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Now you see it, now you don’t: Trail Mix removes 4-ton boulder from trail

Published 12:20 pm Thursday, August 15, 2019

By Michael Penn Juneau Empire

Now you see it, now you don’t: Trail Mix removes 4-ton boulder from trail
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Now you see it, now you don’t: Trail Mix removes 4-ton boulder from trail
BEFORE: A estimated four-ton boulder on Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
AFTER: An estimated four-ton boulder was removed from Perseverance Trail near the Granite Creek spur on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Granite Creek from a Perseverance Trail bridge on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
A dog walker on Perseverance Trail at the granite Creek Trail spur on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Ebner Falls seen from Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Ebner Falls seen from Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Perseverance Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Gold Creek seen from a Perseverance Trail bridge on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Duncan Campbell, of Trail Mix Inc., explains how the group removed an estimated four-ton boulder from Perseverance Trail near the Granite Creek Trail spur on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Campbell said the boulder has been on the trail for about a decade.

See more photos of the trail, below.

• Contact staff photographer Michael Penn at 523-2262 and mpenn@juneauempire.com. Follow our Instagram at @Juneau.Life.

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