Signage to the Treadwell Ditch Trail. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Signage to the Treadwell Ditch Trail. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Video: Trail Mix Inc. reroutes part of Treadwell Ditch

Slide prompts construction.

  • By Michael Penn Juneau Empire
  • Tuesday, August 13, 2019 9:14am
  • NewsVideo

A new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail is built on the Treadwell Ditch Trail near the Bonnie Brae Neighborhood Access Trail by Trail Mix crew and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. A slide prompted the need for the construction.


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


Duncan Campbell, of Trail Mix, works on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Duncan Campbell, of Trail Mix, works on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Devil’s Club growing along the historic Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Devil’s Club growing along the historic Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail built by Trail Mix crew and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail built by Trail Mix crew and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail built by Trail Mix crew and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail built by Trail Mix crew and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Crew leader Duncan Campbell, right, and Trail Mix Project Manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy work on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Crew leader Duncan Campbell, right, and Trail Mix Project Manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy work on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Volunteer Dave Haas shovels gravel for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Volunteer Dave Haas shovels gravel for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Crew leader Duncan Campbell, right, and Trail Mix Project Manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy work on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Crew leader Duncan Campbell, right, and Trail Mix Project Manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy work on a log bridge for a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Diego Noboa, of Trail Mix, left, and volunteer Craig Good clear an area of debris for a drainage pipe on a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Diego Noboa, of Trail Mix, left, and volunteer Craig Good clear an area of debris for a drainage pipe on a new Treadwell Gorge reroute trail on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Trail Mix board member Jack Kreinheder videos with drone as Trail Mix crew and volunteers work to build a new Treadwell Gorge reroute on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Trail Mix board member Jack Kreinheder videos with drone as Trail Mix crew and volunteers work to build a new Treadwell Gorge reroute on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A sign marks the exit to the Bonnie Brae Subdivision just south of the new Treadwell Gorge reroute on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A sign marks the exit to the Bonnie Brae Subdivision just south of the new Treadwell Gorge reroute on the Treadwell Ditch Trail on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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