2.4 miles
Distance
254 ft
Climb
-251 ft
Descent
02:34:01
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Horse Tram Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Juneau
    , Alaska
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Gravel Path
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, Gravel
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #71150 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Trailhead on the south end is at the Eagle Valley Center near Amalga Harbor. The trail connects on the north end to the Boy Scout Trail about 1/3 mile from the parking lot. No steep pitches, but moderate uphill sections. The trail also provides access to the CBJ Parks and Recreation Eagle Landing beachfront cabin via a spur trail about 1/2 mile from the south trailhead.

The Horse Tram trail is named after an historic mining route that parts of the trail follow. In the early 1900s, miners discovered a gold deposit near Eagle Glacier, and built a horse tram with steel rails for horses to haul cart loads of mining supplies from the Eagle Landing beach just north of Amalga Harbor to the mine site, and to haul the gold ore back to Eagle Landing for loading on ships.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Horse Tram Trail multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    3 ft
  • Altitude min
    23 ft
  • Altitude max
    143 ft
  • Altitude start
    26 ft
  • Altitude end
    30 ft
  • Grade max
    -18.5%
  • Grade min
    23.4%
  • Distance climb
    4,131 ft
  • Distance down
    3,917 ft
  • Distance flat
    4,764 ft
  • Avg time
    02:34:01
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on Jun 11, 2023
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      Jun 11, 2023 @ 4:22pm
      Jun 11, 2023
      		 trail is in excellent shape. few muddy spots but most entirely gravel/D1 trail. dodge the bear scat land mines!!
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