Juneau and Skagway cost effective activities

[mncbabu_yahoo]

Here is my list of activities on 3 port days (Ketchikan,  Juneau and Skagway). This is my cost effective lists. Not planning to do all. Please suggest/recommend any modification.

Ketchikan (8 Am to 1 PM)

·         Totem Bight State Historical Park (use Bus)

·         City Walking Tour (Grab a map)

·         South East Alaska Discovery Center

·         Totem Heritage Center

·         Tongass Historical Museum

·         Creek Street

·         Possible Hikes (one or two)

o    Rainbird Trail

o    Ketchikan Creek falls

 

Juneau (8 am to 8 pm)

8 AM: Book a Taxi and Go to Airport

9 AM: Rent a car

·         Drive north on Glacier Highway 7 (9 am to 11 am)

·         Auke Bay

·         Shrine of St. Therese (good hike)

·         Eagle Beach 

·         Menden Hall Glacier and Nugget Falls Trail (12 pm to  3 PM) If possible East loop trail

·         Downtown Juneau - Possible Attractions (4 to 6)

·         Alaska State Museum

·         Sealaska Heritage Institute

·         Last Chance Mining Museum

·         Mount Robert Tram (if it is a clear day)

·         State Capitol

·         Drive to Douglas Island (6 to 8 pm) - Rain Forest trail

 

Skagway (8 AM to 7 PM)

·         9 AM to 1 PM: Yukon and White Pass Rail (booked)

·         1 PM to 2 PM: Lunch in Cruise

·         2 PM to 7 PM:

·         Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Visitor Center

·         Historic District walking tour

·         Trail of '98 Museum:

·         Brothel tour

Possible hikes/ Trails:

·         Yakutania Point

·         Lower Dewey Lake

·         Gold Rush Cemetery and Reid Falls 

Edited February 27 by mncbabu_yahoo

[SightCRR]

In Juneau add P&R – Jensen-Olson Arboretum – City and Borough of Juneau near St T shrine, Whale Project near Ak museum, I think Last Chance Museum is closed but Gold Creek(near closed museum) is nice and used to have public mining on the creek. Gold creek road is steep and narrow but the houses on the way are nice to see. At Douglas Island time for Ship photos and Treadwell-Mine-Historic-Site-Trail-Plan-2018.pdf (juneau.org) 

Edited February 27 by SightCRR

[kgarroutte]

On 2/16/2024 at 6:40 PM, SightCRR said:

If you spend $20-$50 you will have a hard time remembering it by the time you get home and likely no idea of it in 5 years. Take a helo ride to glacier for $500 and you will remember it when the glacier has receded out of view and like it was yesterday for the next 30 years. I say the later is more cost effective after adding the costs to get to AK. 

Great memories made on public transit in another country! Spent $5 for our family of 6!!!

[mncbabu_yahoo]

23 hours ago, SightCRR said:

In Juneau add P&R – Jensen-Olson Arboretum – City and Borough of Juneau near St T shrine, Whale Project near Ak museum, I think Last Chance Museum is closed but Gold Creek(near closed museum) is nice and used to have public mining on the creek. Gold creek road is steep and narrow but the houses on the way are nice to see. At Douglas Island time for Ship photos and Treadwell-Mine-Historic-Site-Trail-Plan-2018.pdf (juneau.org) 

Thank you..what is ship photos in Douglas Island? Is it clicking the ship from other side? Is there a possibility of seeing bears in Juneau?

[SightCRR]

On the way to Treadwell mine there is a waterfront park that gives great views of the downtown area with the ships docked and mountains behind. There is a possibility of seeing black bears in Juneau but it is mostly luck, time of visit and salmon running or not. When they come out from winter they head to beach or grass fields to get their digestive systems started. (April May) then later Aug-Sept in the streams for the salmon. Only place where I have seen them was on the way into Mendenhall in the grass fields. fyi my fav Juneau & ISP web cam. TheSnowCloud Juneau area Webcams. 

[Aquahound]

2 hours ago, mncbabu_yahoo said:

Thank you..what is ship photos in Douglas Island? Is it clicking the ship from other side? Is there a possibility of seeing bears in Juneau?

 

Douglas is the island on the other side of the channel from where the ships dock.  It's a short drive from downtown and from there, you can get a great view of all the ships.  

 

Like the previous poster said, I most often see black bears in the wetlands at the intersection of Egan and Vanderbilt Hill, near Lemon Creek.  

[lovetoplantravel]

On 2/26/2024 at 11:19 PM, mncbabu_yahoo said:

Here is my list of activities on 3 port days (Ketchikan,  Juneau and Skagway). This is my cost effective lists. Not planning to do all. Please suggest/recommend any modification.

Ketchikan (8 Am to 1 PM)

·         Totem Bight State Historical Park (use Bus)

·         City Walking Tour (Grab a map)

·         South East Alaska Discovery Center

·         Totem Heritage Center

·         Tongass Historical Museum

·         Creek Street

·         Possible Hikes (one or two)

o    Rainbird Trail

o    Ketchikan Creek falls

 

Juneau (8 am to 8 pm)

8 AM: Book a Taxi and Go to Airport

9 AM: Rent a car

·         Drive north on Glacier Highway 7 (9 am to 11 am)

·         Auke Bay

·         Shrine of St. Therese (good hike)

·         Eagle Beach 

·         Menden Hall Glacier and Nugget Falls Trail (12 pm to  3 PM) If possible East loop trail

·         Downtown Juneau - Possible Attractions (4 to 6)

·         Alaska State Museum

·         Sealaska Heritage Institute

·         Last Chance Mining Museum

·         Mount Robert Tram (if it is a clear day)

·         State Capitol

·         Drive to Douglas Island (6 to 8 pm) - Rain Forest trail

 

Skagway (8 AM to 7 PM)

·         9 AM to 1 PM: Yukon and White Pass Rail (booked)

·         1 PM to 2 PM: Lunch in Cruise

·         2 PM to 7 PM:

·         Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Visitor Center

·         Historic District walking tour

·         Trail of '98 Museum:

·         Brothel tour

Possible hikes/ Trails:

·         Yakutania Point

·         Lower Dewey Lake

·         Gold Rush Cemetery and Reid Falls 

 

[lovetoplantravel]

Could I please ask you the cost for the   9 AM to 1 PM: Yukon and White Pass Rail (booked) and did you book through your ship or privately?

 

Thank you.

[lovetoplantravel]

Could I please ask you the cost for the   9 AM to 1 PM: Yukon and White Pass Rail (booked) and did you book through your ship or privately?

 

Thank you.

[mncbabu_yahoo]

I booked Yukon pass train directly from railway website. It is slightly cheaper than from princess. I think it is about $145..

[lovetoplantravel]

On 3/31/2024 at 3:34 PM, mncbabu_yahoo said:

I booked Yukon pass train directly from railway website. It is slightly cheaper than from princess. I think it is about $145..

thank you so much