Ran trails from Indian Valley to Flattop through the Chugach Mountains trail. The first five miles up hill from sea level to 3,500 feet elevation and then we were in the valley, no one else around, utterly silent and beautiful with the beginning of fall colors. Last 7 miles mostly downhill, with one killer hill at the very end. Trail rough with jutted rock and very thick alders in places but worth every minute. Saw mountain goats, moose and a huge flock of ptarmigan.
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