Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Hike at Baldy trailhead again
We will be hiking tomorrow up baldy. For directions refer to previous post. We will be hiking to the ranch gradual uphill stroller friendly.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Directions for Thursday July 24 @ 10:30
Directions:
From Anchorage, head northbound on the Glen Highway for roughly 8 miles. Take the Eagle River Loop exit, head right, then take a right at the intersection, onto Hiland Road. Follow this road for several miles until it winds it's way into Hiland Valley. After passing through a steep gourge, look for South Creek road on your right. Turn, then turn right again onto West Creek Drive shortly afterwards; the parking area where the trail begins will be on the left.
Trail description:
The South Fork Trail leads to Eagle and Symphony lakes, two strikingly different lakes nestled close to one another at the back of a large valley. The path starts from a short wooden walkway, then proceeds through an initially hilly section. Just over a mile from the trail head, a bridge is in place which crosses the south fork of Eagle River (hence the trail's name). This is probably where we will turn around.
From memory I do not believe this is stroller friendly. You are welcome to try but I wouldn't recommend it. Hope to see you there:)
From Anchorage, head northbound on the Glen Highway for roughly 8 miles. Take the Eagle River Loop exit, head right, then take a right at the intersection, onto Hiland Road. Follow this road for several miles until it winds it's way into Hiland Valley. After passing through a steep gourge, look for South Creek road on your right. Turn, then turn right again onto West Creek Drive shortly afterwards; the parking area where the trail begins will be on the left.
Trail description:
The South Fork Trail leads to Eagle and Symphony lakes, two strikingly different lakes nestled close to one another at the back of a large valley. The path starts from a short wooden walkway, then proceeds through an initially hilly section. Just over a mile from the trail head, a bridge is in place which crosses the south fork of Eagle River (hence the trail's name). This is probably where we will turn around.
From memory I do not believe this is stroller friendly. You are welcome to try but I wouldn't recommend it. Hope to see you there:)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hike Thursday July 17
These directions are to the meeting place of our next hike. It will actually be at my parents house up skyline. They have a great road to hike on and some trails through the woods if some would like to take those.
Take the exit toward Eagle River
Turn right at the yield sign coming off the exit
Go straight through the light on Old Glenn Hwy through town.
Turn right at N Eagle River Loop Rd at Tesoro and Williams
Turn left at W Skyline Dr right after the Skyline church lots of road construction right now, Skyline's road changes name every corner all the way to the top.
Keep going till the road's name is Canyon View. There will be a blue painted sign post with the names of Canyon View and Golden Eagle, turn on this dirt road. Follow this dirt road through the gate don't make any turns.
You will come to a steep part of the road. THis is the drive way to the house. Once you are up the hill there is only one way to go, keep going till you get to the house/parking lot.
We will hike the road and if some want we can take a hike through the woods. Fairly easy hike through the woods. Good elavation gain down and up hill on the road. Sorry for the late post. I have been pretty busy this week. Hope to see some of you there tomorrow.
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Take the exit toward Eagle River
Turn right at the yield sign coming off the exit
Go straight through the light on Old Glenn Hwy through town.
Turn right at N Eagle River Loop Rd at Tesoro and Williams
Turn left at W Skyline Dr right after the Skyline church lots of road construction right now, Skyline's road changes name every corner all the way to the top.
Keep going till the road's name is Canyon View. There will be a blue painted sign post with the names of Canyon View and Golden Eagle, turn on this dirt road. Follow this dirt road through the gate don't make any turns.
You will come to a steep part of the road. THis is the drive way to the house. Once you are up the hill there is only one way to go, keep going till you get to the house/parking lot.
We will hike the road and if some want we can take a hike through the woods. Fairly easy hike through the woods. Good elavation gain down and up hill on the road. Sorry for the late post. I have been pretty busy this week. Hope to see some of you there tomorrow.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Hike for Thursday July 10
We will be returning to the Eagle River Nature Center (at the end of Eagle River Road) this Thursday, July 10, at 10:30. This is a jogger friendly hike, and not very strenuous. Come and join us and we will all have tons o fun!
Carolyn might post more later, but I just wanted to make sure you all had a heads up!
PS- There is a $5 parking fee to park there that you pay inside the building.
Carolyn might post more later, but I just wanted to make sure you all had a heads up!
PS- There is a $5 parking fee to park there that you pay inside the building.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Pics from Thunderbird Falls
These are some of the pictures from our Thunderbird Falls hike. We got there a bit late (which is somehow becoming kind of a pattern that I want to break out of!) so it took us a little while to catch up to everyone, so we were at the back of the pack again! 
The first picture is at the destination. From this platform deck, you can see the Falls. I tried to get the kids all together to take a picture, but you probably know what that can be like!
Here are the dads resting at the top of the hike!
The view of the Falls from the viewing deck.
Then on the way back, we took the side trail that takes you down to the river. The kids liked playing down there for a bit, but the mosquitos were out in force (as usual for these kinds of hikes in Alaska), so we didn't stay too long.
At the bottom of the hike, in the parking lot, we sat on rocks and ate our packed lunches and snacks.
The kids all do such a good job hiking! This was a nice, relatively easy hike. The one from last week had some issues (like a bear up the trail, so we took a detour, directions that were not directly to the hike because it shows a road that exisits, but really doesn't- so sorry if some of you came and weren't able to find it! Carolyn did wait for a bit to try and lead everyone to the right place- and our detour trail dead ended) but we had fun anyway, don't we always?! I will post pictures of that hike in a few days. I haven't downloaded those pictures off the camera yet.
The first picture is at the destination. From this platform deck, you can see the Falls. I tried to get the kids all together to take a picture, but you probably know what that can be like! 
Here are the dads resting at the top of the hike!
The view of the Falls from the viewing deck.
Then on the way back, we took the side trail that takes you down to the river. The kids liked playing down there for a bit, but the mosquitos were out in force (as usual for these kinds of hikes in Alaska), so we didn't stay too long. 
At the bottom of the hike, in the parking lot, we sat on rocks and ate our packed lunches and snacks. The kids all do such a good job hiking! This was a nice, relatively easy hike. The one from last week had some issues (like a bear up the trail, so we took a detour, directions that were not directly to the hike because it shows a road that exisits, but really doesn't- so sorry if some of you came and weren't able to find it! Carolyn did wait for a bit to try and lead everyone to the right place- and our detour trail dead ended) but we had fun anyway, don't we always?! I will post pictures of that hike in a few days. I haven't downloaded those pictures off the camera yet.
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