For years I’ve wanted to crust ski up Summit Creek, which is just west of…
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The Crow Pass Crossing is a foot race through the backcountry of the Chugach Mountains. It starts south of Anchorage, near Girdwood, and travels up and over Crow Pass, down to Eagle River which is about halfway through the race. You then ford Eagle River, which the race entry form describes as a ‘quarter-mile wide, glacier-fed, thigh-deep, torrent’ (its not quite a quarter-mile wide). From there the ‘trail’ (and I used that term loosely) follows Eagle River, with a couple more smaller river crossings, out to the Eagle River Nature Center, which is north of Anchorage and is the finish line. The whole race is between 24 and 28 miles (no one really knows because it is too hard to measure).
A couple months ago, some friends of ours, Mike and Tanja mentioned that they would really like to hike the Resurrection Pass trail. The Resurrection Pass trail is a 38 mile trail on the Kenai Peninsula that is known for being one of the most popular backpacking routes in Alaska. Aft era dismal winter, Linda and I were also anxious to get out and start seeing this great state and this seemed like a great way to start.