold: the onion-domed church downtown, the mining camp and waterfall up Gold Creek, the Treadwell ruins across the bridge on Douglas Island, then the long drive north to the beach at the end of the road. A full day with a car. Eagle Beach has a $5 parking fee; the upper trail can close for snow or repairs.
Counted between stops; you'll walk more at each one.
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