Herbert Glacier
Herbert Glacier Trail (June 2011) July 13, 2011 8:00 PMThe Herbert Glacier trail is an easy 4.5 mile trail about 16 miles north of the Mendenhall Valley in Juneau Alaska. The trail is a compacted gravel trail which many people bike. It follows the Herbert river up to the Herbert Glacier.
Pond Along the Trail
Near the end of the trail, we left it and walked across a wash, crossing a c...
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Iceburgs Coming Off the Mendenhall Glacier
This trail starts at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor center. I took the first left onto the East Glacier Trail. It is a loop trail from which the Nugget Creek trail branches off near the midpoint. The East Glacier trail is well maintained and easy to hike with lots of creeks crossing it.
There is also AJ Falls just off the trail.
Nugget Creek Trail is a less maintained more rugged trail, many walkways are washed out, but not d...
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Grand Mesa Trip 8-09 - Rifle Falls
On my way out to Grand Junction last August I stopped by Rifle Falls State Park. About a 20 minute drive from the interstate. It is a small park with a few trails, a campground and of course a triple waterfall.
The trails go to the base of the falls, across the top of them and even behind one of them.
The most popular and scenic hike here is a lollipop loop with the loop part starting at the base of the falls, going up and across the top and back do...
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Rapids
A week ago Boulder Creek peaked over 800 cfs. These pics are from when it went up that high six years ago. Some high late May temperatures brought the water level on Boulder Creek up to 800 cfs. Normally it's above 400 cfs. The first three of these pictures are of the creek at 500 cfs in Boulder, a day or two before it went up to 800 cfs. The water was over the banks; covering sections of the trail along the whitewater course.
The Dam at the Top...
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