Juneau, Alaska - Mendenhall Glacier by Public Bus - What to Do on Your Day in Port 

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We had no idea this was an issue when we made the video. A lot of tourists want to visit Mendenhall but don’t want to spend $50-$100 each.

I get it, I grew up in seasonal ski town but money saved on things like transportation more then likely is going spent elsewhere Juneau. As local can you give some advice the renting E-bikes instead of using the city busses or the tour busses? We have our first cruise beginning of August 2025 would much prefer to rent a couple E-bikes as we love riding our analog bikes and thought to maximize our time to visit the glacier as well as use in town this might be a great idea or a very bad idea. My initial research is I can rent locally for 90 dollars each bike for for 8 hours, which I would prefer this over $90 per person for tour busses. The range for pedal assist E-bikes is around 80 miles....would this be sufficient to take from the port to the glacier visitor center, back to town and touring around town? Thank you in advance.

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In almost every port, the weather report from the day before was inaccurate. It was supposed to be snowing in Glacier Bay, but it was sunny. Thank you for your comments and thank you for subscribing to our channel.

We are going in September of 2025 to

Why does Juneau allow it?

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I saw something about not having cruise ships one day a week in the summer. So only 6 days a week. That could hurt the local economy a bit for sure

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When we took the city bus, we did not realize this was an issue. I would bus was not too crowded. Thank you for your comments and thank you for subscribing to our channel.

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My friends are often kicked off and are unable to make it to work because of the tourists some of the bus drivers even slow down and pull over as if its a tourist coach LOL, people we have places to be!

We had no idea. Locals should have priority.

Then don’t charge 80-90 dollars for a bus/shuttle ride to see Gods work. 180 dollars for 2 people. Not many people can afford this. Would you do it?

@@scottklein2583 If you can afford a cruise, you can afford a tour bus in ports. These locals are single parents, elders, folks trying to get to the low paying jobs that’s the only things standing between them and homelessness. Although go ahead. We locals amuse ourselves watching tourists staggering from the glacier to bus stop in pouring rain and roll our eyes at the decision to waste half your port day to save $40.

I live here and when I go to other places I use there public transportation.

A taxi from Juneau to Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area takes 23 min and costs $35 - $45 each way. Thank you for your comments and thank you for subscribing to our channel.

Romeo?

@@PortMonkeys he was a lone black wolf that lived in the Mendenhall valley for several years (2003-2009) until poachers killed him :( I never saw him but many others did. However, one snowy, sunny February afternoon when I went walking at the glacier, I heard him howling 💚 I’ll never forget it! Anyway, the guys who did it were arrested and funds were raised to bring his body back “home” and it took a while but they eventually commissioned an artist/taxidermist to make him look as much like he did when he was alive and he now rests above the exit door as seen in your video ;) Such a sad story. He was such an important party of the ecology there and touched many lives, directly and indirectly.

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How sad for the people ofJuneau.

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Shut up! Your the worst type of person