Mt. Roberts from Evergreen Cemetery

Mt. Maria is on the left and Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts is the mostly level ridge at the skyline. The Cross is in the Catholic section of the cemetery with the top of Snowslide Gulch at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin visible above the top of it. The Mt. Roberts Tramway upper terminal platform is visible at the upper right. Evergreen Cemetery is located at the foot of Mt. Juneau and has close to 6,200 recorded burials.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:25 p.m. AST, February 22, 2010, © 2010

On the Way to Cape Horn on the Perseverance Trail

Snowslide Gulch in the background.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 12:35 p.m. ADT, May 24, 2009, © 2009

Snowslide Gulch at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin

Last Chance Basin is separated by a spur ridge of Mt. Roberts from downtown Juneau, Alaska. Gold Creek (looking upstream) is in the foreground and the north end of Gold Ridge on Mt. Roberts is at the upper right. The vertical distance from Gold Creek at 340 feet above sea level (MLLW) at the camera, to the top of the gulch at 2,260 feet, is 1,920 ft. The Jualpa Camp of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. is out of the picture on the right. Snowslide Gulch is formed by the Silverbow Fault which stretches west from Silver Bow Basin on the other side of Snowslide Gulch, to the northwest end of Douglas Island. The fault forms the gap for Gold Creek between Mt. Juneau and Mt. Maria which is at the NW end of the spur ridge of Mt. Roberts.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 5:42 p.m. ADT, May 29, 2008, © 2008

North End of Gold Ridge on Mt. Roberts

Notice the snow cornice at the top of the ridge and the area below where there was a recent slab avalanche. This area is above Snowslide Gulch in Last Chance Basin.

Picture by David Kent, 1:24 p.m. ADT, March 26, 2008, © 2008

On The Trail Below The Cross on Mt. Roberts

Looking northeast from the Mt. Roberts Trail, at the top right of the picture is the northern end of Gold Ridge; on the left in the far distance is the Mt. Juneau Ridge, and just to the right of center a portion of Olds Mountain is visible. Last Chance Basin is out of the picture to the left, and out of sight - beyond and below the ridge on the far side of the bowl is Snowslide Gulch.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:00 p.m. ADT, July 7, 2007, © 2007

Snowslide Gulch and the Northern End of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts

This picture was taken from the Mt. Juneau Trail looking southeast across the Gold Creek canyon with the northern end of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts at the skyline and the gulches below it that are part of Snowslide Gulch. The primary Snowslide Gulch path slopes diagonally upward from Gold Creek (out of sight at the lower right) and becomes vertical at the upper left of the shoulder of Mt. Roberts. The foot of Snowslide Gulch is 1.2 miles to the ENE of the State Capitol in downtown Juneau and lies at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin. Joe Juneau, Richard Harris, and the Tlingit Chief Kowee climbed Snowslide Gulch October 3, 1880 and crossed over into what Harris named Silver Bow Basin where they discovered gold. The rest they say is history with the founding of the townsite of Juneau.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 11:16 a.m. ADT, July 16, 2005, © 2006