On Sunday morning we drove to the Glen Alps trailhead of Chugach State Park, about 5 miles away and 1000 feet above our house. In less than 10 minutes from our house, we're out of the spruce and birch forest. From the trailhead, we walk through the farthest-north grove of mountain hemlocks, small gnarled trees that sprout purplish cones in the summer. This was the view when we left the hemlocks.
We walked about 45 minutes on a very muddy trail to the bottom left corner of the photograph. I had hoped to head up that valley to see more of the fall colors, but other responsibilities pulled us back to the parking lot and home.
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