Mendenhall Campground
The trail leaves from the Skaters Cabin parking lot (Skater’s Cabin Road, Juneau, AK 99801). The terrain is generally flat, with a full loop (skiing all sections) ~3 km. Shorter loops can be skied by cutting out various sections. Skiers with dogs should keep them under control and clean up after them. There is an outhouse next to Skaters Cabin, as well as one or two outhouses open out on the trail (the Forest Service typically marks which ones remain open). Parking is in front of Skaters Cabin, with overflow parking down by the Tolch Rock and West Glacier Trailheads (~.25 and .5 kilometers, respectivelly, continuing to the end of the road). A connector trail back to the Campground parallels the road for ~.5 km. Juneau, AK 99801.
Recent Trail Updates
Slush over a thin layer of ice. Several bare patches.
Pretty wet and slushy! Best for dog walking 🙂
started grooming at 8. no rain. patches of blue. looks like classic is setting good and skate should be pretty ...
i’m gonna try and get out fairly early but if it’s a rain train we’ll see. keep you posted -dg-.
The campground was not groomed this morning because the grooming attachment is too heavy and plows the light snow. ...
Four inches of snow on top of hard ice. Skiing is slipping a lot on ice. Hoperolling and compacting will help ...
Campground is solid ice. No grooming until conditions change. Wear cleats if you plan to walk there
Campground looks to be toast. standing water on top of a long, glass doorknob as far as the eye can see from the ...
10am Saturday—shortest day of the year. Groomed good for skate, fair for classic. Mild temperatures, no rain yet, ...
Skate lane turned out pretty good all things considered. I sprayed some snow onto the classic track so that it's ...
I'll try to grind up the ice a little for skate skiing Friday am and should be finished about 9:30. JT
Snow flurries just starting, let’s hope for more.
Meanwhile, classic skiers should head to Montana