WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE A Late Afternoon Cloud – Looking Southeast This large cloud was drifting west from the mainland mountains to the east on a sunny Juneau afternoon. The National Weather Service was predicting at the time: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the Coast Mountains diminishing early this evening. This cumulus cloud …
Continue reading "A Late Afternoon Cloud"
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE 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 …
Continue reading "Snowslide Gulch and the Northern End of Gold Ridge"
I compiled this panorama from pictures my Dad took on a hike with my Mom on July 23, 2005. The pictures are from the Granite Creek Trail. Panorama of Silver Bow Basin. For an aerial view of the area see this posting: Panorama of the Gold Creek Watershed from Mt. Juneau
On August 25, 1979 I took the pictures that because of the technology of today I could produce this panorama. The distance from where I took the picture to Sheep Mountain (see picture below) is 3-7/8 miles. From my house I can see the Mt. Juneau Ridge and the tip-top of Olds Mountain, Mt. Roberts, …
Continue reading "Panorama of the Gold Creek Watershed from Mt. Juneau"
Crystal Harmony at the Steamship Dock in Juneau, Alaska, 9:14 PM, Sunday, August 14, 2005. The waters of Gastineau Channel in the downtown harbor in the foreground and faintly in the background the slopes of Mt. Roberts. Crystal Cruises cruise ship Crystal Harmony makes 11 voyages to Juneau in the 2005 visitor season with it's …
Continue reading "Cruise Ship "Crystal Harmony" 1/2 hour after sunset"