{"id":9886,"date":"2025-06-29T22:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:58:22","slug":"20250629flattop-flaketop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629flattop-flaketop\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Flattop and Flaketop Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. I chose a not-too-difficult hike of Flattop-Flaketop Loop to get myself conditioned for more thrilling trips to come.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5417.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:73,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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To put it simply, the outlook was less than promising, hence I only decided on making the trip on the afternoon of Friday June 27 (I could cancel all reservations for free before then). The mountains around Anchorage rise to such elevation that they are easily shrouded in clouds. For my planned hikes, I hoped the cloud cover would remain above the peaks, preserving the sweeping views I longed for. Few conventional weather services offered the specific cloud coverage forecast I sought, which led me to discover resources like windy.com, where raw meteorological model outputs (GFS, ECMWF, ICON&#8230;) proved remarkably illuminating.<br \/>\nAccording to these weather models, dense, low-hanging clouds would blanket the heart of Chugach State Park today, gradually thinning as one approached Anchorage proper. This pattern guided my decision to attempt the loop trail encompassing Flattop Mountain (1070m) and Flaketop Peak (1368m)\u2014modest elevations situated near the city, offering a reasonable hope of escaping the obscuring fog.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of June 29, I arrived at the &#8220;Flattop Sunnyside Trailhead&#8221; (as named on Google Maps) at approximately 10:10am. The last 1.2km (0.75mi) of road before the trailhead was poorly paved, with heavy washboarding and riddled with potholes. Unlike many comments suggested online, there were plenty of parking spaces left. After some warmup, I started my hike at 10:20am.<br \/>\nMy chosen path largely adhered to <a herf=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/us\/alaska\/flattop-mountain-and-peak-three-via-flaketop-and-rabbit-lake-loop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this AllTrails route<\/a>, though I opted for the longer and standard Flattop Sunnyside Trail with its switchbacks rather than the direct approach towards Flattop. Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=238703351&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=238703351&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_102152.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20250629_102152.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_102215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20250629_102215.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flowers<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Various flowers were blooming along the trail. Near the trailhead, it&#8217;s these violets.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Sunnyside Trail to Flattop Mountain was wide and well-maintained, despite some of the switchbacks seemed a bit redundant at certain places.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5334.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5334.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Rabbit Valley in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains across Rabbit Valley in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_103352.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_103352.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_103354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_103354.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Cook Inlet and Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cook Inlet and Distant Snowy Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_104440.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_104440.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Peak 3 in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Peak 3 in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_105749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_105749.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flattop Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_110221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_110221.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail from Rabbit Valley to Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Rabbit Valley to Flattop Mountain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5334.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Rabbit Valley in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_103352.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_103354.jpg\" alt=\"Cook Inlet and Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_104440.jpg\" alt=\"Peak 3 in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_105749.jpg\" alt=\"Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_110221.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Rabbit Valley to Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5334.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5334.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Rabbit Valley in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains across Rabbit Valley in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_103352.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_103352.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_103354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_103354.jpg\" alt=\"Cook Inlet and Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cook Inlet and Distant Snowy Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_104440.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_104440.jpg\" alt=\"Peak 3 in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Peak 3 in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_105749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_105749.jpg\" alt=\"Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flattop Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_110221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_110221.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Rabbit Valley to Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Rabbit Valley to Flattop Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I ascended Flattop Mountain in just under an hour from the trailhead. The mountain appeared anything but flat from the trailhead, but it felt a lot flatter once I was up there (a perspective later confirmed when viewing it from Anchorage). Its plateau-like expanse required some roaming to appreciate all the views from various vantage points. The northwestern views toward Anchorage proved most spectacular, though I was slightly disappointed to find the eastern vista, where the heart of the Chugach Mountains was, veiled behind a curtain of clouds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5336.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Flag on Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flag on Flattop Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I found the peaks around Anchorage had a tradition of flying American Flags on their summits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5359.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5359.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Trail to Flattop Mountain from Glen Alps\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Flattop Mountain from Glen Alps<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Downtown Anchorage in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5361.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5361.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5363.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Little O&#8217;Malley Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5364.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5365.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5365.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5339.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Anchorage Airport<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5340C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Anchorage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Downtown Anchorage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5336.jpg\" alt=\"Flag on Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5359.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flattop Mountain from Glen Alps\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5361.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5363.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5364.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5365.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5339.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Anchorage\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the top of Flattop Mountain.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5336.jpg\" alt=\"Flag on Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flag on Flattop Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I found the peaks around Anchorage had a tradition of flying American Flags on their summits.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5359.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5359.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flattop Mountain from Glen Alps\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Flattop Mountain from Glen Alps<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Downtown Anchorage in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5361.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5361.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5363.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Little O&#8217;Malley Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5364.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5365.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5365.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5339.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Anchorage Airport<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5340C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5340C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Downtown Anchorage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Downtown Anchorage<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5341_DSC_5355-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5341_DSC_5355-15.jpg\" alt=\"View from Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Flattop Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I gazed across the landscape from Flattop Mountain, I noticed wisps of delicate clouds scattered along the hillside below. This sight had me worried since my intended destination, Flaketop Peak, was higher in elevation and seemingly deep in clouds. In between Flattop Mountain and Flaketop Peak lay two additional peaks, Peak 2 and Peak 3. On my way to Flattop Peak, I found them to be in clouds for about 50% of the time. Hence upon leaving Flattop Mountain, I harbored genuine uncertainty whether any views would reward my efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5367.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5367.jpg\" alt=\"Peak 2\" \/><\/a><\/br>Peak 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_115242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_115242.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail from Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Flattop Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_115716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_115716.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flowers<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_120259.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_120259.jpg\" width=\"84%\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Flattop Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One of the few angles to appreciate its flatness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5367.jpg\" alt=\"Peak 2\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_115242.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_115716.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_120259.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5367.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5367.jpg\" alt=\"Peak 2\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Peak 2<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_115242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_115242.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Flattop Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_115716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_115716.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flowers<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_120259.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_120259.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flattop Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Flattop Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One of the few angles to appreciate its flatness.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Departing the saddle point between Peak 2 and Flattop, the trail noticeably steepened. Luckily, it&#8217;s just a brisk 10-minute dash and I found myself on top of Peak 2, graciously clear of clouds.<\/p>\n<p>From Peak 2 and later Peak 3, probably the only view was the lush and elongated valley beneath them. Across this expanse, patches of snow adorned the slopes like scattered lace, before the hills surrendered to a canopy of overhanging clouds. The power lines connecting the town of Girdwood to downtown Anchorage traversed this valley, suggesting to me an unofficial name: &#8220;Powerline Valley&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5371.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5371.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Snowy Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5375.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5375.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_120848.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_120848.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5371.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5375.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_120848.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Peak 2.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5371.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5371.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Snowy Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5375.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5375.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_120848.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_120848.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Departing Peak 2, the trail started to demand greater technical skill and occasional scrambling to navigate. Patches of snow further complicated route-finding efforts, forcing improvised detours in the absence of snow gear. It was then I encountered Robert, another hiker pursuing the same Flattop-Flaketop loop, whose company proved invaluable through the most technical section of our journey. (Two other groups that made it to Peak 2 opted to turn back rather than continue onward.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_121354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_121354.jpg\" alt=\"Trail along Ridge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail along Ridge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122554.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122554.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Trail through Snow Patch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail through Snow Patch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s slippery so we ultimately decided to detour around it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122950.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122950.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Peak 2\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Peak 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122954.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122954.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hillside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_121354.jpg\" alt=\"Trail along Ridge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_122554.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Snow Patch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_122950.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Peak 2\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_122954.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_121354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_121354.jpg\" alt=\"Trail along Ridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail along Ridge<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122554.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122554.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Snow Patch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail through Snow Patch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s slippery so we ultimately decided to detour around it.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122950.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122950.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Peak 2\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Peak 2<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_122954.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_122954.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hillside<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_124526C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_124526C.jpg\" alt=\"Technical Move before Peak 3\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Technical Move before Peak 3<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">On our way to Peak 3 we found the standard trail would pass through a snow field with high camber. So for safety reasons, I scouted an alternative route, requiring some YDS class 3 scrambling moves to scale some boulders (red arrow in the picture), but they were snow free. After the climbing, I moved on for a few more steps to clear room for my fellow hiker, before taking this picture . This ended up being the most technical part of the loop. If snow free, this could be avoided and the entire loop should remain YDS class 2.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After some scrambling moves to circumvent a snow field, we found ourselves atop Peak 3. It came with a surge of satisfaction when I found the summit free of clouds, just like previously at Peak 2, with clear views of &#8220;Powerline Valley&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5382.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5379.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Lake Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hidden Lake Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5380.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5380.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Powerline Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Powerline Pass<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5377.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5377.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge towards Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ridge towards Flaketop Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5382.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5379.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Lake Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5380.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Powerline Pass\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5377.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge towards Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Peak 3.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5382.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5379.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Lake Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hidden Lake Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5380.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5380.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Powerline Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Powerline Pass<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5377.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5377.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge towards Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ridge towards Flaketop Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Having found the vistas from Peak 3 largely reminiscent of those we&#8217;d enjoyed at Peak 2, we didn&#8217;t linger there for long before pressing onward toward Flaketop Peak. Right after Peak 3, we encountered a snow patch that necessitated a detour; however, the subsequent snow fields proved mercifully level and could be safely walked on. Expectedly, we soon found ourselves enveloped in clouds. Overall, the ridge traversing from Peak 2 to Flaketop Peak presented a mixture of ascents and descents rather than a straightforward climb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_130047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_130047.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Snow Patch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Snow Patch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Right after Peak 3, this was another patch that we needed to detour around.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_131023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_131023.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These snow patches can be safely walked on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_131926.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_131926.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133441.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These snow patches can be safely walked on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133445.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A steep but nontechnical section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133737.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_130047.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Patch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_131023.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_131926.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_133441.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_133445.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_133737.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_130047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_130047.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Patch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Snow Patch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Right after Peak 3, this was another patch that we needed to detour around.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_131023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_131023.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These snow patches can be safely walked on.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_131926.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_131926.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133441.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These snow patches can be safely walked on.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133445.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A steep but nontechnical section.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_133737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_133737.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Near the summit of Flaketop, two scattered clusters of boulders presented themselves, prompting Robert and I into a cheerful debate over which marked the true apex (which settled in my favor). Unfortunately, during our visit the summit was completely shrouded in clouds. I took a slightly longer 15-minute snack break, hoping that the veiled landscape might reveal itself, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135723C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135723C.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Standing near Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Standing near Flaketop Summit<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few scrambling moves to reach where I was.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135640.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Summit of Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Summit of Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Too small for me to walk onto.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135741.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff off Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cliff off Flaketop Summit<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_140323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_140323.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Flaketop Summit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_135723C.jpg\" alt=\"Standing near Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_135640.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_135741.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff off Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_140323.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135723C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135723C.jpg\" alt=\"Standing near Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Standing near Flaketop Summit<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few scrambling moves to reach where I was.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135640.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit of Flaketop Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Too small for me to walk onto.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_135741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_135741.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff off Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cliff off Flaketop Summit<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_140323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_140323.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Flaketop Summit<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_141336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20250629_141336.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail from Flaketop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_141340.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20250629_141340.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail to Ptarmigan Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Flaketop to Ptarmigan Pass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After departing Flaketop Peak, we continued along the trail toward Ptarmigan Pass. As my descent carried me beneath the cloud cover, I discovered an overlook just a few steps from the main trail. This vantage point offered an encore presentation of &#8220;Powerline Valley&#8221; stretching below\u2014a sweeping panorama most impressive since I stood near the valley&#8217;s center and could fully appreciate its vast expanse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5385.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5385.jpg\" alt=\"Overlook\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlook<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5413.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5414.jpg\" alt=\"Avalanche Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Avalanche Peak in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5412.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_145656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_145656.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5398.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5398.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty Point behind Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rusty Point behind Little O&#8217;Malley Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5385.jpg\" alt=\"Overlook\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5413.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5414.jpg\" alt=\"Avalanche Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5412.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_145656.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5398.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty Point behind Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5385.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5385.jpg\" alt=\"Overlook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlook<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5413.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5414.jpg\" alt=\"Avalanche Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Avalanche Peak in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5412.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_145656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_145656.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5398.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5398.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty Point behind Little O'Malley Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rusty Point behind Little O&#8217;Malley Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5401_DSC_5411-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5401_DSC_5411-11.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5391.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_5391.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountains in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_5393.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"McHugh Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>McHugh Peak among Mountains in Clouds<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Towards the other direction, the clouds appeared to dissipate over Rabbit Valley, revealing silhouettes of McHugh Peak and occasionally mountains across Turnagain Arm.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>But the most awesome of the views lay between the two valleys: Ptarmigan Peak, with its straightforward contours and pyramid-like form, boldly dispersed fleeing clouds and unveiled its towering presence. From my vantage point, its northwestern face was a striking tapestry of rugged granite and lingering snowfields, as if mirroring the seasonal transformation of Alaska&#8217;s state bird, after which it is named. Its grandeur dwarfed the other hills I had climbed today, and this encounter felt all the more precious given such majesty had been concealed behind clouds until I stood at its very threshold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5419.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5419.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5422.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5419.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5422.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Ptarmigan Peak.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5419.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5419.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5422.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before reaching this overlook, I waved Robert goodbye, who appeared more constrained by time than I was. I spent a total of 50 minutes here, watching the clouds lifted over Ptarmigan Peak for me to admire its splendor, while hoping in vain for the same unveiling of O&#8217;Malley Peak across the valley.<br \/>\nMoving onward, I set my course toward Ptarmigan Pass, a mountain pass between Rabbit Valley, where I was parked, and &#8220;Powerline Valley&#8221;, which provided the majority of the day&#8217;s vistas. Though maps indicated a trail, I discovered no such path among the sprawling tundra fields of the pass, leaving me to rely largely on GPS for navigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_151756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_151756.jpg\" width=\"84%\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the overlook where I took some rests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_151457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_151457.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flowers<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_153556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_153556.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Flaketop Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5424.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak behind Clouds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_151756.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_151457.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_153556.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5424.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_151756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_151756.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the overlook where I took some rests.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_151457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_151457.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flowers<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_153556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_153556.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Flaketop Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Flaketop Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5424.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ptarmigan Peak behind Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Ptarmigan Pass, it was a steep descent down to Rabbit Valley. Just like earlier, there was no discernible trail, so I found my own path through scattered rocks and sparse grasses. As I made the descent, the twin peaks of Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex gradually emerged at Rabbit Valley&#8217;s terminus\u2014their formidable silhouettes engaged in a silent struggle against billowing clouds that rolled between them. This majestic tableau, nature&#8217;s artistry in motion, provided a fitting crescendo to the majesty of Ptarmigan Peak that I witnessed earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5428.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5428.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5427.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5427.jpg\" alt=\"Clouds Rolling between Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Clouds Rolling between Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5429.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rabbit Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5432.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5432.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5428.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5427.jpg\" alt=\"Clouds Rolling between Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5429.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5432.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5428.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5428.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5427.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5427.jpg\" alt=\"Clouds Rolling between Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Clouds Rolling between Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5429.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rabbit Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5432.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5432.jpg\" alt=\"Yuyanq' Ch'ex Peaks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex Peaks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Back to Rabbit Valley, it was a comfortable walk back to the trailhead. This section was noticeably more populated, with people presumably visiting Rabbit Lake. Unfortunately, I had left my DEET repellent at the Airbnb, an oversight that became increasingly apparent as I ran into persistent swarms of bugs along the final stretch of trail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5439.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5439.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Cloudy North Yuyanq' Ch'ex\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail against Cloudy North Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_164556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_164556.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5441.jpg\" alt=\"(East) McHugh Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>(East) McHugh Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5448.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5448.jpg\" alt=\"McHugh Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>McHugh Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5443.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5443.jpg\" alt=\"Flaketop Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flaketop Peak in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5447.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5447.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grandview\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grandview<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5333.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5333.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains across Cook Inlet\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Tordrillo Mountains across Cook Inlet<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5449.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mt Susitna\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Mt Susitna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5439.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Cloudy North Yuyanq' Ch'ex\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20250629_164556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5441.jpg\" alt=\"(East) McHugh Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5448.jpg\" alt=\"McHugh Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5443.jpg\" alt=\"Flaketop Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5447.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grandview\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5333.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains across Cook Inlet\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5449.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mt Susitna\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5439.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5439.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Cloudy North Yuyanq' Ch'ex\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail against Cloudy North Yuyanq&#8217; Ch&#8217;ex<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_164556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20250629_164556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5441.jpg\" alt=\"(East) McHugh Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>(East) McHugh Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5448.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5448.jpg\" alt=\"McHugh Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>McHugh Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5443.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5443.jpg\" alt=\"Flaketop Peak in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flaketop Peak in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5447.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5447.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grandview\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Grandview<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5333.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5333.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains across Cook Inlet\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Tordrillo Mountains across Cook Inlet<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_5449.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mt Susitna\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Mt Susitna<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/20250629_162807.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20250629_162807.jpg\" width=\"46.15%\" alt=\"Flowers along Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/DSC_5442.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_5442.jpg\" width=\"50.85%\" alt=\"Flowers along Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flowers along Trails<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Various flowers were blooming along the trail. It&#8217;s these yellow daisies that dominated the final leg.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the end, I was back at the trailhead after spending 6 hours and 40 minutes on the trail (including 1 hour and 40 minutes of rest).  A minor disappointment awaited me: after heading downtown for dinner, I arrived to find the peaks I had just traversed now entirely free of clouds. It was hard not to think that, had I delayed my hike by just a few hours, the experience might have been even more rewarding.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. I chose a not-too-difficult hike of Flattop-Flaketop Loop to get myself conditioned for more thrilling trips to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[427,676,2],"tags":[551],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9989,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886\/revisions\/9989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}