Mt. Edgecumbe Hike

Doug looks at the view.





Mt. Edgecumbe, an extinct volcano, is a 30 minute boat ride from Sitka.  The trail was originally constructed by the CCC in the 1930's.  The trail wanders the muskegs for 6 miles, and goes straight up the mountain for 1 mile.

Luckily, my friend Bob was one of the leaders of the hike for Sitka Trail Works - he managed to get me a seat on the boat.

For six and a half miles, we weren't sure that we were going to see anything at all - not an unusual occurrence.  But not too far from the top, I got my face out of the mountain long enough to turn around and check things out.  The clouds were moving and the mountains in the distance were peeking out over the clouds.

In this picture, the town of Sitka is off to the left at the base of the mountains.

There was quite a large group for this hike and you can see some of them on the hump and some off the hump to the left.

Depending on the weather, it's fun to walk around the crater.  I kind of like this picture where you can see some of the crater with Sitka Sound and the mountains in the background.  You can see there's still a cloud bank ready to jump back over the mountain when you least expect it.

Mt. Edgecumbe is famous for an April Fool's prank.  It's more fun to read about it here rather than have me tell about it.  It's a great prank, for sure.