Juneau Question

[5fathom]

We have heard that there is a Juneau City Bus that goes out to Mendenhall Glacier. Anyone familiar with this ?

[PescadoAmarillo]

Yes, but there is an $8 shuttle bus that I'd recommend more highly. I'm heading out right this minute, so I'll just post these links, and you'll see my thoughts on this from last August.

 

http://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-walk-along-juneau-waterfront.html

 

http://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com/2012/08/mendenhall-glacier-and-east-glacier.html

[Cancun01]

We were there last week. There is a glacier shuttle right at the cruise port.

[Cancun01]

We were there last week. The glacier shuttle is right at the cruise port.

[Coug12]

I would not suggest the city bus. We were there in July and took the bus to the McCauley Salmon Hatchery. First of all, you have to walk quite far to get to the stop. They don't really adhere to scheduled stops as posted. We waited a good while and one never showed up. Finally walked further to the main bus stop, waited again for a while and finally got on. Printed bus schedule was not clear at all and if it wouldn't have been for the nice driver, we would have missed our stop. Made it to Hatchery but took a cab back to the ship.

[hpeabody]

MGT’s “BLUE GLACIER EXPRESS” may be the one you want.

 

http://mightygreattrips.com

[geocruiser]

Here is a link to the city bus. As I recall it leaves you a long walk from the bus stop to the glacier. Remember there are large animals that you could encounter, if it is a wooded area.

[AkSusan]

It's about a mile or so walk from the city bus stop to Mendenhall Glacier.

 

Susan in Anchorage :)

[Krazy Kruizers]

We have used the Blue Bus a couple of times.

Like the idea that they go right into the area for drop off and pick up.

[Budget Queen]

There is the Juneau city buses and private operated shuttle buses. the shuttle buses go from the dock area, parking lot near the tram, direct to Mendenhall Glacier. the city bus picks up in downtown Juneau, has several stops, and drops 1++ miles away from the Mendenhall visitor center. This bus can take close to an hour, and only runs once/hour. Cheap though. :)

[CanWeGoYet?]

I took the Glacier shuttle out and back (white bus). It picked us up promptly, right on schedule for the return. Still seemed inexpensive to me compared to what most excursions run in Alaska! $8 each way or $16 round trip.

 

There is quite a bit of walking you can do by Mendenhall visitor center - I walked out to the waterfall & back. I don't think I would have wanted to do it or had time if I had to walk a mile from where the bus let off. As it was, I was pressed for time.