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

Late afternoon grooming

Completed a second effort at the Campground about 4:15. This was to pack the base before there was enough snow to ...

Tuesday Plan

As always with a forecast of snow, completion of grooming pends the actual snowfall amounts. We have quite a lot ...

mcg update monday 2/23

polished skate. classic looks good. Lake has been touched up also. great day. no wind

Mendhall Lake Feb.22,2026

Mendenhall LAKE and Campground our groomed. Conditions : Winds are light to calm. Both classic and skate tracks ...

Ideal skiing snow

It’s a beautiful day to ski! All groomed at 9:30 for skate & classic. Ski team on the course until 11 or so.

Saturday Ski Race, 9am-11am

Middle and elementary school skiers will be hosting sprint relays at the Campground Saturday morning. We'll be ...
Campground Groomed 9am

Campground Groomed 9am

I packed down the new snow and laid down new corduroy for skate. I reset the classic track Everything looks ...

Campground – Friday 2/20

I'm planning on starting to groom about 8 this morning. I will reset the classic and smooth the new snow for ...

Campground

Skate groomed nicely, classic is pretty rough.
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