Trail Maps/Guidelines

HAPPY HIKERS Anchorage, Alaska

Link to Hillside Trail Map

In the winter we begin our weekly 2 hour Wednesdays SNOW SHOE outings at one of the above hillside entrances to the Chugach Park. More information is provided in weekly emails:

PROSPECT HEIGHTS ACCESS

Take Hillside to Upper O'Malley. Upper O'Malley ends at Prospect. Turn Left onto Prospect. Prospect leads to an Entrance and Parking Lot for Chugagh Park. Look to right for the sign and entrance about a mile down the road.

Chugach Park Sticker/Fee required

O'MALLEY ACCESS (SHEBANOF)

Take Upper Huffman to Ginami. Turn Left on Ginami and follow it around and around. It will turn into Doggie. Doggie deadends at Shebanof. Turn right on Shebanof and go up the hill until Shebanof turns right. The small parking area is right at the turn.

UPPER HUFFMAN ACCESS

Take Hillside as if you were heading to Flattop. Turn on Upper Huffman. Instead of turning right onto Toilsome Hill, stay left on Upper Huffman until it dead ends at the Upper Huffman Access.

GLEN ALPS ACCESS (Flattop)

Take Hillside to Upper Huffman to Toilsome Hill. Turn right. Follow the sign for Glen Alps.

Chugach Park Sticker/Fee required

Link to Hillside Ski Trail Map

The "Contact Person" is the woman who commits ahead of time to do the hike/bike and to collect the names of all who plan to attend. She makes sure the weekly e-mail contains the pertinent information:

brief description (miles, elevation gain)

time required to drive to and from the trailhead

(if out of town)

shorter version option

special equipment needed

(bear bells, bear spray, tevas for stream crossing, cash)

dog restrictions

If the hike must be cancelled or altered, she makes those decisions. She makes sure everyone who starts on the trail, exits the trail but is not responsible for dogs lost on the trail. There are usually volunteers to stay behind to look for lost dogs.

The Contact Person usually leads the hike but occasionally someone else is the leader on the trail. She arrives at the "Meeting Place" with a list of those who contacted her, a cell phone (turned on) and a Happy Hiker directory. After initiating introductions and carpool arrangements, she decides when to leave.

For Summer Hikes near Anchorage we meet at Glen Alps Parking Lot or Prospect Parking Lot (see map below).

For hikes north of town we meet at the west door (garden entrance) of the Muldoon Fred Meyer at the corner of DeBarr (15th St.) and Muldoon Road (Tudor).

For hikes south of town we meet at Carrs Huffman or the Potter Mailboxes at the bottom of Potter Valley Rd., just beyond Potter's Marsh on the Seward Highway.

Happy Hikers in Anchorage Alaska