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.
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 of Mat-Su Valley and Eklutna Lake.
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 class 4 mountain.
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.
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 visit to Byron Glacier.
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.
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.
