If your time in Juneau is limited ... From there, you can explore the terrain further on one of the hiking trails. Most visitors were pleased with the experience, though some were disappointed ...

Listen: Juneau’s Peterson Lake trail is known for being a bit wet. It winds through muskeg to a lake, where a U.S. Forest Service cabin hosts overnight ...

Plane spotting is a favorite pastime for Airport Dike Trail users, especially when Alaska Airlines debuted local Tlingit artist Crystal Worl’s livery on a Boeing 737 in Juneau in May of 2023.

Mary F. Willson is a retired professor of ecology. “On The Trails” appears every Wednesday in the Juneau Empire.