The Pinnell Trail is a surprisingly well marked and maintained 27 mile tundra hike off of the Steese Highway. It starts and ends on the road so it can be shuttled easily. There are even two nice cabins on the trail. It’s a bit of an anomaly in the rugged and undeveloped interior of Alaska, [...]
This was an absolutely amazing hike, which no one had even recommended to us! Future visitors of Alaska, consider it recommended now. Perhaps it was just the weather that day, but it’s one of my favorite hikes I’ve ever been on. It’s a 15 mile loop that we read about in our handy Alaska Atlas [...]
Because we cut Denali short out of juvenile frustration we had more time than expected around Fairbanks. This ended up working out well because there are some amazing hiking trails around. After we visited our friend Luke at the hangar where he works (he had to work a few more days before our river [...]
