We hiked out to Portage Glacier via the Portage pass trail. At first, the light wasn't that great. Plus it was windy, rainy, and snowy at various points along the trail. Magically as we approached Portage lake the clouds opened up just enough to let the sunshine through. It was the perfect combination of clouds and sunlight.
The always quite trail that runs along Ingram creek. Starting next year the Alaska Park service will finally begin contruction on multiple bridges along Ingram Creek trail. This will turn a mile long trail into a 12 mile long trail. I'm happy that they are finally doing the work, but also sad at the same time. What is now a quite trail will soon become a busy trail.
We hiked out to Portage Glacier via the Portage pass trail.At first the light wasn't that great. Plus it was windy, rainy, and snowy at various points along the trail. Magically as we approached Portage lake the clouds opened up just enough to let the sunshine through. It was the perfect combination of clouds and sunlight.
The clouds were moving in fast. My chances of capturing the northern lights were dwindling away. To pass time I decided to capture the city lights of Anchorage reflecting off the clouds. Then the lights rounded the corner. I thought this would make a cool picture. The headlights reflecting off of the train track rails. This is actually not a train at all. The Seward Highway runs parallel to the train tracks. The headlight that you see is of an oncoming car. I timed it so that the car appears to be on the track.
I went down to Portage lake hoping to catch the sunrise. The weather wasn't cooperating. As I was getting ready to turn around and head back home, I noticed this motorhome sized iceberg sitting there. What started out as a sunrise photo trip quickly turned into a Iceberg photoshoot. The weather is so unpredictable in Southcentral Alaska. You have to learn to make the most out of every oppritunity.
This shot of Denalui was taken from Point Woronzof, Anchorage, Alaska, As the crow flies Denali is only a couple of hundred miles away from this point. Driving from Anchorage it would take you roughly about 4 to 5 hours. Funny thing that happened while I was taking the picture. What I assume was a tourist family thought that Denali was a glacier.
The ghost forest of Portage. The ground along the shore of Turnagain Arm sank as much as 30 feet during the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The town of Portage and the surrounding forest was completely flooded by water. All that remains of the town of Portage are a caved in mechanics garage and groves of these dead trees. The trees remain standing because the have been preserved by the salt water that flooded the roots.