Crow Creek Trail (Girdwood, Alaska)

Posted on August 23rd, 2023 under Alaska. Tags: Girdwood, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50. Comments Off on Alaskan Spirea

We attempted what AllTrails calls the “Crow Pass, Crystal Lake and Barnes Mountain Trail”. The weather wasn’t great, but the views were still spectacular. We didn’t make it to Crystal Lake for a couple of reasons. One was that the clouds were low enough that we wouldn’t have been able to see the lake or any of the views from up there. The other is that you had to fjord a couple of minor waterfalls to continue on the trail, and we didn’t have waterproof shoes or poles. I would love to do this one again someday in a more prepared state.

We didn’t see any bears, but we did see some mountain goats and arctic ground squirrels.

The elevation gain at the outset and near these waterfalls was killer.

Posted on August 11th, 2023 under Alaska. Tags: Girdwood, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, photomerge, waterfalls. Comments Off on Waterfalls near Girdwood

12-photo photomerge from The Edge Nature Trail including Matanuska Glacier on the left

The trail itself, without the view, was a spectacular grove of mostly quaking aspen which I imagine are even more beautiful in September when the leaves change color.

The Edge Nature Trail sign on The Glenn Highway

Posted on August 9th, 2023 under Alaska. Tags: hiking, landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, panorama, photomerge, The Glenn Highway. Comments Off on The Edge Nature Trail

Denali, Alaska (July 2023)

Denali, (called Mount McKinley for much of the 20th Century), is the tallest mountain in North America, with a peak that reaches 20,310 feet above sea level.

Posted on August 6th, 2023 under Alaska. Tags: aerial photography, Denali National Park & Preserve, landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, snow. Comments Off on What is the tallest mountain in North America?

Matanuska River and the Chugach Mountains from Glenn Highway

Posted on August 3rd, 2023 under Alaska. Tags: landscape, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, The Glenn Highway. Comments Off on Last day in Alaska :(