We often walk the treadwell trail back to where the http://www.alaskacanopy.com/ has their zipline. At the end of the trail they have buit a road that looks like it goes straight up the mountain side - alot more steep then this picture shows! So on New Year's Day of this year we decided to brave the hike. It has been in the 40s with some rain on top of about 3 feet of snow. Most of the main road are clear but some of the trails and side streets are ice covered with rain water on top.
So on New Year's Day of this year we decided to brave the hike. It has been in the 40s with some rain on top of about 3 feet of snow. Most of the main road are clear but some of the trails and side streets are ice covered with rain water on top.
Boy am I glad for rubber boots and Microcleats!
\After a short rise we came to the first of many old remnants from the Treadwell Mine area. According to their website this is the ruions of the original mine refinery, where millions of dollars of molten gold was poured into ingot molds. thus the bars of the windows!
…and now only the home to Sitka spruce and Hemlocks!
We traveled up higher on the trail and came across a couple of small bridges as well as the main area for the zipline platforms. It was pretty icy so were glad of the handrails on this elevated walkway.
You can see where the treadwell ditch comes in and flows into Bullion Creek.
One thing that we noticed immediately is that there aren't any railings on the zipping platforms! In this case, everyone is a tree hugger!
Interesting trail - we'll come back when the walking conditions are a little better and we can explore more!
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