The Mount Baldy trail is about 4 miles the way that we hiked it. The trailhead is not marked at the road at all. There are no trail maps or information desk. There is a gate at the end of the road and a bunch of footpaths leading around the mountain and up the mountain. We weren’t too sure what was the right path so we ended up following 3 hikers who were climbing straight up the mountain on what felt like a goat path.
I didn’t take any photos of the goat path because the trail felt too steep to screw around with my camera. The photos below are before we started the ascent and from the summit.
Once we made it to the top of Mount Baldy, we could see that an alternative path led around the back side which was much easier with actual switchbacks. Before heading down, we lingered for awhile on top, enjoying a brief rainbow and hiking on along the ridge another half-mile or so before hiking back down.
Next, we drove to Wasilla for lunch at The Last Frontier Brewing Company. The beer was decent (Stout for me, Hefeweizen for Julia). The fried halibut sandwich and French fries proved to be a little too much fried food for my stomach, but Julia loved her seafood chowder.
After lunch we drove to Hatcher’s Pass Public Use Area along the Little Susitna River. We didn’t find any trails calling us to hike, but we found an excellent spot to enjoy the river rushing down the mountain from its glacier source.
On the way back from Eagle River, we decided to take a couple of short hikes at Thunderbird Falls. There were lots of families also enjoying this easy walk to view the falls.
That concludes our time in Eagle River, Alaska. On Tuesday, we have a train to catch. I’m not sure about the possibilities of the internet over the next couple of days so my short posting streak is likely to be broken.
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