Winner Creek Trail - Hand Tram at Alyeska Resort
Here's a look at a round-trip on the hand tram along Winner Creek Trail. This trail begins behind the Alyeska Resort. It's a couple of easy miles out to the hand tram. But on the day I visited, there was about a one-hour wait to cross, so I didn't get to do it.
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Winner Creek - Hand Tram Trail
Hiking the Winner Creek Trail in Girdwood, Alaska. The 3.5 mile trail takes you in a hand tram over Glacier Creek, and across the Winner Creek gorge on a small bridge with log hand rails. This hike is especially scenic, very easy, and a lot of fun. Even for locals, this is a hike worth checking out, but if you are visiting Alyeska Resort during the summer, you really need to check it out.
Lower Winner Creek Trail, Girdwood, Alaska
Thank you for joining me on this stop on my 2017 Journey To Alaska. Today by the use of pictures and video clips we will check out the Lower Winner Creek Trail in Girdwood, Alaska. I started the trail from the Crow Creek Mine were I was camping. This trail was very well maintained and very easy to hike. The best part of the hike is the hand-tram and the foot bridge over the water falls.
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Girdwood, AK: September hike on the Winner Creek Trail
From the Alyeska Resort at Girdwood, AK, a perfectly-maintained 2.5 mile (4 km) hiking trail leads to the Winner Creek gorge in the Chugach National Forest. This trail has a groomed crushed stone surface, complemented by sturdy boardwalks when the trail crosses damp areas. Free trailhead parking is available in the hotel’s overflow parking areas, and the trail itself starts close to the bottom terminus of the Alyeska Aerial Tram.
The Winner Creek Trail passes through a temperate rain forest, lush with a deep green undergrowth of mosses and ferns. In the Fall, massed colonies of Devil’s Club give a splash of bright red berry clusters held above yellowing autumnal leaves. In September, scattered on the forest floor, clumps of fungi also add ivory-white, orange, and tan color accents to the overall green shades of the rain forest.
At the Winner Creek gorge, large riverside boulders provide a moist home for mosses and ferns, and form a plant grotto for the steely-blue pure waters of the creek as it cascades over riffles and plunges through narrow waterfall passages.
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Winner Creek Hand Tram (Winter 2010)
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Where in the heck is Girdwood? And why would we go there?
We left Homer, heading north, unsure of our destination. We knew we were going to stop in Girdwood for a hike and Anchorage for groceries. We still hadn't decided if we were going to head back south toward Valdez first or just start our descent back down out of Alaska.
Our first stop was Girdwood. We had heard about an easy hike that had a hand tram over a river. This sounded cool, so we headed that way. Doug and Emmett stayed behind in the RV, which was a good choice because it was a muddy, slippery trail. It was raining and we got wet. As we approached the hand tram there were a bunch of people with lots of camera equipment. We asked the first what they were doing and she said, making a film. I guess we had already figured that one out. The second person we asked a more direct question, What is your film about? He thought he had a pretty good sense of humor and said Mayonnaise. We finally asked a third and he said it was a UCLA college thesis project. Anyway, there were a bunch of people and they pulled us across the hand tram, which was nice because it was a long way and it's heavy to pull. It was awesome, well worth the hike in the rain.
We were still debating on whether or not to go the extra 120 miles to check out Valdez. We took a vote and it was 50/50. The weather wasn't looking good, cold and rainy. We searched on the internet to see what we'd be missing. Besides checking out a new place and the beach the thing the kids would like the most would be the fish hatchery. The salmon are spawning and heading upstream back to the hatchery to lay their eggs. And since there are so many salmon there are also seals looking for a meal. This would be cool to see but with the not so great gas mileage we get in the RV, it would cost us about an extra $150 in gas, plus 2 days of driving. We've seen a lot of seals and salmon and hatcheries, so we decided a better option would be to spend a couple days in the Largest National Park.
So we headed to Anchorage on our way to Wrangell St. Elias. In the travel magazines the kids saw an Ulu factory tour. It was more of a gift shop, but they did get to see how the Ulu knives are made. We also took a trolley to the federal building where they were able to get a couple more Jr. Ranger badges and do a scavenger hunt. Then we headed to Costco and filled the fridge and cupboards and had some pizza for lunch. And drove some more before ending our day with a delicious salmon dinner in the Winnebago in the parking lot of Wasilla Walmart.
Next stop, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
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Winner Creek Trailhead - Crow Creek Mine Road - Girdwood Alaska
A view of the Winner Creek Trailhead parking area off of Crow Creek Mine Road in Girdwood Alaska.
Winner Creek Trail, Alaska
Hike along the Winner Creek Trail by Girdwood (Alyeska Resort) Alaska
Alyeska Hand Tram
Alyeska Hand Tram on Winner Creek Trail
Mighty Mite 2016 Aug 26
At the top of Might Mite Trail, 0.5 miles, in Alyeska Resort, Alaska
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Indian to Girdwood Ride, Alaska
About 20 miles South of Anchorage, the Old Seward Highway was built into a fantastic paved path that winds along the coast, into the hills and through thick forests. This is a long, aerobic ride great to build your base miles with. Along this route, frequent stops are made by the ABC revealing the nature and history along the ride. You'll love it!.
Get out and go hike Winner Creek Trail
Girdwood, AK Tram Ride
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Thrill the World Girdwood Alaska 2015 official video Event #9061
Thrill the World Girdwood, Alaska official video Event #9061
Virgin Creek Falls Girdwood Alaska
Virgin Creek Falls Trail in Girdwood Alaska
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Girdwood Mount Alyeska Hike - ALASKA
A bunch of short videos put together showing a family hike up and back down Mount Alyeska in Girdwood Alaska. We even saw a black bear, not too uncommon as I saw 4 of them yesterday, on the hike. Unfortunately this one appeared to have an injured front paw. Hopefully nothing serious or permanent.
Alyeska ski resort tram ride turnagain arm Alaska
Riding the tram down at Alyeska resort
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