Alaska Backcountry Adventure Ride
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The trail we took was a fairly easy trail with just a few rocks and roots, which would be very easy even for beginners. The first location we stopped at was along a lake where we saw several varieties of waterfowl and beautiful mountain views.

On our first stop, we were amazed with the spectacular view Alaska offers

We were also fortunate enough that our timing was perfect for seeing the salmon spawning. There were thousands of them in all stages of maturity. “To see all this wildlife really added to our trip,” said Mankins.

We witnessed many salmon spawning on our ride, which was cool to see!

After our stop at the lake we headed farther up the trail, about a mile and hiked up a small knoll where we had a beautiful overlook of three different lakes and the Knik Glacier. One thing that added to the beauty of this trip was that since it was later in the season, the sun never really gets high in the sky and just kind of rolls across the southern hemisphere, which gives off amazing golden hues and long shadows.

Another stop along the trail overlooked three different lakes and the Knik Glacier

As we continued on our ride, we went over a couple of shallow stream crossings and wound through the forest.

We crossed several shallow streams along the trail