hiking in ketchikan

[Melli56566]

Anyone do any hiking in ketchikan?  Looking at rainbird trail,deer mountain trail, or something near cruise terminal.  thanks!

[stevejco]

29 minutes ago, Melli56566 said:

Anyone do any hiking in ketchikan?  Looking at rainbird trail,deer mountain trail, or something near cruise terminal.  thanks!

I haven't but AllTrails has proven to be a very reliable resource for me. https://www.alltrails.com/us/alaska/ketchikan

Edited April 30, 2019 by stevejco

[rma2001]

I'll be there in early July and will be doing Deer Mountain.  Another forum member wrote this blog post that was very helpful

https://www.melindabrasher.com/2017/02/deer-mountain-trail-ketchikan-alaska.html

[RSF Cruiser]

3 hours ago, Melli56566 said:

Anyone do any hiking in ketchikan?  Looking at rainbird trail,deer mountain trail, or something near cruise terminal.  thanks!

I did not like Rainbird that much - it wasn't as pretty as Deer Mountain, nor were there good views. I've also done one from town - more of a walk than a wilderness hike, but also quite enjoyable. I went through town to Schoenbar trail up to the Totem Heritage Center and followed the streets back down to the waterfront where I then went along Creek Street to Married Man's trail where I walked up to Cape Fox Lodge. I came back down to the water front by way of Married Man's Trail. I think the up and down was about a total of eight miles. I've attached the trail book I've used for hiking in Ketchikan. Have fun!

ketchikan trails.pdf

[Melli56566]

18 hours ago, rma2001 said:

I'll be there in early July and will be doing Deer Mountain.  Another forum member wrote this blog post that was very helpful

https://www.melindabrasher.com/2017/02/deer-mountain-trail-ketchikan-alaska.html

that's so crazy, that's my name, Melinda!  

 

[Melinda Brasher]

On 5/1/2019 at 7:53 AM, Melli56566 said:

that's so crazy, that's my name, Melinda!  

 

 

I haven't known many Melindas in my life.  Pretty cool.  My opinion of the Rainbird trail:  it's nice and green but doesn't really have views and feels like it's in town (which it pretty much is).  I enjoyed it, but I like Deer Mountain a lot more.  As you can see from my post.