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North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood July 23rd 2011

This was my favorite trip yet. We started out Friday night in Girdwood at 9:30 pm and made our way up the most intense 5 miles of elevation gain of the trip. After that it was mostly downhill. Highlights included several waterfalls, glaciers, snow fields and lakes, scary vertical snow crossings, walking across streams, hiking through wildflowers and plants taller than us, dangerous glacial river fording, sprinkled with a few black bears and a moose. We backpacked 13 miles Saturday and 8 miles on Sunday. After our successful crossing we realized we had absolutely no idea how to get back to our individual rides, because we totally screwed ourselves over with the car/key situation. Yes, the person with the car in Eagle River left his keys in my truck in Anchorage, my truck keys were left ... read more

Seward Highway~Anchorage to Girdwood

North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood June 27th 2011

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JuddandErika

The Seward Highway is a highway in Alaska that extends 127 miles from Seward to Anchorage. It is a National Forest Scenic Byway and one of the 15 roads in the U.S. that has been designated as an "All-American Road." The 45 minute drive from Anchorage to Girdwood along the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet is one of the world's greatest drives. From beginning to end there are dramatic views of mountain scenery and the inlet. There are several turnoffs along the way where waterfalls seem to just appear from the mountainside. Beluga Point offers dramatic views of the inlet and even some beluga whale sightings at times. The highway passes Indian Creek where there is a waterfall (see the pictures) and a steep hike up the side of the mountain, during which you are walking ... read more

Fall Bike to Girdwood

North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood September 18th 2009

First Bend

Bekah

We had an amazing summer this year and I was not ready to admit that fall was on its way (or more accurately had actually arrived). There were a few trips I still had on my list for the summer and the bike ride from Anchorage to Girdwood and back was at the top of that list. Easily enough I convinced my Tour De Beer Partner, Chad, to join me on a fine Friday afternoon post work. The Seward Highway, especially on the Turnagain arm is probably on someone’s list of most scenic routes in the world. The road curves along the Chugach National Park and Mountain Range on the left, while the right side of the road opens up into the calm Turnagain Arm. Across this enormous body of continuous moving water is another large ... read more

Brave Little Soldiers

North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood February 28th 2008

Drive to Alyeska

Brittana

We are brave little soldiers. We woke up this morning still a bit stiff and wondering how the hell we were going to pull today off. We overcame our fears and jumped in the car to Alyeska; we wanted to give the big mountain a go. Apparently I’m a bad tour guide, though, because my car windows weren’t clear enough to take pictures through. Instead, Glenn had to roll down the window and freeze for a minute or two at a time. I tried to make up for it by narrating along the way. We got to Potter’s Marsh and all I could say about it was that it wasn’t named after Harry Potter. We arrived at Alyeska and got ready to go snowboarding once more. I decided to give snowboarding one more try; it wouldn’t ... read more

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood September 25th 2007

Good morning sunshine

BrewerBill

Since we’ll be traveling all day (and night) on Friday, I switched my flex day to today. We woke up, had a delicious oatmeal breakfast and started packing. Rob and I took a load of gear to the cars. When we got back, we all loaded the second round of gear into the canoe. Danielle, Gabbi, Jacqui, and I hike back to the car. It was so fantastic that Rob, Estrella, and Carina invited us to the cabin and shared all of their gear (stove, lantern, cookware, etc.) with us! We really had a wonderful time and were sad to say goodbye. We all expressed hope that we could do it again (in Alaska, New England or somewhere in between). We started the trek back to Anchorage. We had considered a hike on the way back ... read more

Mushin'

North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood July 2nd 2007

Pit Stop1

furino and jono

Mushin' North America » United States » Alaska » Girdwood By furino and jono July 2nd 2007 furino Good times! Took a helicopter up to Punchbowl glacier to a sled dog kennel where we met our musher Dario. Dario's a nine time Iditarod veteran, and runs the kennel up on the glacier from May - Sept each year. Since his entire life basically revolves around these dogs we learned a ton about them and about the sport in general. When the first Iditarod was in 1973 run it took the winner 21 days to complete, now it's 8 or 9 days! The dogs were incredibly f... read more

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