During our first week here we had some time to go hiking. On the Sunday before our hike we went to church and I got to talking with some local hikers. I told them I planned on doing a short, 6 mile round tripper to a backcountry campsite. They quickly convinced me to do a 26 mile hike over Crow Pass. I figured it might be our only chance to get into the Alaska backcountry so we could give it a shot.
Some of the trail highlights included seeing a mother and baby mountain goat, viewing a massive glacier from Crow Pass and camping at a beautiful site near Eagle River. The tough parts of the hike came when we had to traverse a steep snowy patch in the trail (photo 12) and a harrowing ford of Eagle River. The river was waist high, freezing cold and about 150 feet wide. It was exciting, but very tiring.
Click the image below to enjoy some pictures of our hike!
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2 comments:
cool photos.
did you happen to see any wildlife out there in the great alaskan expanse?
We saw three mountain goats, a few pikas (which Pam liked) and some birds, but no bears or moose. We made a lot of noise on the trail to prevent any bear sightings.
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