Category: July 2025, Alaska
Updated on December 16, 2025
Day 7 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Mount Baldy and Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks
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… Read More
Updated on December 15, 2025
Day 6 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Gold Star Peak and Mt POW
The sixth day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. I hiked to Gold Star Peak and Mt POW, a less demanding neighbor to the East Twin Peak which I climbed two days ago, with similar views… Read More
Updated on November 11, 2025
Day 4 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, East Twin Peak, my first YDS Class 4
The fourth day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. Given this was forecasted to the best day weather-wise throughout the entire week, I seized this opportunity and climbed East Twin Peak, which was my first YDS… Read More
Updated on November 8, 2025
Day 3 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, McHugh Peak
The third day of my 2025 Independence Day trip to Alaska. Anticipating a more strenuous hike tomorrow, I picked a relatively easy hike of McHugh peak to get myself back in rhythm.
Updated on November 5, 2025
Day 2 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Salmon Run and Byron Galcier
The second day of my 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska. The weather forecast didn’t look good for today, so I turned to my rain-day plans, watched a late salmon run along Russian River and took a brief… Read More
Updated on November 3, 2025
Day 1 of 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska, Flattop and Flaketop Loop
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.
Updated on December 18, 2025
Flights for 2025 Independence Day Trip to Alaska
I made a trip over Independence Day to Alaska. This post would be about the flights back and forth, which were filled with lots of drama but everything turned out fine in the end.
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