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The Goldbelt Tram (formerly Mount Roberts Tramway) is an aerial tramway located directly south of downtown Juneau in the U.S. state of Alaska. In operation since 1996, the tram makes a six-minute ascent of 3,819-foot (1,164 m) up Mount Roberts from the cruise ship docks (just feet above sea level) to a height of about 1,800 feet (550 m).
The Vanoise Express, opened in December 2003 at a cost of ... Mount Roberts Tramway, in Juneau, Alaska; California Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
Mount Roberts or Roberts Peak (Tlingit: Wooshkeenax̱ Deiyí) is a 3,819 foot (1,164 m) mountain just east of downtown Juneau, Alaska.It is noted for its accessibility from downtown Juneau and for the Goldbelt Tram which carries passengers and tourists from sea level to 1,800 feet (550 m) up the mountain.
The name "Juneau Mountain" was first used in the mining records by Pierre "French Pete" Erussard when he located mining claims on the mountain in 1888. [2] In 1976, it was proposed by Chuck Keen of Alaska Trams (later to become Mount Juneau Enterprises) that a jigback aerial tramway be built to the top of the mountain.
Mount Roberts may refer to: Mount Roberts (Alaska) near Juneau, Alaska, USA; Mount Roberts (Nunivak Island), Alaska, USA; Mount Roberts (Antarctica)
Lady Baltimore, in her Juneau Raptor Center mew, on August 15, 2015. Lady Baltimore was a non-releasable bald eagle in the care of the non-profit Juneau Raptor Center (JRC), in Juneau, Alaska. [1] Lady Baltimore was found shot and injured on Alaska's Douglas Island in 2006. She had suffered injuries to her beak and one wing caused by a poacher.
The tramway was horse-powered but also combined its services with manual hauling services from Dyea to The Scales. In the winter of 1897-1898 the tram was purchased by Juneau merchant C.W. Young and the tram and associated hauling services became C.W. Young Freighting and Trading Company with Burns remaining as manager. As early as December ...
English: An aerial view of downtown Juneau, Alaska, taken on June 3, 2024. ... Downtown Juneau, Alaska from the Goldbelt Tram. Items portrayed in this file depicts.