Gunsight Mt. - Glaciers and flowers, flowers everywhere
It all started with my support bid for the Fireweed 400 (which is a long, LONG race by the way). My neck was literally on a swivel, looking from one mountain, to the next mountain, and wondering, sometimes aloud, which mountain was which. The obvious first one I laid name on - Gunsight Mt. near Sheep Lodge. It turned out to be a very straightforward walk up, although I did manage some unnecessary bushwacking for good measure... Parking at the Nelchina/Knik/Chickaloon Trail System parking lot, I immediately saw the summit and some 4-wheeler trails to get started. That looked too easy, so instead, I decided to make my own loop and walk on an abandoned road for a while... This turned out to be bushwack time! It became obvious that the abandoned road didn't have any trails coming off it, so nearing the end, I just said "screw it!" and into the bushes I went. Luckily, this 'shwacking was nowhere near that of Eklutna or Icicle creek, and I was soon ab