Winter’s Whisper

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Photo by Hasan Akbas / @mrhasanakbas 📸 Copyright Notice: All rights reserved for this image. Any unauthorized use or distribution is prohibited. For permissions, please contact me. Thank you for respecting the artist's rights!

Photo by Hasan Akbas / @mrhasanakbas 📸 Copyright Notice: All rights reserved for this image. Any unauthorized use or distribution is prohibited. For permissions, please contact me. Thank you for respecting the artist's rights!

Photo by Hasan Akbas / @mrhasanakbas 📸 Copyright Notice: All rights reserved for this image. Any unauthorized use or distribution is prohibited. For permissions, please contact me. Thank you for respecting the artist's rights!

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A month ago, I captured the golden autumn from the same angle; today, Alyeska Resort is completely covered in white, like a silent fairy tale.

#alyeska #alyeskaresort #girdwood #chugach #alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #winter #snow #autumn

This is the lake we hiked to. The edges were slushy, it’ll freeze before too long. #alpinelake #hiddenlake #alaska #hike #chugach #mountains

Alaska Heli Skiing: Safety Lessons from Chugach Tragedy Seven Months Later Alaska Heli Skiing: Safety Lessons from Chugach Tragedy Seven months after a catastrophic avalanche killed three heli-skiers in Alaska's Chugach Mountains, v

Alaska Heli Skiing: Safety Lessons from Chugach Tragedy Seven Months Later radnut.com/alaska-heli-... #skiing #ski #snowboarding #freeride #heli-skiing #chugach #alaska #mtb #extremesports #backcountry #radnut

Just out here doing what I do best.
#hiker #hikertrash #alaska #mountains #chugach

Scenes from today’s Rabbit Lake hike with friends.
Pre-Alaska friends.
It was a good day.
#rabbitlake #chugach #alaska

Scenes from last night’s Mount Baldy hike. It was pretty out.
#chugach #alaska #mountains #hiking

A couple of weekends ago, T and I hiked out to Rabbit Lake. It was a lovely day and a great workout. The lake was still a little frozen over, but you can catch glimpses of the amazing colors in the water. #rabbitlake #chugach #anchorage #alaska #hiking #hikes #happy

Narrow-leaf Labrador tea (Rhododendron tomentosum) in Chugach State park. Known as kenhughdza in Dena’ina, it is made into tea for a variety of uses.
#nativeplants #wildflowers #Chugach #hiking #tea #alaskasky

Chocolate lilies (Fritillaria camschatcensis) in the Chugach State Park sunshine. Known as qinazdli (“that which has many things”) in Dena’ina, they also have several other names in English.
#lily #wildrice #nativeplants #Chugach #alaskasky

Arctic lupine (Lupinus arcticus) in Chugach State Park. The Dena’ina name is nantl'iłiduna, or “bee food”.
#lupine #wildflowers #nativeplants #hiking #Chugach #alaskasky

The views were not disappointing. #alaska #anchorage #hiking #chugach

Thunder Bird Falls trailhead, Chugach State Park, Alaska #waterfall #hiking #trailhead #alaska #alaskaadventure #chugach #chugachnationalforest #anchorage #anchorageak #anchoragealaska