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Sitka Trails: Harbor Mountain Trail

  • November 4, 2003
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Colewade from Asheville, North Carolina
Sitka Trails: Harbor Mountain Trail

The city itself provides one the best walking tours in Southeast Alaska. Sitka has a great variety of trails ranging from easy to brutal. I won't attempt to cover them all, just one favorite. Click the links below if you want information on all the trails.

Harbor Mountain Trail
The road which makes its way up Harbor Mountain from Halibut Point Road. (It is the only road access to the subalpine in Southeast Alaska.) The only time you have to walk up the road is winter (unless you know someone with an ATV or snowmobile who is willing to give you a ride.) From the end of the road at the bottom of a large subalpine bowl there is a boardwalk trail which makes its way up to the ridge above the bowl. From here you can go to the first little peak for excellent views of Sitka and the Sound, or you can follow the main trail around this peak and along the ridge back towards the main peaks of Harbor Mountain. Where the trail gets to the base of the first rocky peak, there is a fork. Take the right fork to go south of the peaks and stay on the trail, which eventually gets to Gavan Hill, or continue straight to go up to the rocky peaks. There is a step or two of pretty significant exposure involved in getting to the top of the highest peak, but it does not seem too bad going up. (Going down, on the other hand...).

Directions:
Drive four miles northwest of Sitka along Halibut Point Road.

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