Eklutna Lakeside Trail

Eklutna Lakeside Trail, September 20th, 2009

Cast: Susanne, Thorsten, Trond

25 miles bike trip on nice gravel trails and roads along the Eklutna Lake

Thorsten and Susanne on the trail next to Eklutna lake	Trond and Thorsten with Bold Peak hiding in the clouds in the background

Eklutna lake with the Mitre in the background.	Eklutna River with Bashful Peak (8005 feet) in the background.

Along the Eklutna Lakeside trail.	Heading towards the Serenity Falls cabin.

Eklutna Lake in fall colors. The Fireweed is already dead which means that winter is not far off.	Lunch in the Serenity Falls cabin. No trip is complete without Norwegian Caviar and Freia Milk Chocolate.

Bold Peak, August 2004

Bold Peak (7522 feet), August 22nd, 2004

I headed up to the Eklutna trailhead (~900 feet elevation) one perfect early fall day to bike in and then hike up Bold peak by myself. I used about 6 hours roundtrip (1 hour biking in, 4 hours up and down the mountain, and 1 hour biking back out). Bold peak is a nice, easy scramble once you find the right gully system (Stiver's gully).

Part way up Stiver's looking down towards East Fork, Eklutna River.
Looking up the Stiver's Gully.
Local fauna.
Eklutna lake towards the West from high on the summit ridge.
Another shot of the Eklutna lake (from the summit) showing the Eklutna river entering the lake and also the small aircraft landing strip at the East end of the lake.
View looking into the East Fork Eklutna River and beyond.
Eklutna glacier and view towards the South.
Bashful (highest summit in the Western Chugach at 8005 feet).
Another shot of Bashful (perhaps I will have to come back here next year!). The standard route follows the rigth hand ridge line.
Looking down the scree field from the summit ridge ... hard to ascend, easy to descend.
Part of the boulder field leading up the the pass below Bold Peak is actually a scree covered glacier remnant.
The Mitre and Ovis Peaks in front of the Eklutna Glacier
Looking down the upper part of the Stiver's gully.