{"id":9963,"date":"2025-07-05T22:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9963"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T03:26:49","slug":"20250705blacktail-ptarmigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705blacktail-ptarmigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Mount Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh and final day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. After checking out of the Airbnb in Palmer, I decided to take a relatively short hike to Mt Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks before my flights back home this evening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5864.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5864.jpg\" alt=\"Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/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:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-5', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-major-5', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider5.sync( secondarySlider5 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-6', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:71,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:39,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-major-6', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider6.sync( secondarySlider6 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-7', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:68,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:39,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-major-7', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider7.sync( secondarySlider7 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This was the last day of this week-long trip to Alaska,, with a 10:30pm flight awaiting to carry me back to the lower 48. As I would be driving from Palmer to Anchorage, I set my sights on Mt. Baldy, a rather popular peak that was located conveniently along my route. Since (the first summit of) Mt Baldy was only 1.6km (1mi) from the parking lot, I decided to extend my hike to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/us\/alaska\/blacktail-rocks-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllTrails<\/a>, this would make it a 10.9km out-and-back with 845m of elevation gain (6.8mi, 2770ft), a moderate workout leaving me plenty of time to catch my overnight flight.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of July 5, I arrived at Mt Baldy&#8217;s trailhead, located at the end of Golden Eagle Dr, around 11:10am. This was a popular trailhead with lots of cars parked, but I had no difficulty finding a spot. The winding mountain roads leading to this point had already brought me to approximately 550 meters of elevation (1800 feet). Given that the peaks within Chugach State Park were mostly similar in heights, hence the hikes&#8217; efforts were highly correlated with starting elevation, making a higher departure point invariably appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>After some warmup, I started my hike at 11:25am. 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=243903175&#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=243903175&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Immediately after leaving the parking lot, the trail made a very steep climb towards the first summit of Mt Baldy. Here, the path diverged into multiple branches: a central route offering the steepest and most direct approach, flanked by various alternatives that employed switchbacks to moderate the gradient. Feeling quite confident in my capabilities, I followed the steepest and most direct route.<\/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\/07\/05\/20250705_113731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_113731.jpg\" width=\"87.2%\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail to Mt Baldy<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_114842.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-m\/20250705_114842.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_114948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-m\/20250705_114948.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail to Mt Baldy<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_115230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_115230.jpg\" width=\"87.2%\" alt=\"Overlooking Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Steep Trail<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_113731.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_114842.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_115230.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Steep 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-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_113731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_113731.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail to Mt Baldy<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_114842.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-m\/20250705_114842.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_114948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-m\/20250705_114948.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail to Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail to Mt Baldy<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_115230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_115230.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After a 40-minute workout, I made it to the (first) summit of Mt Baldy at 12:05pm. Along the way, there were occasional sights of Anchorage&#8217;s coastal plains stretching behind me,, but it was at the summit that I was truly rewarded with the first glimpses of the mountains nestled deep in Chugach State Park. Unfortunately, just like forecasted, those enchanting snow caps intermittently disappeared behind drifting veils of cloud. <\/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\/07\/05\/DSC_5860.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5860.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Blueberry Hill in the foreground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5859.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Eagle Peak in the left, barely clear of clouds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5867C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5867C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Polar Bear Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5862.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5862.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Anchorage<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5866.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5866.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Tordrillo Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5861.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5861.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mt Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Gordon Lyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among a series of mountains to the west.<\/span><\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5860.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5859.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5867C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5862.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5866.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5861.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/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 first summit of Mt Baldy.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5860.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5860.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Blueberry Hill in the foreground.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5859.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Eagle Peak in the left, barely clear of clouds.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5867C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5867C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Polar Bear Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5862.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5862.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Anchorage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Anchorage<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5866.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5866.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Tordrillo Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Tordrillo Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5861.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5861.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Gordon Lyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among a series of mountains to the west.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After a short 10-minute break, I continued onwards. In contrast to the relentless climb before Mt Baldy, the trail now gracefully followed a gentle, undulating ridgeline, carving its way among lush fields of grass as it made its way towards Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks.<\/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\/07\/05\/20250705_121259.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_121259.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Summit of Mt Baldy<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_120921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_120921.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Ranges<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Blueberry Hill in front, higher ones across Eagle River in the back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_121603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_121603.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_123626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_123626.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_121259.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Mt Baldy\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_120921.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_121603.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_123626.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy 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-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_121259.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_121259.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Mt Baldy\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit of Mt Baldy<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_120921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_120921.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountain Ranges<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Blueberry Hill in front, higher ones across Eagle River in the back.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_121603.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_121603.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_123626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_123626.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The comfortable stroll along the gentle ridgeline continued for about half an hour, before the trail reached what Google Maps marked as &#8220;Mt. Baldy Peak&#8221;. Despite its name, this so-called &#8220;peak&#8221; proved to be little more than an inconspicuous vista point along the route, lacking any discernible prominence. If such a modest elevation warranted the title of &#8220;peak&#8221;, then Mt Baldy probably had half a dozen such peaks, with this being the last, and the one I departed from half an hour ago being the first, and several others scattered along the way but removed from the main trail. Anyway, I paused there for a few minutes and snapped a few photos before continuing towards Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks.<\/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\/07\/05\/DSC_5869.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5869.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Ranges<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5871.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5871.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Snowy Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Polar Bear Peak in the left, Eagle Peak in the center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5870.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5870.jpg\" alt=\"Temptation Peak beyond Mount Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Temptation Peak beyond Mount Gordon Lyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5872.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5872.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Magnificent and Tucker Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Magnificent and Tucker Point<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5874.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5874.jpg\" alt=\"Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5869.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5871.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5870.jpg\" alt=\"Temptation Peak beyond Mount Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5872.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Magnificent and Tucker Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5874.jpg\" alt=\"Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/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 of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5869.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5869.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountain Ranges<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5871.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5871.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Snowy Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Polar Bear Peak in the left, Eagle Peak in the center.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5870.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5870.jpg\" alt=\"Temptation Peak beyond Mount Gordon Lyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Temptation Peak beyond Mount Gordon Lyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5872.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5872.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Magnificent and Tucker Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Magnificent and Tucker Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5874.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5874.jpg\" alt=\"Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Mt Baldy&#8217;s last peak, the trail grew noticeably steeper towards Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks. It was a mostly cloudy day, and I felt the occasional raindrop brush against my skin. Fortunately, the drizzle proved brief, and I made it to the top of Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks at around 1:40pm.<\/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\/07\/05\/20250705_152005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_152005.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_150100.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_150100.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_130324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_130324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131749.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131632.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131303.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers along Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flowers along Trail<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_152005.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_150100.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_130324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_131749.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_131632.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_131303.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers along 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-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_152005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_152005.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_150100.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_150100.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_130324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_130324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131749.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from Mt Baldy Summit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from Mt Baldy Summit<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131632.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_131303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_131303.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers along Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flowers along Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the &#8220;top&#8221; of Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks, I had some struggles locating the true high point-hardly surprising, since the &#8220;rocks&#8221; were in plural form. It&#8217;s a bit like Mt Baldy, featuring a series of &#8220;mini peaks&#8221;, fanning out like the feathers of the ptarmigan after which they were named. I felt the views from them were mostly similar, so I settled upon what seemed as a suitable vantage point, only to discover later that I had stopped some 200 meters (600 feet) shy of the actual summit marked on the maps.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I reached Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks, the drizzle had stopped, but the mountains deeper into Chugach State Park remained covered in thick, passing clouds. So the most prominent views from there were that of Meadow Creek Valley stretching away to the south. Yet even there, the surrounding peaks remained largely shrouded in mist, their summits appearing only in fleeting glimpses as the clouds shifted and rolled through the mountain corridors.<\/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\/07\/05\/DSC_5875.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5875.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5876.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5876.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Magnificent\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Magnificent<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5882.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5882.jpg\" alt=\"Vista Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vista Peak behind Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_135656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_135656.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_141121.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_141121.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_140149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_140149.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ptarmigan Valley<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5875.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5876.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Magnificent\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5882.jpg\" alt=\"Vista Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_135656.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_141121.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_140149.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan 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-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5875.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5875.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5876.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5876.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Magnificent\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Magnificent<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5882.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5882.jpg\" alt=\"Vista Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vista Peak behind Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_135656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_135656.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_141121.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_141121.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Creek Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Meadow Creek Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_140149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_140149.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ptarmigan Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, while the vistas from Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks proved less spectacular than those I had witnessed on previous days, swarms of insects engaged in hilltopping behavior further diminished my appreciation of the scenery. Though I had endured annoying encounters with hilltopping insects before, discovering a spider perched upon my shoulder elevated the experience to an entirely new level of <del>horror<\/del> discomfort. As a result, I immediately retreated to lower grounds where I could finish my snacks in peace. Fortunately, several saddles situated between the &#8220;Rocks&#8221; afforded similarly rewarding views without the unwelcomed entomological accompaniment.<\/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\/07\/05\/DSC_5888C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5888C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Polar Bear Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5877C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5877C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cantata Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cantata Peak behind Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5878.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5878.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones beyond Turnagain Arm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5879.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5879.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trails to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Trails to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_135232.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_135232.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Hills to the East\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills to the East<\/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\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5888C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5877C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cantata Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5878.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_5879.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trails to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails-s\/20250705_135232.jpg\" alt=\"Hills to the East\" \/><\/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 from Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5888C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5888C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Polar Bear Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Polar Bear Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5877C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5877C11.jpg\" alt=\"Cantata Peak behind Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cantata Peak behind Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5878.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5878.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones beyond Turnagain Arm.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/DSC_5879.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/DSC_5879.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trails to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Trails to Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_135232.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_135232.jpg\" alt=\"Hills to the East\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills to the East<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video I took from Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks.<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/Blacktail_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/Blacktail_Ptarmigan_H265_20Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/Blacktail_Ptarmigan_H264_20Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">14 seconds, 2160p60fps, 20Mbps\/35MB for H265 and H264.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I left Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks at around 2:20pm. Looking back at Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks during my descent, I observed the clouds beginning to thin\u2014a rather ironic development that underscored how my time at the peak had unfortunately coincided with the day&#8217;s least favorable weather.<br \/>\nHeading back down, I followed a different trail, taking the northern &#8220;loop&#8221; variant and bypassing the first summit of Mt Baldy. Gradient was more gentle along this trail, at the expense of the mountainous views I had savored during my ascent.<br \/>\nIn the end, I was back with my car at 4:10pm, concluding the hike in 4 hours and 45 minutes, including all stops and rests.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705_172803.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/07\/05\/thumbnails\/20250705_172803.jpg\" alt=\"Ship Creek Bridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ship Creek Bridge<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Since there was still quite a lot of time left before my flight, I conducted a brief search for attractions in and around Anchorage, which led me to discover Ship Creek\u2014a popular salmon viewing destination. Unfortunately, early July was between the peak migration seasons of two distinct salmon species, and for optimal salmon run viewing, I should have checked out &#8220;Ship Creek Overlook Park&#8221;, instead of this covered bridge that actually housed a restaurant. In the end, I encountered only a handful of anglers casting their lines, but no salmon.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\nEND<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh and final day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. After checking out of the Airbnb in Palmer, I decided to take a relatively short hike to Mt Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks before my&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/20250705blacktail-ptarmigan\/\">Read More<\/a><\/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\/9963"}],"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=9963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10090,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9963\/revisions\/10090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}