Just moved to Juneau, or getting back into it after a while? These groups are beginner-friendly and welcoming — no need to be fast, experienced, or know a soul.
Open during posted hours · bouldering, top-rope & auto-belays
The Rock Dump, 1310 Eastaugh Way
Juneau’s only indoor climbing gym and the de facto hub for the local climbing community — no experience needed, rentals on site.
2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 7–9pm (Feb–May) · Thunder Mountain HS library
Thunder Mountain High School library
Juneau’s fly-fishing club — talks, presentations, and fish chatter twice a month through spring; $10/yr dues, new members welcome. (Season is spring; schema set to shoulder.)
Season-long club race series — run 3+ to qualify for awards
Varies by race
The club’s flagship — a points series across the year’s designated races, co-sponsored with Nugget Alaskan Outfitter. The road-and-trail backbone of Juneau running.
Seasonal trail races on Juneau singletrack — see race calendar
Rotating Juneau trailheads
Several events on the club calendar are trail races (e.g. the Ben Blackgoat Memorial). Group weekly trail runs aren’t formally posted — watch the club’s Facebook for ad-hoc runs.
Roughly one volunteer trail-work day per month through the season
Rotating Juneau trails
Adopt-a-trail style stewardship — crews complete one workday a month improving a chosen trail across the summer season.
Drop-in trail-building & maintenance days — see calendar
Rotating Juneau trails
Seasonal community group rides — watch Facebook for dates
Rotating Juneau trailheads
The alliance hosts community rides and races on the trails it builds and maintains; dates are announced on Facebook rather than a fixed weekly slot.
Women’s trail rides a couple times a month in season
Rotating Juneau trailheads
Women-focused rides run roughly twice a month to grow the sport; announced on the alliance’s Facebook page.
Volunteer trail-building & maintenance days — see Facebook
Rotating Juneau trailheads
Juneau Freewheelers Bicycle Club
Seasonal road & recreational group rides and events — see Facebook
See club Facebook group
Juneau’s road-cycling community coordinates rides and an annual event schedule through its Facebook group.
Sundays, 5–6pm · free for members, at Rainforest Yoga downtown
Rainforest Yoga, downtown Juneau
A free weekly climber-yoga session for Rock Dump members; verify the current term as start dates rotate seasonally.
Free pop-up women’s meet-ups when conditions allow (~3 a winter)
Eaglecrest Nordic trails
8 km of groomed trails + snowsports-school Nordic lessons in season
Eaglecrest Ski Area, Douglas Island
The community ski area grooms two Nordic loops and offers learn-to-ski lessons; day pass or Nordic season pass required.
Saturday mornings, ~8am (spring migration) · free, beginners welcome
Rotating (Mendenhall Wetlands & area sites)
Free guided walks led by local experts during spring migration — borrow binoculars, wear boots. Weekly-ish on Saturdays through the spring; specific dates/locations posted each year. (Schema has no spring season, set to shoulder.)
Free monthly-ish public lectures in the off-season — see calendar
See chapter calendar
Annual spring birding cruises (Apr–May) — see events
Departs Juneau (see events)
Spring boat trips to Berners Bay for the herring/eulachon run and its birds. (Schema has no spring season, set to shoulder.)
Tongass Chapter, Trout Unlimited
Off-season social fly-tying nights at a local establishment
Local Juneau establishment (see shop listings)
Casual evenings of tying flies and fish talk hosted by the Tongass TU chapter; dates posted via the fly shop’s events listing.
Fly-tying workshops & casting nights — see shop calendar
Alaska Fly Fishing Goods, Old Dairy Road
Coastal Alaska Avalanche Center
Winter snowpack observations, advisories & awareness outreach
Juneau backcountry / online
The local avalanche center the Juneau backcountry community relies on — observations, advisories, and education resources through the winter.
Avalanche Fundamentals & AIARE Level 1 courses, most winters
Juneau (classroom + Eaglecrest-area field day)
The school regularly schedules recreational avalanche courses in Juneau each winter — the standard entry point before backcountry travel here.
Lake-kayak, SUP, ski & snowshoe rentals during posted hours
UAS Student Recreation Center
Primarily for UAS students — affordable rentals (kayaks, SUPs, skis, snowshoes) plus an Outdoor Studies program with regular climbing, paddling, and ski outings.
Course-based climbing, paddling & ski outings (students)
Departs UAS Juneau campus
Summer mileage challenge (May 1–Sep 1) with community group hikes
Rotating Juneau trails
A self-paced virtual “walk to Ketchikan” mileage challenge each summer, with organized community group hikes and prizes alongside it.