Winner Creek

Our first day in Anchorage started out cool and cloudy but turned warm and sunny. So we headed about 35 miles south of Anchorage to Girdwood and the Winner Creek hike, which starts at the Aleyska Resort. On the way, we stopped at Beluga Point.

Along the hike, we saw the site of an avalanche from this mountain to about 15o feet below where we stood for this photo.

Winner Creek:

I just liked the way this log had rotted:

Alaska is just as beautiful as the travel brochures claim it is. And full of critters. So far I've seen Dall sheep, a moose and an eagle. No opportunity for photos, so you'll have to take my word for it.