Mendenhall Glacier (Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ) — Attraction in Juneau

Visited in June 2025. The cruise lines offer a packed sardine bus ride here where they drop you off at the front door to the park for a bunch of money. While I was walking around Juneau, I found out you can take the city bus for two dollars to the park if you are willing to walk a mile from the bus stop into the park. I believe most people are coming here to hike so a one-mile walk is easy. The walk up to the park was quiet and paved. The best view of the glacier was while I was walking to the park. A beautiful place to visit and did not have to deal with the mass of people being herded onto buses and having specific times...

This glacier is retreating, the visitors center has movie playing to introduce this area which helps understand glaciers, animals and environment changes. Mountain goats are frequently seen in this area as well. Mountain goats are not in the same genus as goats. In the bovidae family, mountain goats are associated with antelopes,...

We chose to visit Mendenhall Glacier as part of an excursion from our Princess Cruise (Aug 2023 - Voyage of the Glaciers). Great excursion and wonderful to visit Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget Falls. Beautiful and picturesque. We took the trail to Nugget Falls and were rewarded with a phenomenal view of...