Did a hike of Mt. Healy, seen on most drives from Fairbanks to Anchorage, with my friend Andy.

 

 

The GPS said the knob there wasn't the real Mt. Healy. It was a less showy bump a bit south. Here's Andy reaching the summit.

 

 

Only a 10-mile hike or so, but most above any vegetation and all up and down.

 

 

 

 

Up high, about 5,000 feet, still lots of snow on the ridgetops.

 

A few castles of rock up there, on a hike Andy has wanted to do since he lived at Otto Lake, a decade of rock and roll ago.

 

 

Finished our weekend hike by popping out on the Denali Park Road in gorgeous 9 p.m. light. A few rides hitching and we were back at Andy's truck in Bison Gulch. Nice loop with my buddy.