CHUGACH STATE PARK, ALASKA

Chugach State Park is situated in the Anchorange municipaly. Is aproximaly 50 km of lenght and 70 km from North to South.

In Chugach State Park you can find a lot of wildlife, as bears, salmons, mooses, dall sheep, etc and everything very close to the biggest city in Alaska.

There are also a lot of trails to hiking, ciclying, etc, or places to go to picnic.


River Trail At North Fork

Access: Eagle River Road, mile 7.4, North Fork access.

Travel Means: Foot, snowmobile when snow levels are adequate.

Distance: 3/4 mile or 1 kilometer to river.

Elevation Gain: None.

Difficulty: Easy.

Special Features: Cross bridge over North Fork to reach main fork of Eagle River. Good fishing access.

Winter: Travel on North Fork is dangerous because of thin ice. Snowmobiles use this trail to reach better ice on river and area open to snowmobiles. Beware of thin ice, open water on main channel, too.

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DANGER, bears in the trail

Flattop Mountain Trail

Access: Glen Alps Trailhead, use stairs.

Travel Means: Foot, some scrambling.

Distance: 1.5 miles or 2.4 kilometers one way.

Elevation Gain: 1300 feet or 396 meters to summit.

Difficulty: Difficult. Steep, some scrambling. Be careful - falls have resulted in injuries and fatalities.

Special Features: Most often climbed peak in Alaska. Hikers above can kick down rocks. Good views of Alaska Range, Cook Inlet, Turnagain Arm, Anchorage. Mountain hemlocks, tundra.

Winter: Area is avalanche prone. Several deaths.

Me in the Flattop Mountain Trail Anchorange alaska Me in a rock in Flattop Mountain Trail














Flattop Mountain Trail, Anchorange fly alaska over polo Me jumping Chugach Mountains















Naika and me in Flattop Mountain Trail fly free alaska Me in Flattop Mountain Trail















Top of Flattop Mountain Trail Alaska fly free anchorange Me over the Flattop Mountain Trail















Mountains in Chugach State Park, Anchorange Alaska Naika over Chugach State Park




















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July 2008
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See also
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WILDLIFE In ALASKA

GLACIERS

Chugach State Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Seward

Homer

Sterling

Nikolaevsk (Russian village)

Soldotna

Trapper Creek

Mountains in Alaska

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