There wasn’t much of a hiking culture when Paul Swift, 76, came to Haines in the early 1970s.
“The town was geared to industry. Logging, mining and fishing… most guys were work- oriented,” Swift said.
Swift talked about clearing the Mount Ripinsky trail at a presentation June 1 at the Sheldon Museum. He also spoke during an interview.
Cut in by the Army in 1906, the trail formerly stretched from the Skyline Subdivision trailhead to…