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Salmon are an important part of our ecosystem, so

Salmon are an important part of our ecosystem, so our trails must always be built with that in mind. This #transformationtuesday takes us to Horse Tram Trail where we upgraded the trail to better support salmon in their journey to their spawning grounds upstream.

Last year, a culvert had been installed to protect a small salmon stream underneath the trail. Working with our partners at @adfgsoutheast_ak, a biologist determined the culvert was 'perched,’ creating a small waterfall at the outflow that was impassable by small fish, so we sprung into action.

With an excavator, the crew removed the existing culvert, dug holes to lay down sills or foundation pieces, and installed a new bridge. Now both trail users and salmon can traverse this section of stream!

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

📷@anniegoodenough

#salmon #salmonrun #wildsalmon #salmonstream #salmonislife #salmoncoast #alaskasalmon #trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #horsetramtrail #outtheroad #trailtuesday #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #trailtransformation #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

Have you been on the newly reopened Gold Creek Flu

Have you been on the newly reopened Gold Creek Flume trail yet?

Earlier this month, Alaska Electric Light & Power completed two years of work on this beloved community trail.

We know that with the darkness setting in, it can be harder to motivate yourself to go out, so put this on your list of trails to visit! It’s a short but beautiful walk.

📍Dzanti K’ihéeni

📷@doyoucopyover

#motivationmonday #motivationmondays #alpenglow #goldenhour #sunset #alaskasunset #juneausunset #trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #winterinalaska #goldcreekflumetrail #goldcreek #flumetrail #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #hikelife #mountainview #viewslikethese #winterhiking #winterhike #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

Friends, today is the final day of our online auct

Friends, today is the final day of our online auction, so when the clock strikes 8pm, the highest bid will be the winning bid. Plan accordingly!

Don’t forget about the Max Bid option, which allows you to lock in a maximum amount that will be auto-bid for you. We wouldn’t be surprised if this is how some hot-ticket items are won.

While the auction isn’t over yet, we are already so appreciative of everyone who has participated, whether that’s by making a donation or making a bid. Thank you all so much for supporting Trail Mix and Juneau’s trails!

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

📷@doyoucopyover

#trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #winterinalaska #mtrobertstrail #mtrobertstramway #mtrobertstram #mountrobertstramway #mtrobertstrail #mountrobertstrail #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #hikelife #mountainview #viewslikethese #winterhiking #winterhike #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

It’s day 2 of our online auction. Here’s a hel

It’s day 2 of our online auction. Here’s a helpful primer 😜

We’ve already seen some bidding wars take off yesterday and heard that the flurry of notifications from the Handbid app reproduces that same emotional rollercoaster as bidding in the room 😬

Just remember that even if you are immediately outbid 🤬, you are still supporting Trail Mix’s mission of maintaining and improving Juneau's trails 🥰

Happy bidding!

📷@doyoucopyover

#trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #hikelife #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc #trailmixauction

This porcupine aside, we expect you all know that

This porcupine aside, we expect you all know that our auction kicks off 📣today at noon 📣 from the comfort of your home, no travel required.

Our auction truly has something for everyone from homemade food to adventure gear to gift certificates to locally made art, so get your holiday shopping done early! (Trail Mix memberships make nice gifts too but we digress.)

We’ll continue to use this space to showcase what you can bid on, stoke some friendly rivalry between bidders, and have a good time as we raise money to maintain and build Juneau’s trails.

And if you haven’t registered to bid in the auction yet, what are you waiting for? Link in bio!

📍Sayéik

📷footage by @kate_mcw, editing by @doyoucopyover

#porcupine #wildlifewednesday #alaskawildlife #treadwellditch #treadwellditchtrail #douglasisland #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #alaskawinter #findyourtrail #hikelife #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

This #transformationtuesday is a big shoutout to o

This #transformationtuesday is a big shoutout to our crews who are still out working even though the landscape looks a little different ❄️

Swipe ⬅️ to see the dedication of these folks! All our crews have been out the road at the Eagle Valley Center ropes course and the new CBJ public use cabin clearing snow off the trail before continuing their usual work of laying down gravel.

Working in these conditions has required problem-solving, teamwork, and mental toughness, but everyone has risen to the challenge, displaying the good spirits and sense of humor we’ve seen all summer.

Cheers to Maddie, Ambrose, Hunter, Juliette, Edgar, Able, Elias, Laib, Cedar, Mark, Jess, Julio, Annie, and Kim! You all are diamonds 💎

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

📷@anniegoodenough

#trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #eaglevalleycenter #trailtuesday #challengecourse #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #trailtransformation #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

Own a piece of Juneau trail history! We are very t

Own a piece of Juneau trail history! We are very thankful for our friends at @cbjuneau Parks & Recreation for donating nearly 20 retired trail signs for our auction on Wednesday. Here’s a preview of a few; to see more and register to bid, see link in bio.

📷@meghantabacek

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

#trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #trailsign #trailsigns #treadwellditch #treadwellditchtrail #blackerbyridge #blackerbyridgetrail #annecoleman #annecolemanroadaccess #breadlinebluff #breadlineblufftrail #ninemilecreek #ninemilecreektrail #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #hikelife #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

The bridge that started it all 10 years ago! The L

The bridge that started it all 10 years ago! The Lawson Creek bridge was the first bridge that Trail Mix built on Treadwell Ditch and is still the largest, weighing in at 27,000lbs of wood and steel and requiring 18 helicopter sling loads. That’s a 50ft beam being flown in!

This summer we built 9 new bridges and with your support, we’ll continue working until we reach the northern terminus at Eagle Crest. A multi-year (multi-decade!) project like this really requires the commitment of the whole community, so we invite you to come to our fundraiser this Wednesday and contribute to our next season.

If you haven’t yet, head to our bio to sign up for our online auction beginning November 18 at noon. We’re using Handbid, an app that delivers a similar experience to eBay to make bidding easy and fun. There is a story highlight for a step-by-step guide to signing up.

📍Sayéik

📷@jack.kreinheder

#fallbackfriday #fbf #trailbridge #trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #treadwellditch #treadwellditchtrail #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

All you need for this year’s auction is a phone

All you need for this year’s auction is a phone 📲 and some comfy clothes 🤠 (furry friend optional but highly recommended🐈).

While we will miss seeing you all in-person, we’re excited to bring you the thrill of the auction straight to your smartphone. Bidding wars are what make auctions fun, so we’re using an app called Handbid that will cause that same “boy howdy!” reaction when you see the notification you’ve just been outbid. Oh, does just Ryan say that? 🤔 Well, never mind.

See the link in bio to sign up for Handbid and check out our story for more!

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

📷@maddi_wettstein

#trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #hikelife #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

Today is Veteran's Day, so we'd like to recognize

Today is Veteran's Day, so we'd like to recognize and show our appreciation to all the vets out there, including our own @krummark. Mark Krumwiede is one of our COVID Conservation Corps crew leaders and an avid outdoorsperson. He served 6 years in the infantry, including a deployment to Iraq, and was in the reserves for another 2 years afterward.

Mark inherited his love of the outdoors from his mother, a former park ranger who would lock her children out of the house while working in the yard, so they would play outside. Growing up primarily in Idaho, he found outdoor pursuits like hiking, backpacking, and skiing, which is his big passion in life.

One of the things that Mark values about the outdoors is its ability to simplify things, even if just temporarily. He thinks being outside can assist in relieving daily stress, trauma, PTSD, or anything else that's weighing on someone. There's an opportunity to get exactly what you need, whether that's taking time to think or only focusing on what's around you and being in the moment. Like many others who have sought relief from COVID-19 in the outdoors, Mark credits working outside for Trail Mix with helping him manage the uncertainty of the pandemic.

With aspirations to become an outdoor professional, Mark is pursuing the @uasoutheast certificate in outdoor skills and leadership and is considering a masters program in snow science. In the meantime, you'll soon see him on the slopes as part of the ski patrol for @skieaglecrest.

We're so happy and thankful to have had Mark as a crew leader on Horse Tram this season. We know there's great things ahead of him, and we hope the first is a winter like last year's❄️⛷❄️!

📍Áak’w Kwáan lands

📷@megroussos

#veteransday #veterans #veteran #armyvet #vetsintheoutdoors #outdoorvets #getoutside #getoutdoors #naturetherapy #outdoortherapy #trailcrew #trailwork #trailmaintenance #horsetramtrail #hikinggoals #hikejuneau #hikealaska #findyourtrail #907life #juneaulife #juneautrails #juneau #juneauak #southeastalaska #trailmixinc

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