The Hoodoos of the Alaska Range

Photos From The Alaska Interior

The Gulkana Glacier viewed from the Hoodoos - Eastern Alaska Range

I wanted to share a few photos from some recent trips since my last post. I’m behind on flower ID, photo editing, and as a result, writing, but given that it is near the end of flower season (and summer hiking season), that’s a good thing. I have lots of stuff to work on once the snow falls.

Thursday, I took a shortish, approximately 6-mile hike in the Hoodoos of the Alaska Range for the first time. There are some really impressive rock formations up close and really cool geology and rocks in the area. I turned back early because I got a bit apprehensive hiking on a very steep, exposed, loose, narrow ridge where the only other tracks were the grizzly tracks going in my same direction. Maybe it was because I was solo, but something about the situation turned my stomach.

This is the area from the dirt road that heads to the Gulkana Glacier Trail

The biggest tors up close - There was a mix of limestone and conglomerate towers on the hillside

Exposed sandy soils in the alpine tundra - I turned around shortly after the Dome in this photo

Gorgeous alpine tundra

Most likely a caribou bone

A limestone tor and the Gulkana Glacier

A stream from a natural spring

View up College Creek on the descent

I'm still working on identifying and editing wildflower photos, but I'll be done with that this weekend. In the meantime, you can see more photos from the trip in my Recent Photos Gallery as well as photos from other trips I've done in the last few months. I'll try to get some write-ups done on a few trips in the next few days as well.

Some of my favorites from the end of July

Fly on Siberian aster (Eurybia sibirica)

American wigeon swims past a moose grazing on pond plants in the Chena River State Recreation Area

Walking through the 2004 burn area on the Table Top Mountain Trail in the White Mountain National Recreation Area

A hazy, hot day hiking on the Angel Rocks to Chena Hot Springs Trail (trip report) - shortly before the lightning started

Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)

Hopefully, I’ll get some more writing done this weekend. The forecast is for more very hot and potentially smokey weather, so I’m probably going to stay inside. Thanks for reading! Until next time, have fun and stay safe!