Ready for the most exciting summer of your life? A popular venue for weddings, corporate events and family outings, Glacier Gardens is 50 sprawling acres adjacent to Juneau and features Alaska’s wildest rainforest garden. Guided by knowledgeable docents, the botanical gardens are where you’ll find truly unique flower towers nestled within the Tongass National…
Category Archives: Outdoors
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Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure
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Alaska Zipline Adventures
Whether it’s your first time in Juneau of your fiftieth, experience one of Alaska’s great cities in a thrilling new way. Ziplining from tree to tree is safe and a blast when you’re with the award-wining Alaska Zipline Adventures. Take Dad for Father’s Day, consider it a graduation gift, go solo while on business,…
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Gold Creek Salmon Bake for Father’s Day
Treat the dad in your life to a one-of-a-kind experience at the Gold Creek Salmon Bake, hosted only during summer months. However, the name is a bit of a misnomer. The salmon is actually roasted over alder wood flames. Located on the outskirts of town, it’s part bake, part tour and gives you a…
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See Gastineau Channel
Located within the Alexander Archipelago, Gastineau Channel separates Douglas from Juneau (though now, technically, the two have merged, and Douglas is no longer an island). The very first European to spot Gastineau was Joseph Whidbey in 1797. The channel is named for a British civil engineer, John Gastineau, and remains one of the most…