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FS transportation planning is divided into two 

distinct frameworks: one for Forest Highways 

and another for non-Forest Highway-related 

road and trail transportation systems. This 

distinction between transportation assets is driven 

by regulations, funding sources, ownership, and 

purposes. 

This chapter describes the laws, policies, and 

regulatory framework that shape the FS 

transportation system. This chapter also describes 

how current FS and State planning efforts 

influence this LRTP. The FS Tribal Government 

relationship, the FS public involvement process, 

and FS climate change initiatives are also 

discussed. 

1. Regulatory Framework

Regulations are instrumental in forming the 

structure of FS transportation planning. The 

following subsections describe the general 

regulatory framework behind FS transportation 

planning in Alaska.

1.1 Forest Service Transportation System

The passage of the Federal Highway Act of 

1921 defined two types of forest roads: “forest 

development roads” described forest roads that 

were needed primarily for management of the 

national forests, and “Forest Highways” were those 

forest roads that serve the national forests and also 

serve the communities within and adjacent to the 

national forests. 

During the first 50 years of the program, most 

of the funds were expended on routes that were 

of primary importance to States, counties, or 

communities within or adjacent to national forests. 

Most of those routes were of statewide importance 

and were then, or later became, State Primary 

Highways. 

The 1978 Surface Transportation Assistance Act 

changed the direction of the Forest Highway 

Program by redefining forest roads, forest 

development roads, and Forest Highways. Still 

used today, those definitions are: 

The term “forest road” or “forest trail” refers to 

a road or trail wholly or partly within, or adjacent 

to and serving the National Forest System that 

the Forest Service determines is necessary for 

the protection, administration, and utilization 

of the National Forest System and the use and 

development of its resources (36 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] 261.2).

The terms “National Forest System Road and 

National Forest System Trail” refer to a forest 

road or trail other than a road or trail which has 

been authorized by a legally documented right-ofway held by a State, county, or other local public 

road authority [36 CFR 212.1])

The term “Forest Highway” refers to a forest 

road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, 

a public authority, and open to public travel (23 

CFR 660.103).

Planning for National Forest System roads 

and trails is influenced by a series of rules and 

regulations. A general illustration of this structure 

is in Figure 1, and is described in greater below.

Regulatory Framework and Planning 
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Figure 1 

National Forest System Road and Trail Planning and Regulatory Framework

FS Road/Trail 

Classification

Road and Trail Projects

FS/Non-FS

Project

Selection

Processes

FS

LRTP

Prohibitions

(36 CFR 261) Travel Management

Rule

(36 CFR 212)

ANILCA

Forest 

Transportation System

(66 FR 3219)

Forest Service 

Strategic Plan

Chugach

Classification made through 

Forest Plan/Access

and Travel Management Plan

Tongass

Classification made through 

individual sub-area 

Access and Travel Management Plans

Closure Roads:

Maint. Level 3,4, & 5

Trails:

Class 1 through 5

Roads:

Maint. Level 1 & 2

Road/Trail Classification Outcomes (by use)
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1.2 National Forest System Roads 

In 2001, FS adopted a policy governing the 

National Forest System roads. The policy was 

adopted to achieve several transportation-related 

goals:

 Support for public uses

 Support for safe public access and travel

 Allow for economical and efficient management

 Address ecological impacts associated with roads

 Meet all other current and future land and 

resource management objectives

The policy created a structure for transportation 

decisions to be grounded by science-based 

analyses. This focus allowed for issues such as 

maintenance costs, new versus reconstruction 

trade-offs, and road classification to effectively 

factor into transportation decision-making 

processes. Policy requires that forest road analyses 

determine road designations. The following issues 

are factored into these analyses:

 Environmental issues potentially affected by 

road management proposals, such as soil and 

water resources, ecological processes, invasive 

species spread, and biological communities

 Social issues potentially affected by road 

management proposals such as socio-economic 

impacts, public access, and accessibility for 

handicapped persons

Transportation right-of-way acquisition 

The interrelationship of State, borough, tribal, 

and other Federal agency transportation facility 

effects on land and resource management plans 

and resource management programs 

Transportation investments necessary for 

meeting resource management plans and 

programs

 Current and likely funding levels available 

to support road construction, reconstruction, 

maintenance, and decommissioning

Roads analyses are important because they provide 

a context for road management in the broader 

framework of managing all forest resources. 

Roads analyses have been completed for the 

Chugach and Tongass. The Chugach completed its 

Access and Travel Management Plan (ATM plan) 

in conjunction with its forest plan; whereas the 

Tongass completed ATM plans for seven subareas 

within the forest.

1.3 National Forest System Trails 

The Forest Service Manual (FSM), Chapter 2350, 

sets objectives for National Forest System trails 

while also providing context and details for trail 

administration and management. Nationally, the 

FS objectives for trails are:

Provide trail-related recreation opportunities 

that serve public needs and that meet land 

management and recreation policy objectives.

Provide trail-related recreation opportunities 

that emphasize the natural setting of National 

Forest System lands and that are consistent with 

land capability.

Provide trail access for management and 

protection of National Forest System lands.

These objectives are achieved through 

implementation of the following policies (FSM 

2353.03):

1. Manage National Forest System (NFS) trails 

to achieve the Trail Management Objectives 

identified for each trail (FSM 2353.12). 

2. Provide a variety of trail opportunities, 

settings, and modes of travel consistent with 

the applicable land management plan. 

3. Establish outstanding and qualified trails or 

trail networks as components of the National 

Trails System. 

4. Emphasize long-term cost effectiveness and 

need when developing or rehabilitating trails.

5. Where needed, provide trail access for resource 

management and protection.

6. Inventory and include all NFS trails in the 

forest transportation atlas. Forest trails that 

are not under the jurisdiction of the FS may 

also be included.

7. Provide a trail system that is environmentally, 

socially, and financially sustainable.
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8. Designate trails for motor vehicle use, following 

the process identified in 36 CFR 212, Subpart 

B, and FSM 7710. 

9. Ensure that motor vehicle use of trails is in 

accordance with designations established 

under 36 CFR 212.51, any restrictions 

and prohibitions on over-snow vehicle use 

established under 36 CFR 212.81, and FSM 

7710.

10. Issue a recreation event permit involving 

competitive use of National Forest System 

roads, trails, and areas on National Forest 

System lands only when the event is 

appropriate for the National Forest System 

setting (FSM 2302 and 2303). 

11. Use signing as necessary and in accordance 

with engineering management publications 

(7100-15) as well as in coordination with local, 

State, and other Federal trail managers and 

law enforcement officers. 

12. Ensure that all new or altered trails are 

Designed Use of Hiker/Pedestrian that connect 

directly to a trailhead and currently accessible 

trails comply with Federal and Forest Service 

Trail Accessibility Guidelines (FSM 2353). 

The guideline establishes an equal or higher 

standard than federal accessibility standards 

(FSM 2353.01b).

1.4 National Trails System Act

The National Trails System Act establishes a 

National Trails System containing National 

Recreation, National Scenic, and National Historic 

Trails and connecting trails for the purpose of 

providing recreation opportunities and enjoyment 

of nationally significant scenic, historic, natural, or 

cultural qualities of the areas through which these 

trails pass. The act addresses trail development 

and administration and encourages the use of 

volunteers in the FS trail program. The act also 

authorizes agreements to carry out its purposes. 

The Chugach includes two nationally designated 

trails: the southernmost 186 miles of the Iditarod 

National Historic Trail, and the 38-mile-long 

Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail. 

1.5 Travel Management Rule 

The Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212) 

establishes requirements for administration of 

the forest transportation system, including roads, 

trails, and airfields, and contains provisions for the 

acquisition of right-of-way. The rule also requires 

identification of the minimum road system needed 

for safe and efficient travel and for administration, 

utilization, and protection of FS lands and use of 

a science-based roads analysis at the appropriate 

scale in determining the minimum road system. 

The rule provides for regulation of use of oversnow vehicles on forest roads, on trails, and in 

other FS areas. ATM plans reflect these travel 

management rules as they apply to individual 

forests.

The rule also describes the requirements for 

designating roads, trails, and areas for motor 

vehicle use and for identifying designated roads, 

trails, and areas on a motor vehicle use map 

(MVUM). The MVUM displays official NFS roads 

and trails or areas designated as open to motorized 

travel. The MVUM also displays allowed uses by 

vehicle class (for example, highway-legal vehicles, 

vehicles less than 50 inches wide, and motorcycles), 

seasonal allowances, and distance allowances, and 

provides information on other travel rules and 

regulations. Routes not shown on the MVUM are 

not open to public motor vehicle travel. Routes 

designated for motorized use may not always be 

signed, but they will be identified on the MVUM. 

It is the public’s responsibility to reference the 

MVUM to stay on designated routes for motor 

vehicle use. The MVUM is updated annually to 

correct mapping errors or discrepancies and to 

update travel decisions.

1.6 Prohibitions 

Prohibitions (36 CFR 261) are necessary to manage 

and control use, including use of forest trails. In 

particular, these regulations include a prohibition 

on the use or possession of a motor vehicle on FS 

lands other than in accordance with designations 

established under 36 CFR 212.51 and a prohibition 

on the use or possession of an over-snow vehicle on 

FS lands in violation of a restriction or prohibition 

established under 36 CFR 212.81.
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1.7 Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act 

Subsistence hunting and fishing is both the 

livelihood and a way of life for many Alaska 

residents. Subsistence activities are protected 

by the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA). ANILCA Section 

811 (a) states, “The Secretary shall ensure that 

rural residents engaged in subsistence uses shall 

have reasonable access to subsistence resources 

on the public lands.” Section 811 (b) states, 

“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 

other law, the Secretary shall permit on the public 

lands appropriate use for subsistence purposes 

of snowmobiles, motorboats, and other means of 

surface transportation traditionally employed 

for such purposes by local residents, subject 

to reasonable regulation.” Federal jurisdiction 

over subsistence hunting and fishing extends to 

60 percent of the State, including Tongass and 

Chugach. 

Subsistence management is unique to the Alaska 

Region FS and is an important part of the region’s 

mission. The Alaska Region Subsistence Program 

performs unique roles such as management of 

wildlife and fisheries. Traditionally, the FS focuses 

on habitat management, while States coordinate 

wildlife and fishery population management. In 

Alaska, the FS has a substantial role in developing 

harvest regulations for subsistence wildlife and fish 

on all Federal lands and waters within the State of 

Alaska while also enforcing subsistence regulations 

on FS lands.

The FS is committed to fulfilling its responsibilities 

to subsistence users and resources and has 

made significant progress toward meeting this 

commitment over the past decades. Achievements 

include developing staff infrastructure and 

garnering the expertise needed to carry out 

critical subsistence management functions. The 

FS has also established a regional advisory 

council to facilitate the meaningful participation 

of subsistence users. Relationships with other 

FLMAs who also share subsistence responsibilities 

have proven beneficial to achieving subsistence 

goals. The FS has also implemented a law 

enforcement program for protecting fish and 

wildlife resources to ensure their abundance for 

subsistence purposes.

Sustainable management of subsistence hunting 

and fishing requires accurate and timely 

information about the abundance, health, and 

distribution of fish stocks and wildlife populations. 

Much of this needed information is developed 

through service contracts with tribes and other 

native organizations that undertake harvest 

monitoring, traditional ecological knowledge, 

and stock assessment field projects. In addition 

to providing essential biological data, these 

contracts create local jobs, build capacity within 

communities, and involve subsistence users in 

meaningful stewardship roles.

1.8 Roads to Resources

Section 6 of the National Forest Roads and 

Trails Act (16 U.S.C. 537) authorizes the FS to 

require users of NFS roads to maintain roads 

commensurate with their use and to reconstruct 

roads when necessary to accommodate their use. 

FS policy direction requires commercial haulers 

using NFS roads to acquire a permit and to 

perform maintenance in accordance with their 

commensurate share. The FS is also authorized 

to provide construction and maintenance of NFS 

roads through cooperative financing with other 

public agencies and with private agencies or 

persons. Under Section 4 of the Act, cost recovery 

is a form of investment sharing that occurs when 

a facility has been constructed by the FS and 

no additional work is required to accommodate 

the permittee’s use. Cost recovery may also 

be necessary when a permittee is unwilling to 

contribute to the construction or reconstruction of 

roads to the standards necessary to accommodate 

both the permittee and the FS.
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2. Planning Process

The following planning processes influence 

transportation decision-making. The 

recommendations made in this LRTP are intended 

to complement and strengthen the desired results 

of these plans by ensuring that transportation 

improvements build toward stated agency goals 

over time.

2.1 Forest Service Strategic Plan

Nationally, the FS has developed a strategic plan 

that guides the agency in delivering its mission. 

The plan addresses the core principles by which 

the FS functions and the major issues and goals 

the FS will focus on for fiscal years 2007 to 2012. 

FS programs and budget are aligned with the goals 

and objective in the strategic plan. The seven goals 

and objectives are:

 Restore, sustain, and enhance the nation’s forests 

and grasslands.

Provide and sustain benefits to the American 

people.

 Conserve open space.

 Sustain and enhance outdoor recreation 

opportunities.

 Maintain basic management capabilities of the 

FS.

 Engage urban America with FS programs.

Provide science-based applications and tools for 

sustainable natural resources management.

The strategic plan is also the source for the 

performance measures used in this LRTP. These 

performance measures are discussed in Chapter 6 

of this document.

2.1.1 Chugach National Forest

In response to the FS Strategic Plan, Chugach 

identified a global responsibility to maintain fully 

functioning ecosystems through multiple use 

and sustained yield and to create environmental 

awareness through interpretation and education 

while providing opportunities to experience Alaska. 

This vision is represented in the revised Chugach 

Forest Plan. This long-range guide coordinates 

sustainable management of all resources on the 

forest. Its scope is broad-scale and long-term. 

The Chugach stewardship priorities are focused 

on partnerships for access, conservation and 

restoration, collaborative community-based 

problem solving, international connections, and 

organizational effectiveness. The plan challenges 

the Chugach to enhance public access, engage in 

conservation and restoration projects, leverage 

their international role, be increasingly relevant 

to their communities, and continuously strive to 

establish a culture of business acumen in the work 

they accomplish. 

2.1.2 Tongass National Forest

Tongass strategic goals respond to national goals 

and objectives through its Tongass Strategic Plan. 

The plan sets a 10-year focus for its transportation 

system based on five strategic focus areas: 

 Priority 1: An Integrated Approach to 

Restoration and Enhancement. 

Tongass has a robust and integrated resource 

program of management, enhancement, and 

restoration projects that contribute to overall 

ecosystem health while balancing ecological, 

social, and economic sustainability.

 Priority 2: Our Role in Addressing Climate 

Change.

Tongass is actively and robustly addressing 

climate change in terms of adaptation and 

mitigation. Forest planning and decisions are 

opportunities to mitigate climate change and 

evaluate the potential for enhancing ecosystem 

resistance, resilience, and response to climate 

change impacts on ecosystem services.

 Priority 3: Recreation and Wilderness 

Management and Public Programs.

Deliver day-use and remote-backcountry 

recreation opportunities and a strong 

interpretation program that helps people 

experience the extraordinary place that is the 

Tongass National Forest.

 Priority 4: Sustainable Forest Management 

for Community Stability and Economic 

Diversity.

Timber resources are managed with the trust 

and confidence of the public through responsible 

forest stewardship. Manage the forest in 

accordance with the principles of ecosystem 
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management and with understanding of social 

and ecological responsibilities.

 Priority 5: Telling Our Story.

Share the community, partnership, and 

organizational support received by Tongass in 

its projects. Reintroduce “America’s Rainforest” 

to students and educators locally and across the 

country through interpretation and conservation 

education.

2.2 Forest Management Plans 

Forest land resource management plans and 

revised forest plans are prepared according to 

Department of Agriculture regulations (36 CFR 

219), which are based on the Forest and Rangeland 

Renewable Resources Planning Act as amended 

by the National Forest Management Act of 1976. 

Forest plans are also developed in accordance with 

regulations 

(40 CFR 1500) for implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and 

other laws and Federal regulations.

Generally, forest plans guide natural resource 

management activities and establish management 

standards and guidelines for national forests. The 

plans describe resource management practices, 

levels of resource production and management, 

and the availability and suitability of lands for 

different types of resource management. The forest 

plans embody the provisions of the National Forest 

Management Act, the implementing regulations, 

and other guiding documents. The multiple-use 

goals and objectives, and the land use prescriptions 

and standards and guidelines, constitute a 

statement of the forest plan’s management 

direction. Nevertheless, the projected outputs 

and pace of implementation are dependent on the 

annual budget process and other factors.

The forest supervisor is required to review land 

conditions every 5 years to determine whether 

forest plan revision is necessary. If monitoring 

and evaluation indicate that immediate changes 

are needed, and these needed changes cannot be 

addressed by amendment, then revision of the 

forest plan becomes necessary. 

Forest Management Act regulations require that 

each forest plan be revised every 10 to 15 years (36 

CFR 219.10[g]). Because revisions to forest plans 

are considered a major Federal action significantly 

affecting the environment, environmental impact 

statements (EIS) are prepared as required by 

NEPA and 36 CFR 219.

NEPA ensures that environmental information is 

made available to public officials and citizens before 

decisions are made and before actions are taken. 

This disclosure helps public officials make decisions 

based on an understanding of environmental 

consequences and then take appropriate actions 

to protect, restore, and enhance the environment. 

Essential to the NEPA process are accurate 

scientific analyses, expert agency input, and 

public involvement. The EIS is the environmental 

disclosure for forest plans.

2.2.1 Chugach National Forest 

Management Plan

The Revised Land and Resource Management 

Plan (Chugach NF Plan) (maps.fs.fed.us/chugach) 

Record of Decision was signed on May 31, 2002. A 

primary goal of the Chugach NF Plan is to provide 

for the sustainability of forest resources, while 

also directing the coordination of multiple uses, 

such as outdoor recreation, timber, wildlife, fish, 

water wilderness, and minerals. To accomplish 

this goal, the Chugach NF Plan uses an array 

of land allocations ranging from allowing no 

resource development to allowing substantial 

resource development. The plan establishes a 

set of standards and guidelines that ensures that 

management objectives for these land allocations 

are met. Recognizing that conditions in Chugach 

do not remain static, the Chugach NF Plan also 

contains a monitoring and evaluation plan and 

identifies additional information needs. 

The Chugach NF Plan sets the direction for the 

management of FS roads and trails. The EIS 

process solicited more than 33,000 cards, letters, 

and emails of input. The FS has documented, 

analyzed, and responded to the public comments 

received on the draft EIS and the Proposed 

Revised Forest Plan. Information gained through 

public comment and interdisciplinary team 

review provided the basis for modifying the 

preferred alternative, improving or modifying 

the environmental analysis, supplementing and 

changing the plan, and finalizing both documents. 

The Chugach NF Plan and the final EIS provide 

strategic, forest-wide direction for 10 to 15 years. 

The Chugach NF Plan includes a road analysis and 
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ATM plan in its appendices. The result is a forestwide MVUM.

2.2.2 Tongass National Forest Plan

In 2008, Tongass completed a comprehensive 

review of the Tongass Land and Resource 

Management Plan (Tongass NF Plan) (www.fs.fed.

us/r10/tongass/projects/tlmp). The plan’s objectives 

are:

 Address any deficiencies in the previous plan and 

to incorporate new information.

 Balance competing demands for forest resources.

 Ensure that Tongass would be managed in a 

sustainable manner. 

Because this most recent assessment completes 

the mandatory periodic review prescribed by the 

National Forest Management Act, the updated plan 

does not need further review for 10 to 15 years, 

unless changes in conditions warrant. 

The plan includes a section of management 

prescriptions for transportation and utility 

systems as well as a chapter of standards and 

guidelines for transportation. The plan marked 

a historic partnership between the Alaska 

Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 

(ADOT&PF) and the FS. In the plan, the FS 

reserves 34 essential transportation and utility 

corridors throughout the Tongass for ADOT&PF 

transportation and utility purposes. Details about 

these routes and corridors are documented in the 

ADOT&PF 2004 Southeast Alaska Transportation 

Plan, which is included as an addendum to this 

appendix (Chapter 6, on page 19).

Unlike the Chugach NF Plan, the Tongass NF 

Plan defers to individual sub-areas to develop ATM 

plans and their resulting MVUM designation. The 

plan, however, provides direction, and priorities are 

reflected in subsequent MVUM maps and route 

designations (www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/MVUM/

mvum_all.shtml). 

2.3 Transportation Planning Related 

Activities

Transportation planning-related activities are 

important inputs to this LRTP and other plans 

described throughout this document. The FS 

transportation related activities are:

 Road Management Objectives and Trail 

Management Objectives. These objectives 

document the intended purpose, design criteria, 

and operation and maintenance criteria for 

each NFS road, and trail. In Alaska, Road 

Management Objectives have been documented 

for all NFS roads, and Trail Management 

Objectives have been documented for most NFS 

trails.

 Motor vehicle use maps. MVUMs, which are 

updated annually, identify roads, trails, and areas 

designated for motor vehicle use including type 

of vehicles and time of year. Motor vehicle use 

inconsistent with the designations is illegal. All 

units on the Tongass and Chugach have MVUMs 

available on their websites or at their district 

offices. Both forest websites can be accessed 

through the Alaska Region website (www.fs.fed.

us/r10/).

 Travel management atlases. These atlases 

document and display the official inventory of 

NFS roads, NFS trails, airfields, and associated 

transportation facilities. The transportation 

atlas is stored in the Infra database and 

corresponding geographic information systems 

(GIS) spatial layers. The atlas reflects Road and 

Trail Management Objectives, identified needed 

and unneeded roads, and travel management 

decisions. These atlases are updated as needed 

to reflect changes in inventory and management 

prescriptions. Refer to the Infra database and 

corresponding GIS transportation layer for 

current inventories.

 Travel analysis. This analysis assesses the 

current forest transportation system and 

identifies issues, benefits, problems, and risks. 

The assessments inform minimum road system 

decisions per 36 CFR 212.5(b)(1) and the 

designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor 

vehicle use. Travel analysis is not a decisionmaking process; rather, it identifies proposed 

changes and informs travel management 

decisions.
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Travel management decisions. These decisions 

provide guidance and direction regarding the 

management of FS travel routes and systems 

including the addition or removal of routes 

from the forest transportation system; the 

construction, modification, or decommissioning 

of an NFS road or trail; the acquisition of a 

forest route; and the approval or prohibition of 

a route or area for motor vehicle use and the 

identification of associated motor vehicle classes 

and season of use. 

 Sustainable Recreation Framework. This national 

strategy, launched in 2011, is intended to help 

unite diverse interests, create and strengthen 

partnerships, focus scarce resources on missiondriven priorities, connect recreation benefits 

to communities, provide for changing urban 

populations, and most importantly, sustain and 

expand the benefits to America that quality 

recreation opportunities provide. This integrated 

and collaborative approach is aimed at identifying 

and implementing a trail system and associated 

recreation sites and facilities that are socially, 

environmentally, and economically sustainable. At 

the time of publication of this LRTP, two ranger 

districts have initiated planning efforts using 

this strategy, and other districts are anticipated 

to undertake similar efforts in upcoming years. 

Recreation facility analysis was used to assist 

forests in creating a sustainable program that 

aligns recreation sites with visitors’ desires, 

expectations, and use between 2000 and 2010. 

Recreation facility analysis helped ensure 

that recreation sites and facilities provide the 

appropriate mix of opportunities within the 

special characteristics of each national forest. 

Currently, this approach is being transitioned to 

and incorporated within the agency’s Sustainable 

Recreation Framework approach for ensuring 

socially, environmentally, and economically 

sustainable recreation facilities and trails.

2.4 Access and Travel Management Plans

ATM plans are critical components of FS 

transportation planning and feed into LRTPs. 

ATM plans designate which roads, trails, primary 

marine access facilities, and areas are open to 

public motor vehicle use. ATM plans prescribe 

uses by classifications, seasonal allowances, and 

distance allowances, and provide information on 

associated travel rules and regulations. The plans 

also categorize roads in terms of their maintenance 

level and trails in terms of their Trail Class or 

development scale, as well as characterize the 

intended intensity of use (from prohibited to 

encourage use). In the Alaska Region, ATM plans 

achieve the following:

Identify a sustainable, safe, and efficient 

transportation system

 Designate a system of roads, trails, and areas for 

motorized use

 Limit resource damage caused by motor vehicle 

use by closing some roads

 Consider the effects to subsistence and 

subsistence access

 Close roads that are used intermittently or are 

not needed for long-term management

Provide a NEPA decision for travel management

The Chugach NF Plan described in Subsection 

2.2.2 includes a road analysis and ATM plan. These 

products led to the completion of an MVUM as 

required of the 2005 Final Travel Management 

Rule, 36 CFR 212, Subpart B. The 2002 revision 

of the Chugach NF Plan and other travel 

management decisions across the forest use the 

MVUM.

Unlike the Chugach NF Plan, the Tongass NF 

Plan deferred development of ATM plans to seven 

sub-areas districts within the forest. Nevertheless, 

the Tongass NF Plan provides direction and 

priorities that are to be reflected in subsequent 

MVUMs and route designations. 

As ATM plans define road classifications and uses. 

The FS uses the following management strategies 

for its transportation assets where appropriate. 

These definitions are in FS Manual 7731.11:

 Encourage Use. Encourage use consistent 

with the condition of the road and its road 

management objectives.

 Accept Use. Accept, but do not encourage, use by 

vehicles that are suitable for the road.

 Discourage Use. Discourage some or all classes 

of motor vehicle use.

 Eliminate Use. Eliminate use by blocking access 

to the road when enforcement is not feasible or 

intended to be actively conducted.
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 Prohibit Use. Prohibit motor vehicle use when 

enforcement is feasible or intended and can be 

actively conducted.

As detailed in Chapter 4, Priority Transportation 

System, the chief focus of roads included in this 

LRTP consists of those that encourage use. 

These roads typically serve to access recreational 

destinations and connect communities. They are 

typically maintained as maintenance level three, 

four, or five. 

Because most of the roads in Tongass were not 

developed for passenger vehicles, the majority 

of roads in the region fall into maintenance level 

one and two categories. Roads that fall into 

maintenance level three, four, and five categories 

are usually Forest Highways, and some are under 

State jurisdiction. Definitions of the maintenance 

levels are shown below.

 Maintenance Level One. Roads have been placed 

in storage between intermittent uses. The period 

of storage must exceed 1 year. Basic custodial 

maintenance is performed to prevent damage to 

adjacent resources and to perpetuate the road for 

future resource management needs. Emphasis is 

normally given to maintaining drainage facilities 

and runoff patterns. Planned road deterioration 

may occur at this level. Appropriate traffic 

management strategies are “prohibit” and 

“eliminate” all traffic. These roads are not shown 

on an MVUM. 

Roads receiving level one maintenance may be 

of any type, class, or construction standard, and 

may be managed at any other maintenance level 

during the time they are open for traffic. While 

being maintained at level one, they are closed 

to vehicular traffic, but may be available and 

suitable for non-motorized uses.

 Maintenance Level Two. Roads are open for 

use by high clearance vehicles. Passenger car 

traffic, user comfort, and user convenience are 

not considerations for these roads. Warning 

signs and traffic control devices are not 

provided with the exception of some signing, 

such as “No Traffic” signs, which may be posted 

at intersections. Motorists should have no 

expectations of being alerted to potential hazards 

while driving on these roads. Traffic is normally 

minor, usually consisting of a combination of 

administrative, permitted, dispersed recreation, 

or other specialized uses. Log haul may occur on 

maintenance level two roads. Appropriate traffic 

management strategies for these roads are either 

to “discourage” or “prohibit” passenger cars, or 

“accept” or “discourage” high clearance vehicles.

 Maintenance Level Three. These roads are open 

and maintained for travel by standard passenger 

cars. User comfort and convenience are not 

considered priorities. The Manual on Uniform 

Traffic Control Devices applies to these roads, 

and warning signs and traffic control devices are 

provided to alert motorists of situations that may 

violate expectations. Roads in this maintenance 

level are typically low speed with single lanes 

and turnouts. Appropriate traffic management 

strategies are either “encourage” or “accept.” 

“Discourage” or “prohibit” strategies may be 

employed for certain classes of vehicles or users.

 Maintenance Level Four. These roads provide 

a moderate degree of user comfort and 

convenience at moderate travel speeds. Most 

roads are two lanes (although some roads may 

be single lane) and aggregate surfaced. Some 

roads may be paved and/or dust abated. The 

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is 

applicable to maintenance level four roads. The 

most appropriate traffic management strategy 

for these roads is “encourage”; however, the 

“prohibit” strategy may apply to specific classes 

of vehicles or users at certain times.

 Maintenance Level Five. These roads provide 

a high degree of user comfort and convenience. 

These roads are normally two lane, paved 

facilities although some may be aggregate 

surfaced and dust abated. The Manual on 

Uniform Traffic Control Devices is applicable to 

maintenance level five roads. The appropriate 

traffic management strategy is “encourage.”

2.4.1 Trail System Management 

Direction for the trail system on a national forest 

is found in forest plans and travel management 

plans. Decisions regarding trails are reflected 

in Trail Management Objectives (TMO), which 

document the intended purpose and management 

of an NFS trail based on management direction, 

including access objectives. The TMO is based on 

applicable land management plan direction, travel 

management decisions, trail-specific decisions, and 

other related direction, as well as management 

priorities and available resources. The TMO 
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identifies the five Trail Fundamentals: Trail Type, 

Trail Class, Managed Use, Designed Use, and 

Design Parameters:

 Trail Type is a category that reflects the 

predominant trail surface and general modes of 

travel accommodated by a trail. The three Trail 

Types are:

•	Standard Terra Trail. A trail that has a 

surface consisting predominantly of the 

ground and that is designed and managed to 

accommodate use on that surface.

•	Snow Trail. A trail that has a surface 

consisting predominantly of snow or ice 

and that is designed and managed to 

accommodate use on that surface. 

•	Water Trail. A trail that has a surface 

consisting predominantly of water (but may 

include land-based portages) and that is 

designed and managed to accommodate use 

on that surface.

 Trail Class is the prescribed scale of development 

for a trail, representing its intended design and 

management standards. The five Trail Classes 

range from the least developed (Trail Class 1) to 

the most developed (Trail Class 5):

•	Trail Class 1: Minimally Developed

•	Trail Class 2: Moderately Developed

•	Trail Class 3: Developed

•	Trail Class 4: Highly Developed

•	Trail Class 5: Fully Developed

 Managed Use is the mode of travel that is 

actively managed and appropriate on a trail, 

based on its design and management.

 Designed Use is the Managed Use of a trail 

that requires the most demanding design, 

construction, and maintenance parameters and 

that, in conjunction with the applicable Trail 

Class, determines which Design Parameters will 

apply to a trail.

 Design Parameters are technical guidelines for 

the survey, design, construction, maintenance, 

and assessment of a trail, based on its Designed 

Use and Trail Class.

Road and trail miles by maintenance levels, 

classifications, and strategy designations within the 

Tongass and Chugach are summarized in Chapter 3 

and narrowed to a more select group in Chapter 4. 

These designations serve as the baseline for forest 

roads and trails.

2.5 State of Alaska Transportation Plans

FS transportation planning considers ADOT&PF 

plans and initiatives. These plans and their 

relevance to the FS and other FLMAs are outlined 

in the Alaska Federal Lands LRTP.
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Appendix B

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APPENDIX A. ESSENTIAL STATE TRANSPORTATION AND 

UTILITY CORRIDORS

Essential Transportation and Utility Corridors 

The Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan (SATP) identifies 34 essential 

highway and utility corridors to be reserved and protected to meet future 

transportation needs. These corridors are required to connect communities to 

the regional transportation system and to establish a regional power grid. 

The state requests that the Forest Service incorporate all of these highway 

and utility corridors into the Tongass Land Management Plan and reserve 

and protect these corridors for these purposes. Adoption of this plan is an 

official expression of state policy that no other action by any other party 

should be taken (such as designations of wilderness areas) that would 

interfere with public use of any of the mapped corridors. In addition, the 

state requests that the Forest Service contribute to state efforts by improving 

and connecting forest roads that are located within essential road corridors 

identified by the state. Corridors of particular interest are Kake – Petersburg, 

Kake – Totem Bay, and North Prince of Wales Island Road – Red Bay. 

In a region as rugged as Southeast Alaska, valleys and mountain passes 

represent invaluable corridors for highway routes and utility transmission 

lines. Maps 16 to 23 identify the transportation and utility corridors 

considered essential to the state. These corridors are identified below. 

Corridor Descriptions 

Lynn Canal Corridors — Juneau to Haines and Skagway 

1. From Echo Cove northerly along the shore of Berners Bay and Lynn 

Canal to Skagway with a ferry terminal near the mouth of the Katzhin 

River.

2. From Skagway southerly along Taiya Inlet to Taiya Point, then 

northwesterly along Lutak Inlet to Haines. 

3. From Haines across the Chilkat River/Inlet at or above Pyramid Island, 

then southerly along the west shore of Lynn Canal to a suitable ferry 

terminal site on William Henry Bay. 
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Taku River Corridors 

4. From Thane Road southeasterly along Gastineau Channel to Bishop 

Point, then northeasterly along Taku Inlet to a suitable bridge crossing at 

Grizzly Bar. 

5. From Jaw Point northeasterly along the southeast shore of Taku Inlet and 

River to the Canada border to provide ferry crossing options. 

Mansfield Peninsula Crossing, Admiralty Island, Corridor

6. From Young Bay to Greens Creek, Hawk Inlet. 

Chichagof Island Corridors 

7. From a suitable ferry terminal site on Whitestone Harbor to Hoonah. 

8. From Hoonah to a suitable ferry terminal site on Tenakee Inlet. 

9. Pelican cut-off road from Tenakee Inlet Road to Pelican. 

10. Kadashan Road from a suitable ferry terminal site on Tenakee Inlet 

southeasterly along the Kadashan River to a suitable ferry terminal site 

on the north shore of Peril Strait across from Rodman Bay. 

Baranof Island Corridors 

11. From the end of Halibut Point Road to a suitable ferry terminal site on 

Rodman Bay. 

12. From the end of Sawmill Creek Road to a suitable ferry terminal site on 

Warm Springs Bay. 

Kuiu Island Corridor

13. From a suitable ferry terminal site on Security Bay to a suitable ferry 

terminal site on Reid Bay for crossing Sumner Strait to Labouchere Bay 

on Prince of Wales Island. 

Kupreanof Island Corridors 

14. From Kake to a suitable ferry terminal site in Kupreanof for crossing the 

Wrangell Narrows. 

15. From Kake to a suitable ferry terminal site in Totem Bay for crossing 

Sumner Strait to Red Bay on Prince of Wales Island. 

Prince of Wales Island Corridors 

16. North Prince of Wales Island Road from the intersection with Coffman 

Cove Road to a suitable ferry terminal site in the vicinity of Red Bay on 

Sumner Strait. 
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17. Neck Lake Road from North Prince of Wales Island Road easterly along 

Neck Lake to Wale Pass. 

18. Cavern Lake Road from Wale Pass westerly to North Prince of Wales 

Island Road. 

19. Caulder Road from North Prince of Wales Island Road near El Capitan 

northwesterly to a suitable ferry terminal site on Labouchere Bay. 

20. North Prince of Wales Island Road north, then west from Cavern Lake 

Road to a suitable ferry terminal location on Labouchere Bay. 

21. Sandy Beach Road from Thorne Bay north to Ratz Harbor, then along the 

east shore of Prince of Wales Island to Coffman Cove. 

Mid-Region Access Corridors 

22. Stikine Delta Causeway to South Mitkof Island to Rynda Island to Kadin 

Island to mainland, near Green Point, then along the eastern side of 

Eastern Passage to a bridge crossing point at “the Narrows.” 

23. Stikine River Corridor (according to the Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act [ANILCA], Section 1113). 

24. A bridge crossing Eastern Passage at the Narrows between Wrangell 

Island and the mainland. 

25. East side of Eastern Passage from the Narrows south to Bradfield Canal, 

then east along the north side of Bradfield Canal to the Bradfield River at 

the head of the Bradfield Canal. 

26. Bradfield Road from the head of the Bradfield Canal along the North 

Fork of the Bradfield River to the Canada border at the Craig River. 

27. From the head of Bradfield Canal along the south side of the Bradfield 

Canal west to Duck Point (or other suitable ferry terminal site on the 

Bradfield Canal). 

Wrangell Island Corridors 

28. From Zimovia Highway easterly along McCormack Creek, to Eastern 

Passage, then southerly to a suitable ferry terminal site on Fools Inlet. 

29. From Zimovia Highway easterly along McCormack Creek to Eastern 

Passage, then to the Narrows bridge crossing site. 

Cleveland Peninsula Corridors 

30. Upper Cleveland Peninsula crossing from Bradfield Canal southeasterly 

along Eagle River to Point Lees to a suitable ferry terminal on the Behm 

Canal.
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Lower Cleveland Peninsula crossings: 

31. From a suitable ferry terminal site on Santa Anna Bay southeasterly to a 

suitable ferry terminal site on Spacious Bay. 

32. From a suitable ferry terminal site on Frosty Bay south to Santa Anna 

Bay, then southeasterly to Spacious Bay, then south to Port Stewart and 

along the southwest shore of Port Stewart to a suitable ferry terminal site 

on Helm Bay. 

Revillagigedo Island Corridors

33. From a suitable ferry terminal site at or near Claude Point, then 

southwesterly via Benrer and Klam creeks to Shrimp Bay, then easterly to 

Cedar Lake and Orchard Creek, then southeasterly along Orchard Creek 

to a south branch extending toward Carroll Creek, then south to Carroll 

Inlet, then south along the west shore of Carroll Inlet to Shelter Cove, 

then westerly to the head of George Inlet to Ward Lake Road. 

34. From the head of George Inlet south along the west shore of George Inlet 

to the end of South Tongass Highway. 
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Transportation Component Cost Estimates

Table A-1 provides descriptive information and estimates of construction 

and annual operation and maintenance costs for the principal transportation 

components considered for each corridor. The cost estimates are based on 

the assumptions described below. 

Marine Components

Cost estimates are based on six classes of vessels as follows:

1. The fast vehicle ferry with 36.8-mile-per-hour- (mph) service speed and a 

capacity of 35 cars. The Fairweather will be the lead ship in the 

Fairweather class of fast vehicle ferries. 

2. The Inter-Island Ferry Authority’s design with 17.3-mph speed and a 

capacity of 30 cars. 

3. A modified 235-foot LeConte class with 17.3-mph speed and a capacity of 

35 cars. 

4. A small “double ender” design like the Ketchikan Airport ferry with 

13.8-mph speed and a capacity of 20 cars. 

5. The Lituya class with 13.8-mph service speed, a capacity of 18 cars, and 

an open car deck. The Lituya began service between Metlakatla and 

Ketchikan in spring 2004. 

6. A new “mainliner” ferry with 19.0-mph speed and a capacity of at least 

100 vessels. 

Highway Components 

This study assumes the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public 

Facilities (department or ADOT&PF) would first build lower-speed roads — 

interim typical sections — that could be upgraded later. These interim 

typical sections are shown in Figure A-1.

As can be seen, these roads would be narrow. They would be paved and 

posted for moderate speed. The average total cost of the roads would range 

from $2.3 million per mile for design and construction of roads that would 

travel over gentle country to more than $4 million per mile for roads that 

would cross rugged country. 

Table A-1 also includes the 113 components shown on Maps 16 to 23. In 

addition to cost estimates for each component, basic features are provided. 
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Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

Lynn Canal Corridor (See Map 16) 

1 Haines - Skagway Road Arterial 40 35 130,000 400 

2 Haines Ferry Terminal 

Improvements 7,000 10

3 Haines - Katzehin Shuttle Ferry 

(Aurora) Aurora 16.7 6.5 9 5,000 2,900

4 Katzehin Ferry Terminal 15,700 25

5 Lynn Canal Road (Echo Cove to 

Skagway) Arterial 45 68 265,000 1,500 

6 West Lynn Canal Road (Haines to 

William Henry Bay) Arterial 45 39 179,000 1,200 

7 William Henry Bay Ferry Terminal 14,300 25

8 Shuttle Ferry Link: William Henry 

Bay - Berners Bay 

2 Car Ferries 

(42) 17.3 13 12 59,000 4,900

9 Berners Bay Ferry Terminal 16,700 25

Taku River Corridor (See Map 16) 

10 Taku Highway Route (Bridge 

crossing of Taku River) Arterial 45 49 290,000 442 

11 Taku Highway Route (Ferry 

crossing of Taku Inlet - see 12-14) Arterial 45 49 160,000 428 

12 West Taku Ferry Terminal (Lag 

Point) 7,000 10

13 Taku Inlet Shuttle Ferry Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 3.1 6 25,000 1,692

14 East Taku Ferry Terminal (South 

side of Jaw Point) 7,000 10

Mansfield Peninsula Crossing (See Map 16) 

15 Ferry Link: Auke Bay/Young Bay 

Ferry Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 15.3 3 12,000 1,263

16 Douglas Highway Extension to 

Middle Point Island Arterial 35 5.29 14,630 47 

17 Middle Point Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

18 Ferry Link: Middle Point/Young Bay 

Ferry Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 6.4 6 12,000 1,263

19 Young Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

20 Hawk Inlet Road Island Collector 30 6.31 14,490 52 

21 Hawk Inlet Ferry Terminal 7,000 10
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Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

Chichagof Island Corridors (See Map 17) 

22 Ferry Link: Hawk Inlet/Whitestone 

Harbor Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 15.0 3 12,000 1,263

23 Whitestone Harbor Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

24 Whitestone Harbor Road to Hoonah 

Cutoff Road Island Collector 30 12.96 29,900 106 

25 Hoonah Cutoff Road Island Collector 30 2.88 4,310 15 

26 Gustavus Ferry Terminal 11,000 50

27 Hoonah - Tenakee Inlet Road: 

Hoonah Cutoff to Tenakee Inlet Island Collector 30 30.64 70,470 251 

28 Pelican Cutoff Road Island Collector 30 47.64 138,230 391 

29 Tenakee Inlet Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

30 Ferry Link: Tenakee Inlet Ferry Double end (20) 13.8 2.7 10 8,000 864

31 Kadashan Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

32 Kadashan Road Island Collector 30 24.15 64,010 198 

33 Peril Strait Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

34 Ferry Link: Peril Strait Ferry Double end (20) 13.8 6.2 5 8,000 864

Baranof Island Corridors (See Map 18) 

35 Rodman Bay Ferry Terminal 12,000 135

36 Rodman Bay Road Island Arterial 35 48.83 148,950 869 

37 Warm Springs Bay Road (Sawmill 

Creek Road to Warm Springs Bay) Island Arterial 35 18.01 234,410 950 

38 Warm Springs Bay Terminal 15,000 135

Kuiu Island Corridor (See Map 19) 

39 Ferry Link: Warm Springs Bay - 

Kuiu Island Ferry 

Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 25.3 2 25,000 1,692

40 Security Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

41 Kuiu Road: Security Bay to Reid 

Bay Island Collector 30 48.7 115,920 399

42 Reid Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

43 Ferry Link: Sumner Strait Ferry 

(Reid Bay to Labouchere Bay) Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 11.5 5 12,000 1,263

Kupreanof Island Corridors (See Map 20) 

44 Ferry Link: Rodman Bay - Kake 

Ferry 

Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 82 2 25,000 1,692

45 Ferry Link: Warm Spring Bay - Kake 

Ferry 

Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 37.4 2 25,000 1,692

46 Kake - Petersburg Road Island Collector 30 50.61 131,560 415 

47 Kupreanof Ferry Terminal 4,000 10
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Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

48 Ferry Link: Kupreanof Ferry 

(Wrangell Narrows) Double end (20) 13.8 1.2 10 4,000 738

49 Petersburg Ferry Shuttle Terminal 4,000 10

50 Kake - Totem Bay Road Island Collector 30 45.65 105,000 374 

51 Totem Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

52 Ferry Link: Sumner Strait Ferry to 

Red Bay Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 12.3 3 12,000 1,263

Prince of Wales Island Corridors (See Map 21) 

53 Labouchere Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

54 Calder Road: Labouchere Bay to 

NPOWI Road near El Capitan Island Collector 30 22.03 59,870 181

55 NPOWI Road: Labouchere Bay to 

Red Bay Cutoff Island Collector 30 16.75 38,520 137

56 Red Bay Terminal 7,000 10

57 Red Bay Cutoff Island Collector 30 4.51 10,370 37 

58 NPOWI Road: Red Bay Cutoff to 

Calder Road Intersection Island Collector 30 8.07 18,560 66 

59 NPOWI Road: Calder Road 

Intersection to Cavern Lake Rd. Island Collector 30 2.14 6,460 18 

60 NPOWI Road: Cavern Lake Road 

to Neck Lake Road Inters. Island Collector 30 7.83 18,010 64 

61 Cavern Lake Road: NPOWI Road 

to Whale Pass Island Collector 30 5.87 19,320 48 

62 Neck Lake Road: Whale Pass to 

NPOWI Road Island Collector 30 5.7 13,800 47 

63 NPOWI Road: Neck Lake Road to 

Naukati Cutoff Island Collector 30 15.11 34,750 124 

64 Naukati Cutoff Island Collector 30 2.25 5,180 18 

65 NPOWI Road: Naukati Cutoff to 

Coffman Cove Road Island Collector 30 7.48 17,200 61 

66 Coffman Cove Road: NPOWI Rd. 

Intersection to Coffman Cove Island Collector 30 17.52 18,400 144 

67 Coffman Cove Terminal 9,400 25

68 Sandy Beach Road: Ratz Harbor to 

Thorne Bay Island Collector 30 17.63 40,550 145 

69 Sandy Beach Road: Coastal 

Corridor Coffman C. to Ratz Harbor Island Collector 30 12.25 28,180 100 

70 Kasaan Road (Thorne Bay Rd. to 

Kasaan) Island Collector 30 

71 Hydaburg Road Island Collector 30 21 36,220 0 

72 South Mitkof Hwy. Reconstruction: 

Crystal Lake to Blind Slough Island Collector 35 6.99 10,920 57 

73 South Mitkof Ferry Terminal 14,500 10
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Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

74 Ferry Link: IFA Ferry, South 

Mitkof/Wrangell/Coffman Cove IFA (30) 17.3 49.5 1 17,000 1,276

75 Ferry Link: South Mitkof to Wrangell 

Shuttle Ferry IFA (30) 17.3 13.8 1 17,000 1,276

76a South Mitkof Hwy. Reconstruction: 

Blind Slough to Causeway Island Collector 30 5.9 9,300 50 

76b South Mitkof Hwy. Reconstruction: 

Blind Slough to Dry Straits Crossing Island Arterial 35 8 13,600 67 

77 Stikine Highway: Dry Straits & 

Stikine River Crossing Island Arterial 35 12.25 187,000 150 

78 Stikine Highway: Eastern Passage 

Narrows Bridge to Border Island Arterial 35 47.64 110,000 391 

79 Stikine Causeway Island Collector 30 8.26 460,000 83 

80 Eastern Passage Highway to 

Narrows Bridge Island Collector 30 18.45 42,320 151 

81 Narrows Bridge Island Collector 30 0.8 75,000 40 

82 Wrangell Cutoff: Narrows Bridge to 

Fools Inlet Road Island Collector 30 4.81 11,060 39 

83 Fools Inlet Road: Zimovia Highway 

to Fools Inlet Island Collector 30 22.08 50,830 181 

84 Fools Inlet Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

85

Bradfield Ferry: Fools Inlet to 

Bradfield Canal Duck Point 

Terminal

Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 17.3 5 25,000 1,692

86 Eastern Passage Hwy: Narrows 

Bridge to Bradfield Road Junction Island Collector 30 41.54 123,140 341 

87 Bradfield Road: Bradfield Road 

Junction to Canada Border Rural Collector 30 24.13 220,000 240 

88 Bradfield Road: Canada Border to 

Iskut &Cassiar Hwy. #37 N/A N/A 48 N/A N/A 

89 Bradfield Road: Bradfield Road 

Junction to Duck Point Term. Rural Collector 30 8.02 30,000 66 

90 Duck Point Ferry Terminal 7,000 10
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Table A-1. Descriptions of and Cost Estimates for SATP Components

Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

Revillagigedo Island and Upper Cleveland Peninsula Corridors (See Maps 22 & 23)

91 Eagle River Road: Bradfield Canal 

Duck Point to Behm Canal Island Collector 30 19.53 50,400 160 

92 Point Lees Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

93 Ferry Link: Behm Canal Ferry Double end (20) 13.8 2.3 9 8,000 864

94 Claude Point Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

95 Revillagigedo Highway: Behm 

Canal to George Inlet Island Arterial 35 43.5 130,180 387 

96a Harriet Hunt Lake Road: George 

Inlet to Harriet Hunt Lake Island Arterial 35 10.98 30,300 98 

96b Harriet Hunt Lake/Ward Lake Road 

Upgrade Island Arterial 35 6 10,350 53 

97a George Inlet Road: Head of George 

Inlet to South Tongass Hwy. Island Arterial 35 14.3 42,690 127 

97b South Tongass Highway 

Reconstruction & Paving Island Arterial 35 4.55 7,940 40 

98 Bridge to Gravina Island Arterial 35 230,000 100 

99 Lower Cleveland Peninsula Corridors

100 Ferry Link: Fools Inlet/Frosty Bay 

Ferry Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 10.4 5 12,000 1,263

101 Frosty Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

102 Cleveland Peninsula Road: Frosty 

Bay to Helm Bay Island Collector 30 39.57 10,670 324 

103 Helm Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

104 Ferry Link: Helm Bay Ferry to North 

Tongass Hwy. Terminal Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 13.0 4 12,000 1,263

105 North Tongass Hwy. Ferry Terminal 7,000 135

106 Ferry Link: Fools Inlet/Santa Anna 

Inlet Ferry Mod-Lituya (20) 13.8 15.4 3 12,000 1,263

107 Santa Anna Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

108 Cleveland Peninsula Cutoff: Santa 

Anna to Spacious Bay Island Collector 30 10.62 24,380 87 

109 Spacious Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

110 Ferry Link: Spacious Bay Ferry to 

North Tongass Hwy. Terminal 

Mod-LeConte

(35) 17.3 33.4 2 25,000 1,692
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Table A-1. Descriptions of and Cost Estimates for SATP Components

Segment 

Map Ref. 

Number Description 

Recommended 

Interim Typical 

Section or 

Vessel 

(capacity) 

Estimated 

Interim

Average 

Speed 

(mph) 

Segment 

Length 

Statute 

(miles)

Ferry 

Service 

Frequency 

(trips per 

day) 

Total 

Estimated 

Capital 

Cost 

($ 000) 

Total 

Annual 

Estimated 

M&O Cost 

($ 000) 

Metlakatla Access Corridor (See Map 23) 

111 Saxman Ferry Terminal 7,500 10

112 Annette Bay Ferry Terminal 7,000 10

113 Walden Point Road Rural Arterial 45 14.29 55,0001 N/A

 

= Road 

 

= Ferry terminal 

= Ferry links 

= Total 

 

IFA = Inter-Island Ferry Authority N/A = Not available 

M&O = Maintenance and operations NPOWI = North Prince of Wales Island 

Mod- = Modified vessel type 

1

 Walden Point Road capital dollar estimate represents funding needed to complete the road in addition to the military 

training program. 

Notes:

All costs are preliminary and include design costs. Values are expressed in current (2003) dollars. 

Island collector indicates a rural road expected to have lower traffic volumes. 

Island arterial indicates a road reachable from a large community that is expected to have higher traffic volumes. 
Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan: an approved component of the Alaska Statewide Transportation Plan, August 14, 2004 

Appendix A. Essential State Transportation and Utility Corridors Page A-20 

Figure A-1. Interim Typical Sections 
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Appendix A. Essential State Transportation and Utility Corridors Page A-21 

Proposed Highway System Designations 

This part of Appendix A identifies how the changes in the SATP will require 

revisions and additions to the National Highway System (NHS), the Alaska 

Highway System (AHS), and Forest Highway (FH) designations. In 

summary, a number of routes already identified as AHS would be added to 

the NHS, other routes would be added to the AHS, and several routes would 

be designated as FH routes.

Map 24 depicts proposed highway system designations for SATP highway 

corridors. Ferry terminals at the end of NHS routes are designated NHS 

terminals, and those at the end of AHS routes are designated AHS terminals. 

Ferry routes connecting NHS terminals are designated NHS routes, and 

those connecting AHS terminals are designated AHS routes. Marine shuttleferry routes and ferry terminals connecting FH routes to the regional 

transportation system are included in FH route designations. 

One aspect of bringing a comprehensive transportation network to Southeast 

Alaska is that the region can be more fully integrated into the NHS. 

Currently, two segments of the NHS end at tidewater on Lynn Canal, but 

there is no through highway link to Juneau or other principal destinations 

south of Skagway and Haines. Because the NHS consists of routes important 

to interstate travel, national defense, and the nation’s commerce, it makes 

sense to extend these types of highway links into Southeast Alaska and to the 

state capital. 

The SATP preferred alternative for Juneau Access would construct 68 miles 

of new NHS route that would connect the Klondike Highway, an NHS route, 

with the end of the Glacier Highway at Echo Cove. The 26-mile segment of 

Glacier Highway from Echo Cove to Auke Bay Terminal would become an 

NHS route, and would connect to the existing 14-mile NHS route that 

extends from the Auke Bay Terminal past the airport to downtown Juneau. 

In southern Southeast Alaska, Mid-Region Access would construct a new 

highway west from the continental highway system in Canada. This NHS 

route would connect to the road system in Ketchikan, the region’s second 

most populous community. In combination with Gravina Access, MidRegion Access would provide a through highway link to the Ketchikan 

International Airport. There would also be a connection from Mid-Region 

Access to Wrangell and Petersburg. This connection would be part of the 

NHS route that connects Ketchikan to Sitka and Juneau. 

As part of the through highway connection between Ketchikan, Sitka, and 

Juneau, a segment of the Mitkof Highway would be an NHS route because it 

connects ferry terminals on both sides of Wrangell Narrows. For funding 
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Appendix A. Essential State Transportation and Utility Corridors Page A-23 

purposes, this 26-mile segment is already treated as NHS in the Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). 

The construction of the two new NHS routes would connect the two largest 

population centers in Southeast Alaska with the continental highway system. 

On Baranof Island, an eight-mile NHS route runs from the airport through 

town to the existing site for the ferry terminal. A new highway would be 

constructed to a new location for the ferry terminal on or near Chatham 

Strait. Depending on the selected alignment, the NHS route would be either 

an extension of the existing route or would tie to the existing route in the 

downtown vicinity. 

The AHS complements the NHS, and includes those routes of statewide 

significance that are not part of the NHS. Several routes discussed above are 

already part of the AHS, including the Glacier Highway beyond the Auke 

Bay Terminal, part of the Mitkof Highway and the two trunk highways of the 

Ketchikan road system. In Ketchikan, the future NHS link would include the 

connection to Gravina Island, and would extend along either the North 

Tongass Highway or South Tongass Highway from the existing NHS 

segment (three miles in length), which serves the Ketchikan core. 

On Prince of Wales Island, 81 miles of AHS routes link the island’s three 

most populous communities with each other and transportation gateways 

(ferry and airport) for travel to and from the island. This network needs to 

be expanded. The road south to Hydaburg, which requires a major upgrade 

to current standards, needs to be added to the AHS. North from Control 

Lake junction, the AHS includes 15 miles of state highway. It is 

recommended that this designation be extended (along with state 

maintenance) to a ferry terminal in Coffman Cove. In addition the existing 

FH 43 on Prince of Wales Island, which reaches El Capitan Junction, needs to 

be extended north to a ferry terminal site near Red Bay, across Sumner Strait 

from Totem Bay. The connecting routes to Whale Pass via Cavern Lake and 

Neck Lake roads are recommended for inclusion in the AHS with the route 

to Red Bay. 

On Kupreanof Island, the proposed road east from Kake to Petersburg is 

partially constructed, and already designated as FH. This route, part of 

which is not built, needs to be added to the AHS. Addition of this route to 

the AHS would recognize that this route is of statewide significance because 

it connects two communities and extends the regional highway system, along 

with providing access to recreational sites and areas of resource 

development. South from the constructed portion of the proposed road from 

Kake to Petersburg, an existing road extends toward Totem Bay at the south 

end of Kupreanof Island. The constructed and unconstructed portions of this 

route need to be added to the AHS. This route is of statewide significance 

because it provides a direct connection between Kake and Prince of Wales 
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Appendix A. Essential State Transportation and Utility Corridors Page A-24 

Island and offers an alternative regional route between Ketchikan and the 

communities in the Northern Panhandle. 

The roads and corridors identified as essential by the SATP on Chichagof 

Island between Hoonah, Whitestone Harbor, Pelican, and Tenakee Inlet, 

including the road up Kadashan to Peril Strait, are recommended for 

addition to the AHS. Other routes recommended for inclusion in the AHS 

are North Douglas Highway and its extension to Middle Point and the road 

between Young Bay and Hawk Inlet. All of these roads, with the exception 

of the North Douglas Highway, are recommended additions to the FH 

system.

FH designations are established and administered by the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Western Federal Lands Highway Division, through 

a tri-agency process that coordinates efforts of representatives from FHWA, 

the Forest Service, and ADOT&PF. Representatives of the three agencies 

meet annually (at a minimum) to report progress, reach decisions on the FH 

program, and discuss project development issues. FH designations are 

primarily for funding purposes, and overlay other highway designations. 

South from the constructed portion of the proposed road from Kake to 

Petersburg, an existing road extends toward Totem Bay at the south end of 

Kupreanof Island. The constructed and unconstructed portions of this route 

need to be designated as FH. Similarly, existing FH 43 on Prince of Wales 

Island, which reaches El Capitan Junction, needs to be extended north to a 

ferry terminal site near Red Bay, which is across Sumner Strait from Totem 

Bay. In addition, the connecting routes to Whale Pass via Cavern Lake and 

Neck Lake roads are recommended FH routes. 

In conjunction with major access improvements to and between Juneau, 

Ketchikan, and Sitka, four extensions of existing FH routes are needed. 

North of Juneau, FH 2 (Glacier Highway) extends from Auke Bay Terminal 

north for 31 miles, including an unconstructed portion to Sawmill Creek. 

This designation needs to be extended to the junction with the Klondike 

Highway in Skagway. In Ketchikan, FH 39 (Ward Lake Road) traverses 24 

miles to Shelter Cove, and needs to be extended to the Canadian border. 

South from Wrangell, FH 16 (Zimovia Highway) reaches the national forest 

boundary, and needs to be extended to Fools Inlet. Finally, FH 11 crosses 

Starrigavan Creek near the Sitka Terminal, and needs to be extended to 

Rodman Bay. East from Sitka, the proposed road to Warm Spring Bays is 

already designated FH 47. 
Drop-Down Plan to the 

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Alaska Region Long Range Transportation Plan 

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Ketchikan - Misty Fjords Ranger District

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Kenai National

Wildlife Refuge

Chugach State Park

State of Alaska

Wrangell-St. Elias

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Anchorage

FS LRTP Roads & Trails

Map Index

Chugach National Forest

June 19, 2011 1

Cordova

Ranger

District

Map

Glacier

Ranger

District

Map

Seward

Ranger

District

South

Map

Seward

Ranger

District

North

Map Chugach National Forest

0 10 20 30 40 5

Miles

Glacier & Cordova

Ranger Districts

Map
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15

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11

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1

FS LRTP Priority Roads & Trails

Cordova Ranger District

Chugach National Forest

Legend

Objective Maintenance Level 3

Other Road

Priority Trails

#* Recreation Facility

CAC - conveyed

Eyak - conveyed

Eyak selected National Forest

Municipality, City, Town, Private

National Forest

National Forest & CAC (Reserved Mineral Rights)

State - conveyed (Current ownership unknown)

State selected National Forest

Water

ROUTE # ROAD NAME ROUTE # ROAD NAME

8000010 CORDOVA RESIDENCE RD 8000240 ALAGANIK SLOUGH RD

8000020 CORDOVA WORKCENTER RD 8000255 MILE 18.1 ROAD

8000023 CORDOVA WC BUNKHOUSE RD 8000256 MILE 18.2 ROAD

8000027 CORDOVA WC FOURPLEX RD 8000285 MILE 22 DAY USE ROAD

8000100 EYAK BOAT RAMP ROAD 8000286 ALAGANIK SL BOAT LAUNCH RD

8000101 EYAK BOAT RAMP PARKING RD 8000330 SADDLEBAG GLACIER RD

8000200 CABIN LAKE RD 8000550 CHILDS GLACIER RD

8000210 SHERIDAN GLACIER RD July 21, 2011 1 0 5 10

Miles
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16

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9

13

15

7

22

23

1

10

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12

19

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6

8

21

18

11

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24

25

Legend

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Objective Maintenance Level 4

Objective Maintenance Level 5

Other Road

Alaska Railroad

Priority Trails

#* Recreation Facility

Alaska Railroad (approximate)

CAC - conveyed

Municipality, City, Town, Private

National Forest

State - conveyed (Current ownership unknown)

State selected National Forest

Water

Off Forest

1

July 21, 2011

0 3 6

Miles

FS LRTP Priority Roads & Trails

Glacier Ranger District 

Chugach National Forest

WHITTIER

ROUTE # ROAD NAME ROUTE # ROAD NAME

4000450 GRANITE CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 4700300 WILLIWAW CAMPGROUND RD

4000480 JOHNSON PASS TRAIL RD 4700301 WILLIWAW CG LOOP RD

4000490 LYONS POND ROAD 4700302 WILLIWAW CG CROSS RD

4000500 BERTHA CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 4700320 WILLIWAW PONDS RD

4095000 CROW PASS RD 4700400 BEGICH BOGGS VISITOR CENTER RD

4700080 MOOSE FLATS RD 4700401 BBVC LAKESIDE PARKING LOT RD

4700090 ALDER POND RD 4700402 BBVC EXIT RD

4700100 PORTAGE WORKCENTER RD 4700403 BBVC PARKING LOT #2 RD

4700150 EXPLORER GLACIER PARKING ROAD 4700404 BBVC PARKING LOT #1 RD

4700220 TANGLE PONDS RD 4700450 BYRON GLACIER RD

4700230 BLACK BEAR CAMPGROUND RD 4700455 BYRON GLACIER TH ROAD

This area is on the

Seward Ranger District
14

5

9

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6

10

13

2

7

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15

11

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16

12

Legend

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Objective Maintenance Level 4

Objective Maintenance Level 5

Other Road

Priority Trail

Alaska Railroad

#* Recreation Facility

Alaska Railroad (approximate)

CIRI selected National Forest

Dual Selection

Municipality, City, Town, Private

National Forest

State - conveyed (Current ownership unknown)

State selected National Forest

Water

Off Forest

1

July 21, 2011

0 3 6

Miles

FS LRTP Priority Roads & Trails

Seward Ranger District North

Chugach National Forest

HOPE

COOPER LANDING

MOOSE PASS

ROUTE # ROAD NAME ROUTE # ROAD NAME ROUTE # ROAD NAME

1000010 RESURRECTION PASS S. TH ROAD 4460100 RESURRECTION CREEK RD 1015016 RAINBOW TROUT RIGHT LOOP RD

1000100 NO COOPER CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 1000025 FOOTPRINT RD 1015017 RAINBOW TROUT LEFT LOOP RD

1000101 SO COOPER CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 1000026 FOOTPRINT LOOP RD 1015018 KING SALMON LOOP RD

1000900 TERN LAKE DAY USE 1015000 RUSSIAN RIVER CAMPGROUND RD 1050100 QUARTZ CREEK CAMPGROUND RD

1000920 TERN LAKE PARKING PULLOUT 1015001 RUSSIAN RIVER CG EXIT RD 1050101 QUARTZ CREEK BOAT LAUNCH RD

1010000 JUNEAU CREEK RD 1015002 RUSSIAN R CG OVERFLOW RETURN 1050102 QUARTZ CREEK CG EAST LOOP RD

1015100 LOWER RUSSIAN 1015003 RUSSIAN RVR CG OVERFLOW ROAD 1050103 QUARTZ CREEK CG WEST LOOP RD

1050150 CRESCENT CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 1015010 RUSSIAN LAKES N TH ROAD 1050107 QUARTZ CREEK GC RV DUMP RD

1050151 CRESCENT CREEK CG PARKING RD 1015011 RUSSIAN LAKES N TH OVERFLOW RD 1050152 CRESCENT CREEK TRAILHEAD

2000840 BALL PARK ROAD 1015012 RED SALMON LOOP RD 2000875 JOHNSON PASS TRAIL SOUTH TH

4000097 SUMMIT CREEK TRAILHEAD RD 1015013 PINK SALMON PARKING RD 2000900 CARTER LAKE TRAILHEAD ROAD

4000120 TENDERFOOT CAMPGROUND RD 1015014 STEELHEAD PARKING RD 4000070 DEVILS CREEK TRAILHEAD ROAD

4000310 WHY RD 1015015 SILVER SALMON LOOP RD 4400800 PORCUPINE CREEK CAMPGROUND RD

4460000 PALMER CREEK RD

This area is on the

Glacier Ranger

District Map
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FS LRTP Priority Roads & Trails

Seward Ranger District South

Chugach National Forest

Legend

Priority Trails

Objective Maintenance Level 3

Objective Maintenance Level 4

Objective Maintenance Level 5

Other Road

Alaska Railroad

#* Recreation Facility

Alaska Railroad (approximate)

CAC - conveyed

CIRI selected National Forest

Dual Selection

Municipality, City, Town, Private

National Forest

State - conveyed (Current ownership unknown)

State selected National Forest

Water

Off Forest

1

This area is on the Seward Ranger District North Map

0 2.5 5 10 Miles

July 21, 2011

ROUTE # ROAD NAME ROUTE # ROAD NAME

1030000 SNUG HARBOR RD 2050000 TRAIL RIVER ROAD

2000495 PTARMIGAN CREEK CAMPGROUND RD 2050200 TRAIL RIVER CAMPGROUND RD

2000496 PTARMIGAN CREEK DAY USE RD 2050201 TRAIL RIVER GROUP SITE RD

2000510 KENAI LAKE TRAILER SITE RD 2050202 TRAIL RIVER EAGLE POINT RD

2000550 KENAI LAKE WORKCENTER RD 2050203 TRAIL RIVER LAKESIDE DU RD

2000551 KENAI LAKE WC BUNKHOUSE RD 2050204 TRAIL RIVER SPRUCEWOODS LOOP

2000552 KLWC SERVICE ENTRANCE RD 2050205 TRAIL RIVER RIVER TERRACE LOOP

2030000 PRIMROSE LANDING 2050206 TRAIL RIVER LAKESIDE DU SPUR R

2030001 PRIMROSE BOAT LAUNCH RD 2060001 LOST LAKE ROAD

2030010 PRIMROSE CAMPGROUND RD

SEWARD

This area 

is on the

Glacier 

Ranger

District

MOOSE PASS

COOPER LANDING

Kenai Fjords

National Park
4

1

3

21

Legend

Priority Trails

CAC - conveyed

Chenega - conveyed

Municipality, City, Town, Private

National Forest

National Forest & CAC or State of Alaska (Reserved Mineral Rights)

State - conveyed (Current ownership unknown)

State selected National Forest

Tatitlek - conveyed

Village overselected lands

Water

Off Forest

1

July 21, 2011

0 5 10

Miles

FS LRTP Priority Roads & Trails

Glacier & Cordova Ranger Districts

Chugach National Forest

Glacier Ranger District Cordova Ranger District
Map Label Trail Name Map Label Trail Name

1 3 FINGER ‐ SHRODE LAKE TRAIL 1 ALAGANIK BOARDWALK

2 BYRON GLACIER TRAIL 2 ALICE SMITH INTERTIE TRAIL

3 CENTER RIDGE TRAIL 4 CHILDS GLACIER NORTH TRAIL

5 GARY WILLIAMS MORAINE TRAIL 5 CRATER LAKE TRAIL

6 INHT ACCESS: INGRAM CREEK TRAIL 6 EYAK RIVER TRAIL

7 INHT: CROW PASS TRAIL 7 HAYSTACK TRAIL

8 INHT: GIRDWOOD IDITAROD TRAIL 8 HENEY RIDGE TRAIL

9 INHT: INGRAM CREEK TRAIL 9 IBECK SLOUGH NORTH TRAIL

10 INHT: JOHNSON PASS TRAIL 10 LOG JAM BAY CABIN TRAIL

11 INHT: MONARCH MINE SPUR TRAIL 11 MCKINLEY LAKE TRAIL

12 INHT: PORTAGE PASS TRAIL 12 POWER CREEK TRAIL

13 INHT: TRAIL OF BLUE ICE 13 SAN JUAN BAY CABIN TRAIL

14

INHT: TURNAGAIN PASS SNOWMACHINE TRAIL

(SNOW) 14 SAND TRAIL

15 INHT: TURNAGAIN PASS TRAIL 15 SHERIDAN MOUNTAIN TRAIL

16 INHT: TWENTYMILE TRAIL

17 INHT: UPPER WINNER CREEK TRAIL

18 INHT: WAGON ROAD TRAIL

19 INHT: WINNER CREEK TRAIL

20 MOOSE FLATS WETLAND TRAIL

21 SHRODE LAKE TRAIL

22 SPENCER BENCH TRAIL

23 SPENCER GLACIER TRAIL

24 TINCAN MOUNTAIN SKI TRAIL

25 WILLIWAW NATURE TRAIL

4 COGHILL LAKE TRAIL 3 BEACH RIVER CABIN TRAIL

Seward Ranger South District Priority Trails

Glacier Ranger District Priority Trails

See the Glacier Ranger District map

Cordova Ranger District Priority Trails

See the Cordova Ranger District map

These trails are on the Glacier & Cordova Ranger Districts map

Seward Ranger North District Priority Trails

Map Label Trail Name Map Label Trail Name

1 BEAN CREEK TRAIL 1 CLEMENS CABIN ACCESS TRAIL

2 CARTER LAKE TRAIL 2 CRESCENT LAKE TRAIL

3 CRESCENT CREEK TRAIL 3 FALLS CREEK ORV TRAIL

4 CRESCENT LAKE TRAIL 4 INHT ACCESS:  BEAR LAKE TRAIL

5 DEVIL'S CREEK TRAIL 5 INHT ACCESS: MERIDIAN LAKES TRAIL

6 GULL ROCK TRAIL 6 INHT ACCESS: VAGT LAKE TRAIL

7 HOPE POINT TRAIL 7 INHT: BEAR LAKE TRAIL

8 INHT ACCESS: GRANT LAKE PORTAGE TRAIL 8 INHT: LOST LAKE TRAIL (SNOW)

9 INHT: JOHNSON PASS TRAIL 9 INHT: LOST LAKE TRAIL (SNOW)

10 INHT: MOOSE PASS TRAIL 10 INHT: MERIDIAN LAKES TRAIL

11 INHT: WAGON ROAD TRAIL 11 INHT: MOOSE PASS TRAIL

12 MILLS CREEK TRAIL 12 INHT: MOOSE PASS TRAIL

13 OLD STERLING HIGHWAY TRAIL 13 LOST LAKE TRAIL

14 RESURRECTION PASS TRAIL 14 PRIMROSE TRAIL

15 RUSSIAN RIVER ANGLERS TRAIL 15 PTARMIGAN CREEK CUTOFF TRAIL

16 TROUT LAKE CABIN 16 PTARMIGAN CREEK TRAIL

17 PTARMIGAN LAKE TR

18 RAINBOW LAKE TRAIL

19 RESURRECTION RIVER TRAIL

20 RUSSIAN RIVER ANGLERS TRAIL

21 RUSSIAN RIVER FALLS TRAIL

22 UPPER RUSSIAN WINTER ROUTE

23 VICTOR CREEK TRAIL

See the Seward Ranger District North map

Seward Ranger South District Priority Trails

See the Seward Ranger District South map

Seward Ranger North District Priority Trails

These maps do not include short access trails to cabins,

some day use sites, winter routes, and trails planned but not

yet constructed, which are or will be considered part of the

priority transportation system.  Refer to the current FS

Transportation Atlas as recorded in Infra, for the official FS

trail inventory