Table of Contents
Meet Your Guide x
Map and Icon Legends xii
Trail Finder xiv
Before you Hit the Trail xxi
Southcentral Alaska
Homer 2
1 Kachemak Bay Beach 3
2 Wynn Nature Center 8
3 Grace Ridge Trail 11
4 Grewingk Valley 15
5 China Root Lake 21
Seward/Eastern Kenai 27
6 Caines Head 28
7 Exit Glacier 34
8 Harding Icefield 38
9 Lost Lake 42
10 Ptarmigan Lake 47
11 Johnson Pass 50
12 Crescent and Carter Lakes 54
13 Russian Lakes 58
14 Resurrection Pass 63
15 Devil's Creek 68
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 72
16 Fuller Lakes and Skyline Ridge 73
17 Kenai River 77
18 Skilak Lookout, Bear Mountain, and Vista Trails 80
19 Seven Lakes 84
Hope to Girdwood
20 Gull Rock 89
21 Hope Point 93
22 Trail of Blue Ice 95
23 Byron Glacier 99
24 Portage Pass 102
25 Winner Creek 106
26 Crow Pass 111
Chugach State Park South 116
27 Bird Ridge 117
28 Falls Creek 121
29 McHugh and Rabbit Lakes 124
30 Turnagain Arm Trail 129
31 Flattop Mountain 134
32 Ship Lake Pass 138
33 Williwaw Lakes 142
34 Wolverine Peak 147
Chugach State Park North 150
35 South Fork Eagle River 151
36 Eagle River Valley 156
37 Mount Baldy and Blacktail Rocks 163
38 Ptarmigan Valley and Roundtop 167
39 Twin Peaks Trail 169
40 Bold Ridge Trail 174
Matanuska and Susitna Valleys 178
41 Pioneer Ridge 179
42 Lazy Mountain and Matanuska Peak 184
43 West Butte 189
44 Mint Glacier Valley 192
45 Reed Lakes 197
46 Snowbird Mine and Glacier Pass 201
47 Independence Mine 204
Talkeetna 207
48 Talkeetna Lakes Park 208
Denali State Park 211
49 Byers Lake 212
50 Kesugi Ridge 215
Interior Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve 221
51 Triple Lakes Trail 224
52 Mount Healy Trail 229
53 Savage River Valley 233
Fairbanks 237
54 Creamer's Field 238
55 Granite Tors 242
56 Angel Rocks 246
57 Chena Dome 250
58 Pinnell Mountain 255
59 Summit Trail 260
Delta Junction 265
60 Quartz Lake State Recreation Trails 266
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve 269
61 Root Glacier and Stairway Icefall 271
62 Bonanza Ridge 275
63 Caribou Creek 278
64 Trail and Lost Creeks
65 Skookum Volcano 285
Glennallen to Valdez 288
66 Tonsina River 289
67 Worthington Glacier 291
Cordova 295
68 Power Creek and Crater Lake 296
69 Sheridan Mountain Trail 301
70 McKinley Lake 304
71 Saddlebag Glacier 307
Southeast Alaska
Skagway 310
72 Laughton Glacier 311
73 Chilkoot Pass 313
74 Dewey Lakes 320
75 Sturgill's Landing 324
Haines 326
76 Mount Ripinsky and 7 Mile Saddle 327
77 Mount Riley 332
78 Seduction Point 337
Juneau 340
79 Perseverance Trail 341
80 Mount Juneau and Granite Creek 345
81 Dan Moller Trail 350
82 East Glacier and Nugget Creek 354
83 West Glacier 359
84 Montana Creek and Windfall Lake 363
85 Auke Nu Trail 367
86 Herbert Glacier 371
87 Amalga Trait 374
88 Point Bridget 378
Sitka 382
89 Indian River 383
90 Sitka National Historical Park 387
91 Harbor Mountain and Gavan Hill 390
92 Starrigavan Bay 394
93 Beaver Lake and Herring Cove Trail 397
Petersburg 400
94 Three Lakes and Ideal Cove 401
95 Petersburg Lake 404
Wrangell 408
96 Rainbow Falls and Institute Creek 409
Ketchikan 414
97 Deer Mountain 415
98 Ward Lake and Ward Creek 420
99 Perseverance Lake 423
100 Naha River 426
Off the Beaten Path: Discovering Wilderness Alaska 431
Gates of the Arctic 433
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 435
Wrangell-St. Elias 437
Katmai 439
Lake Clark 441
Northwest Alaska 443
Appendixes
1 Information Sources 445
2 Cabin Reservations 446
3 Further Reading 447
4 Sample Backpacking Checklist 448
Hike Index 449
