Thank you I was only there for the day (cruise) so didn't have time to do too much wandering, luckily though I had a friend from here on dA to show me around, that's how I ended up at Treadwell.
yeah the cruise ships never stay long enough for anyone to really get to see much. I am trying to put together a business taking non-cruise ship tourists and photographers around here in Ketchikan, to take them on at least one long, 2 day hike up into the alpine for scenery (it is gorgeous up there) and mountain goat shots, a couple days dedicated to bear and eagle spots I know well, etc. Something like 5 days of great photo ops. I've thought about maybe doing a trip like that in Juneau too as I lived there for years and now every trail and good bear spots. It will be fun if I can pull it off!