One of the most beautiful, quickest, and underutilized get-aways in Anchorage is ocean mudflats and marshlands. And there's rarely a soul down there....maybe because it can be a perilous place if you aren't aware of which areas are safe, the status of the tides, mud, ice, open hours of the Rabbit Creek rifle range, or access points. But if you check the stats and keep astute, there's nothing that beats instantly stepping into wide open spaces.
The best mode of travel is dependent on what the weather and tides have been doing recently. In the winter, xc skis or mountain bikes with studded tires work great.
Dad overlooking the ice bergs of Cook Inlet when we rode from our home in Oceanview to downtown via the 'flats.
Marbleized ice over mud.
The riding can be slightly technical with different types of snow, areas of brush, dirt, ice, etc ... but the unknown and variability is also what makes it fun.
Dad and Mt. Susitna in the background.
Heading downtown with skyscrapers in sight.
RyanGB.
Its nice to have the feeling of having to head back into civilization after just exploring so close to the city. We made a big loop back home via the roads and ironically felt much safer traveling on the 'flats.
Not a bad back-yard, eh?
3 comments:
Yeah, I pretty much figured out the same thing this year. Last night I went on a walk down from Westchester lagoon over the frozen mud, through the icebergs, and to the beach. It's incredible out there, and you cant even walk where I went in the summer because the mud will suck you in!
I also had a few incredible powder/blue bird skis on the flats just past Fish Creek when it was flat enough to do that. That is a pretty amazing feeling, especially when you grew up right there and never knew it was there!
Great to hear Patricio. I have yet to ski on the Fish Creek part of the coast, I'll have to check that out next winter.
Fun to see you when we were both home and keep making the most of AK spring!
Wow that looks like fun. I would rather go mountain biking there in the snow than do it here and roast under the sun. I enjoyed looking at those pictures.
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