Backpacking the Resurrection Pass Trail
These are some pictures from our four-day backpacking
trip, which covered the 41 miles of the Resurrection Pass Trail,
in the Chugach National Forest (Kenai Peninsula area). Pictures
2-6 and 12 (counting from the upper left) were taken by my wife,
Sallie, using a Nikon One-Touch Zoom and Kodak Elite film (ASA
200). I have just recently been alerted, BTW, by Debbie Carlson
of Cooper Landing (near the southern end of the trail), that the
Alaska Department of Transportation is considering building a
highway that would destroy the last four miles of this scenic
trail and turn Juneau Falls into a "drive-in" tourist attraction.
For more details on this (very bad, IMO) idea, check out the
DOT's Sterling Highway Web site here; and if you want to
offer your opinion about it, send a message to Miriam Tanaka, P.E.,
the project manager. Click on any of the small images below to
see a larger view of it:
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The bridge at the trailhead
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Packing up at the trailhead
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Dropping trou' along the way
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Bleak day at Resurrection Pass
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And even after the Pass...
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As easy as falling off a log...
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