Anchorage Recreational Trails

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1. Where would you be if you were riding your mountain bike toward a glacier with the Twin Peaks and Bold Ridge on your left? Eklutna Lake Trail Bold Ridge Trail Pioneer Peak Trail Iditarod Trail

2. If you want to do the Crow Pass Crossing route the hard way ("backward"), what would be your starting point? South Fork trailhead Eagle River Campground Jewell Glacier Eagle River Nature Center

3. Another question about the Crow Pass Crossing: Crow Pass (the normal beginning of the route) and Eagle River Valley (the long finishing stretch) are connected by another short alpine valley. What is it called? Raven Valley Crow Valley Arctic Valley Hidden Valley

4. On your way up Arctic Valley Road, you can park and head up an abandoned road to what abandoned facility on the Fort Richardson Military Reservation? Nike missile site Radio transmitter Radar installation Recreation center

5. From Glen Alps trail head, instead of climbing with the crowds up Flattop, you can opt to head up Powerline Pass about a mile, down and across Campbell Creek, and then up and right, ultimately to what peak with a "false" front (the latter to your left or behind you as you climb)? Near Point O'Malley The Dome Wolverine

6. From Prospect Heights trail head, you can take a great loop hike around Wolverine Peak. Which of the following would NOT be on this loop? Williwaw Lakes Near Point Long Lake the Football Field

7. Let's say you're at the UAA campus beside Providence Hospital and you want to ride your bike all the way to Kincaid Park. What trails would get you there without you having to deal with (much) motorized traffic? Kincaid Park Ski Trails and the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Ship Creek Trail and Beach Lake Trail Anchorage Greenbelt Trails and Campbell Creek Canyon Trail Anchorage Greenbelt Trails and the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

8. Which of these four hikes/recreational walks is NOT accessible from Turnagain Arm Trail? Rabbit Lake McHugh Peak Rainbow Peak Portage Pass

9. READ THIS CAREFULLY: From which mountain trail summit can you see the eponymous creek on one side and the end to a classic x-country ski route, which begins at Arctic Valley, on the other? Also visible, once you are far past all the false summits, is the top of Powerline Pass. Bird Ridge The Ramp Indian Valley Ship Lake Trail

10. Also close to Anchorage, but directly across Turnagain Arm, is the city of Hope. If you make the strenuous climb up to Hope Point (the mountain is called Baldy by many), what popular "fowl" named hiking destination is visible almost directly below on the water's edge? Penguin Peak Bird Creek Valley Ptarmigan Pass Gull Rock