FRESNO PEAK: grade 5
Fresno Peak Trail begins almost directly across the Seward Highway from Mile 48 parking area for Manitoba Hut. Just walk north up the highway 100 feet over Fresno Creek and turn left onto the dirt road leading up the embankment on the far side. From there, it climbs 3 miles and 3,100 vertical feet up a mining road/ATV trail to the power lines; bushwhack from there up the remainder of the ridge to an old wooden platform marking the summit of Fresno Peak (4,236 feet). As far as bushwhacks go, this one proves quite manageable—especially once on the open ridges above the last stands of spruce.
POLLY MINE TRAIL: grade 2
Polly Mine Trail actually begins at the parking area at Mile 48 for Manitoba Hut. From the hut one merely has to continue up the trail beside it. It climbs mostly uphill for another 3 miles and 900 vertical to where after an easy crossing of Juneau Creek, it drops to the shore of Mills Creek which it follows to where it crosses the creek, which marks the spot where most people would probably want to turn around.
MANITOBA MOUNTAIN TRAIL: grade 3 to 4
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