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Carcross Desert and Whitehorse
June 18, 2024. Penstemon in the dunes Photo album I was intrigued by the Carcross Desert since noticing it on our driving map. Now it was directly in line with our route back to the Alaska Highway...
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Tombstone Territorial Park
June 21-23, 2024. Cottongrass Photo album The last time we took someone’s detour recommendation, it ended up being a dreamy trip to Skagway. So we decided to take his other suggestion too: Tombstone...
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Visiting Dawson City
June 23-25, 2024. Dawson City from the Top of the World Highway Dawson City is located in the Yukon Territory in Northwestern Canada. As the crow flies, it’s about 45 miles from the Alaska border....
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Visiting Fairbanks
June 28-30, 2024. Creamer’s field Photo album We had only one date on the calendar where we had to be in a particular place and that was June 30, the day our friend LeeAnn was set to arrive in...
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Gulkana Glacier hike
July 1, 2024. 7.7 mi | 610′ ele. gain | 4 hr. Photo album Before traveling to Alaska, I asked everyone I knew for recommendations. Most of my circle had never been there, or have only seen Alaska from...
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Columbia Glacier Cruise
July 3, 2024. Photo album We arrived in Valdez after a beautiful drive past lush hillsides and roaring waterfalls. Without much time to plan activities here, we wandered around looking for things to...
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Lion’s Head, Matanuska Glacier viewpoint
July 5, 2024. 2.6 mi. | 1100’ ele. gain | 2:15 hr. Matanuska glacier from Lion’s Head. Photo album In looking for a quick hike along our driving route, I found a description of the Lion’s Head Trail....
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Marmot Mountain
July 7, 2024. 3.1 mi. | 2040’ ele. gain | 3 hr. Lousewort Photo album The weather took a turn for the worse, but we decided to head up to Hatcher Pass anyway. I’d heard good things about the hiking...
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Hope Point
July 10, 2024. 9.6 mi. | 3590′ ele. gain | 7:10 hr. Photo album We woke up to decent weather, so we decided to tackle the Hope Point hike straight from the campground. Here are the various route...
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Visiting Seward (or anywhere), Alaska
July 15-18, 2024. Salmon is everything in Alaska Photo album Our trip to Seward highlights several travel strategies that have proved to be very important as we make our way across Alaska, so I’m...
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Harding Icefield hike
July 17, 2024. 9.4 mi. | 3380′ ele. gain | 7:45 hr. Taking in the view Photo album The majestic icefields at Kenai Fjords National Park can be seen by land, air or sea. There’s only one maintained...
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Making salmon leather
July 19, 2024. We dropped by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge looking for a place to park, make lunch and walk around. But first we went into the main building to pick up a map and see what it’s all...
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Kayaking in Homer, Alaska
July 22, 2024. Photo album One of the items on our Alaska to-do list was to go on a kayaking trip. Without any kayaks or knowledge, we decided the best way to do this was to pay for a guided tour. And...
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Canoe Lake packrafting
July 24, 2024. Photo album All I wanted to do for my birthday was to go packrafting. I’d found this extensive canoe trail system on the Kenai Peninsula that I thought would fit the bill. I was excited...
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Hiking Denali National Park
July 28-31, 2024. Photo album We were fortunate to spend several days in Denali National Park. It’s the only place I made advance reservations during our entire summer in Alaska (they fill up fast!)...
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Wrangell St. Elias National Park
August 3-14, 2024. Photo album Wrangell-St. Elias is a colossal national park. It encompasses 13.2 million acres, extends from sea level to over 18,000′ and about a quarter of its land is covered in...
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Donoho Basin Backpack
August 7-10, 2024. 4 days | 14.4 mi. | 2320′ ele. gain Glacier hiking Photo album Check out those stats. Those are Alaska miles. They’re unlike any other miles anywhere in the country. Nonetheless,...
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Flightseeing Kluane National Park
August 18, 2024. Photo album Finally, all the things lined up for us to take a flightseeing tour above the glaciers of the north. There are a plethora of small plane operators across Alaska and Canada...
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Thechàl Dhâl (Sheep Mountain)
August 19, 2024. 12.2 mi. | 4000′ ele. gain | 8 hr. Photo album With one good weather day predicted before the rain, we planned to do a big hike to the summit of Thechàl Dhâl in Kluane National Park....
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Samuel Glacier bike ride
August 26, 2024. 14.3 mi | 1360′ ele. gain | 5:30 hr. Enjoying the ride down! Photo album We recently attended an open house at the Kluane Lake Research Station, where we met a bunch of scientists and...
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