Kenai
Peninsula & Turnagain Arm
Detailed
Alaska Hiking Maps, Narratives, Trail Plans and Photographs.
Very
few people are as serious as Thoreau is about his hiking. Most people
consider it only a diversion from the every day working world, through
which they can clean the spirit or boost the morale. And so not every
one has the inclination, or time or energy to spend the long hours that
Thoreau spent wandering in the countryside around Concord or climbing
Mont Katahdin. Different strokes for different folks, as the saying
goes.
Like
Thoreau, I take my hiking very seriously. Like him, I leave everything
behind me when I go out on a hikeÑespecially a long hike. But except
for his climb up Katahdin, Thoreau did little climbing or scrambling.
It's difficult to go anywhere in the Chugach without at least some climbing
and scrambling. The hikes I take usually include a substantial amount
of both. H.D. and myself simply have different ideas of what's fun when
we step into the great outdoors. But then all of us do. Though hiking
is fun, there are limits - both physical and mental - to everything.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Lake Bagging Along Alaska Highway Nine
Walk-About Guide
to Golden Fin Lake Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Grayling Lake Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Primrose Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Victor Creek Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Ptarmigan Lake Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Carter Lake Trail
Option A--Traverse
from the Seward Highway to the Sterling
Highway via the Carter Lake and Crescent Creek Trails
A LONG WAY FROM BOSTON ON PATRIOT'S DAY
Walk-About Guide
to Skilak Lake Overlook Trail
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE. . . .
Walk-About Guide
to Hidden Creek Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Kenai River Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Fuller Lake Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Crescent Creek Trail
POETIC JUSTICE
Walk-About Guide
to Russian Lake Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Resurrection River Trail
THE STILL POINT BETWEEN SEASONS
Walk-About Guide
to Rainbow Lake Trail
WALKING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN WORK AND PLAY
Walk-About Guide
to Devil's Pass Trail
AUTUMN TO WINTER AND BACK
Walk-About Guide
to Summit Creek Trail
OUT AND BACK ON THE GREAT WHEEL
Walk-About Guide
to Johnson Pass Trail
NIGHT AND DAY ON THE RESURRECTION TRAIL
Walk-About Guide
to Resurrection Trail
A STEP IN THE DANCE OF TIME
Walk-About Guide
to Gull Rock Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Hope Point Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Byron Glacier Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Bird Ridge Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Falls Creek Trail
Walk-About Guide
to Turnagain Arm Trail
HIKING TO ANY PLACE THE MIND MAY CARE TO WANDER
Walk-About Guide
to Winner Creek Trail
LUCK IS A SIMPLE MATTER OF DEGREE
Walk-About Guide
to Bird Ridge Trail
Option A--Traverse
in over Bird Pass and out over Indian Pass
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
Walk-About Guide
to Indian Pass Trail
Option A--Traverse
from Arctic Valley to Indian
Climbing Up and Down in Time
Walk-About Guide
to McHugh Lake Trail
Option A--McHugh
Lake Trail to the summit of McHugh Peak
Option B-- McHugh
Lake Trail to summit of South Suicide Peak
APPENDIX
INDEX
© Copyright
1997 by Shawn Lyons
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rights reserved. No part of this guide may be reproduced in any form
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from the publisher.
Produced
and printed in Alaska
ISBN
0-944780-11-3