Harbor Mountain Trail

Mount Verstovia and Mount Arrowhead hike near Sitka, Alaska

The wilderness landscape surrounding Sitka, Alaska is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. The Mount Verstovia trailhead is on Sawmill Creek Road a few miles south of town. It's about a two-hour hike with moderate difficulty to the top and the views are well worth the effort. Just be sure to allow sufficient time to get back down before dark, or you could find yourself sliding and scrambling down muddy slopes in absolute darkness.

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Best Attractions and Places to See in Sitka, Alaska AK

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List of Best Things to do in Sitka, Alaska (AK)

Fortress of the Bear
Alaska Raptor Center
Sitka National Historic Park/Totem Park
Sheldon Jackson Museum
Harbor Mountain Trail
Russian Bishop's House
St. Michael's Cathedral
Herring Cove Trail
Baranof Island Brewing Company
Sitka Sound Science Center

Sitka, AK - Climbing & Exploring Harbor Mt. (july 2015)

Took a short journey with my brother to the top of Harbor Mt. in Sitka, AK! This was about a 3 hour hike. We drove between 4.5 - 4.6 miles to the parking lot and from there a mile to the top of the mountain. The trail is beautifully designed and well maintained. As we got closer to the top of the peak the trail got narrower and steeper, but nothing was too complicating or impossible. Anyone can climb it! Harbor Mt. is a perfect location for anyone who wants to take a full glance at Sitka and the mountains behind. Thank you for watching!

Exploring Sitka, ALASKA.

Four weeks in Alaska began with a few days in Sitka before exploring the Inside Passage. So we put on the hiking boots and hiked up Gavin Hill and Harbour Mountain which overlooks Sitka Sound.

Starting in town we take the hard way up a long series of stairs and switchbacks. Eventually it opens to amazing views and wildflowers. This trail was originally built during World War II to provide access for military installations.

Bear Mountain Waterfall - Herring Cove Trail - Sitka, Alaska

Spring time. Second attempt! Made it!!! (04/23/2017)

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Hiking Arrowhead (Mt. Verstovia) - Sitka, AK

On one of the beautiful days in Sitka, AK my brother and I decided to hike up to the top of Mt. Verstovia and from there to the top of Arrowhead! This hike is about 2.5 miles one way and it took us about 4 hours to complete the overall journey. This was a wonderful experience hiking in the fug and soaking in a unique scenery.

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Gavan Hill Trail Sitka, Alaska

June 2, 2010. Hike up the relatively steep but very unique Gavan Hill trail in Sitka Alaska. The trail is somewhat unique in that it is primarily 7 miles of boardwalk steps and planks all the way to the summit. Elevation gain is 2500 feet over the 7 miles. Beautiful hike, beautiful view.

Merry Christmas from Sitka, Alaska

Update: The Christmas gift has been found!!!
If it's cold and raining on your Christmas just try climbing higher in search of that winder wonder. On this hike up Picnic Rock we find snow, set up a Christmas tree and leave a mystery gift for an ambitious person/s to find. If you are the lucky one, please email a picture of yourself finding the gift to StarlingBirch1@gmail.com. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!

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Fortress of The Bear, Sitka

Fortress of the Bear is a bear sanctuary situated in Sitka, Alaska. The bears are orphans, and plenty of good work is done by the people at this place. Well worth a visit.
Music: Tolerance - Hal Weaver

Alaska Cruise - Part 6: Hiking in Sitka

Hiking in Sitka National Historic Park, a forest on the edge of town, and up Mt. Verstovia.

The New America And The Far East, Alaska #9, Walter E. Clark, G. Waldo Browne

The New America And The Far East, Alaska #9, Walter E. Clark, G. Waldo Browne

Contents

Alaska, Hon. Walter B. Clark
A Flouted Gift
The Discovery Of Alaska
The Rise Of The Russian-American Company
The Founding Of Sitka
Decline Of The Russian-American Company
Alaska Becomes United States Territory
The Magic Wand Of Gold
Outsiders And Insiders At Nome
The Vastness Of Alaska
The Northward Passage
Wrangel And The Glaciers
Juneau And Skaguay
The Mighty Yukon
Reindeer And Eskimos
St. Michaels And Nome
Sitka
A Sound Of Glaciers
Summerland
Rosary Emeralds
Our Imperial Domain
Pronouncing Vocabulary


Full Page Engravings

Colored plates have a tissue page separation

Concrete Retaining Wall On The White Pass And Yukon Railway
Old Russian Trading Post At Alganik
An Alaskan Mountain View From The Valley
Block House, Sitka
Wild Rapids On A Mountain Stream
Rapids Between Lakes Linderman And Bennett
Winter Dress Of Alaskans
First Survey Party Leaving Trans-Alaska Co.'s Company Camp. Colored
A New Camp After A Gold Discovery
Hydraulic Mining In Alaska
Unloading Freight At Nome
Street Scene, Ketchikan, Alaska
Down The River, A Slow Method
Davidson Glacier
An Alaskan Indian Settlement With Its Grotesque Totem Poles. Colored
Juneau, Water Front From The Hillside
Skaguay River, Bates Peak In The Background
Dawson, Panoramic View
Native Alaskan Boat Builder
Native Alaskan Needlewoman
A Steamer Race From Dawson To White Pass On The Yukon
An Eskimo Family. Colored
Miles Canyon
Looking Up White Pass Summit
Looking Across The Harbor From Skaguay Wharves
Pack Train In Box Canyon, Skaguay Trail
Eskimo And Kayak In Surf
A Native Alaskan Ivory Worker


Colored Map

Alaska


Illustrations

A Coast Scene
Lightering Freight Ashore
Mountain, Lake And Forest
Old Russian Gunboat Politofsky At St. Michaels
Evergreens Of The Northwest
Old Russian Fort At St. Michaels
West Point Light
A Typical Trading Post
St. Sergis Cemetery On Kuskokwim River
One Of The Many Fine Harbors
Among The Islands
Sunset
Coast Mountains
Canyon On Dyea Trail
A Sheltered Spot
Greek Church, Sitka
Old Indian Burying Ground
Mt. Dewey
Coast Range
Mt. Halcon
Indian Baskets
Not All Ice In Alaska
U. S. Troops
Falls On Burro Creek
Anvil Creek, Terminus Of Wild Goose Railway
Dog Teams Hauling Freight From Str. Corwin Five Miles At Sea
Building A Log House
S. S. Senator In Ice Jam In Bering Sea, June 15th, 1908
South End Of Long Lake
$1,000,000 In Gold Bricks
A Miner's Cabin
Power House, Showing Tramway In Operation
Yukon Gold Co.'s Syphon, 1150 Feet To Mountain Top
Perseverance Mine, Silver Bow Basin
The Magnet Road House, Bonanza
The Dog Team That Made The Record Trip From Seattle To Nome April, 1906, 35 Days
Sequoia Wrecked At Nome, Sept. 7th, 1906
A Serious Case Of Gold Fever, Nome Beach
Alaska Products Raised Near Nome
Ready For The Big Canoe Race July 4th, 1907
Porcupine City
A Scow Load Of 18,000 Salmon
A Fisherman's Family
Wrangel Narrows
Taku Glacier
Davidson Glacier
Foster Glacier, Near Skaguay
Schooners Waiting For The Ice To Break Up
View Of Juneau, Capital Of Alaska
Haines And Harbor
Wreck Of Mercury Skaguay
Skaguay
Fourth Of July At Skaguay As Celebrated In 1892
Skaguay River From First Bridge
Winter Trail Through Box Canyon, Skaguay River
Tunnel On The White Pass And Yukon Route
Lake Bennett
Street Scene, Dawson
Boat Landing, Dawson
Residence Of Mrs. Carmack, Wife Of The Discoverer Of The Klondike
Bennett
Ice Bridge On Skaguay River
Laplanders Milking Reindeer At Port Clarence
A Sled Reindeer
Eskimo Women And Their Young, Cape Prince Of Wales
Four Beauties Of Cape Prince Of Wales With Sled Reindeer
Mt. Atlin, Lake And Boat Landing At Atlin
Grading Across Lake On White Pass And Yukon R. R.
Driving The Last Spike On The White Pass And Yukon R. R. At Lake Bennett, July 6, 1899
Gov. Pingree On Thirty Mile River
Going Up Yukon River
Type Of Steamer Used On The Yukon
Freighting On The Yukon In Winter
Nome's Quintet Stuck On A Sliver
Chilkat Indians Waiting For The Sitkans To Arrive To The Potlatch
Potlatch Pow-Wow, Sitka
Dog Train Starting For The Interior
Herd Of Sheep On Bonanza Creek, Dawson
Hot Springs, Tanana District
Potato Field At Hot Springs In July
Prince Rupert
Katalla Railroad Men At Dock
Mouth Of Klondike River
Suspension Bridge Over Klondike River
Valdez
Seldovia
Sixty Mile Post, Yukon
Alaskan Hay Makers
Dam On Miocene Ditch
Fresno Scrapers, Miocene Ditch
Upper End Of Miocene Ditch
Herd Of Walrus In Bering Sea
Cascade Falls On Unalaska Island
Dutch Harbor
Wild Flowers Of The Seward Peninsula
Hunting Party At Dutch Harbor

Fortress of the Bear Sitka Alaska

Video of the Bears at Fortress of the Bear in Sitka Alaska

Flying Through the Mountains in Alaska

The flight back from Pybus Point Lodge

Alaska 4k drone footage by #sarvagya_kumar

#4K #drone #sarvagya_kumar
Aurora borealis (northern lights) can be seen an average of 243 days a year in Fairbanks. The northern lights are produced by charged electrons and protons striking the earth’s upper atmosphere.
Alaska is less than 50 miles from Russia.
While it is legal to shoot bears in Alaska, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
The average temperature for Fairbanks in the month of January is -1 degree Fahrenheit.
The highest temperature recorded in Alaska was 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Fort Yukon in 1915.
The lowest temperature recorded in Alaska was -80 degrees Fahrenheit at Prospect Creek Camp in 1971.
Alaska accounts for 25 percent of the oil produced in the United States.
Alaska is the only state name that you can type on one row of a keyboard
Of the 20 highest peaks in the United States, 17 are in Alaska, including the highest peak in North America (20,320 ft. above sea level), Denali.
Alaska contains more than 100 volcanoes and volcanic fields which have been active within the last two million years.
Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax (some cities have sales tax, however).
The fishing and seafood industry is the state’s largest private industry employer.
The largest salmon ever caught was at the Kenai River. It weighed in at 97.5 pounds.
There are more than 3,000 rivers and 3 million lakes in Alaska.
Alaska’s largest lake, Lake Iliamna, is roughly the size of Connecticut.
Alaska has more coastline than the rest of the United States combined (more than 34,000 miles).
Alaska has more inland water than any other state (20,171 square miles).
Alaska is the only state to have coastlines on three different seas: the Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Bering Sea.
The state bird of Alaska is the willow ptarmigan.
During the Klondike gold rush in 1897, potatoes were so highly valued for their vitamin C content that miners traded gold for them.
The only battle during World War II that was fought on American soil took place in 1943 after the Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands.
The state sport of Alaska is dog mushing, which was once the primary mode of transportation in most of Alaska. The Iditarod dog sledding race is the state’s largest sporting event.
More than half the world’s glaciers can be found Alaska.
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Alaska - Land of the Mid-Day Sun

this is Alaska in February. These are 150 photos I captured from FAA webcams scattered all over Alaska. Over 2000 miles of snowy wild country. All the photos were taken within 10 minutes of each other! Most are at airports, some are in the mountains or other places. You can see all sorts of interesting things in the photos. You can see how much different the weather can be in one part of Alaska, compared to another. You can also see how in the far north, above the arctic circle, it is daylight but the sun never rises this time of year. Farther south the sun is seen low in the sky. Several photos show the moon. Some show villages such as Wales that are truly out in the wild land. The music is an all time Alaska favorite, available on the web courtesy of Uncle Mike Faubion at his site:

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I've Been Everywhere in Alaska
song by Geoff Mack (I've Been Everywhere)
Bethel lyrics by Michael Faubion

I got my snow machine stuck out on that windy Atmautluak trail. When along came a musher, pulled me out and a saved my tail. He said, If you're going to Atmautluak man, with me you can ride. So I climbed into the sled and I hunkered down inside.

I said, Have you ever seen a trail with so much ice and snow? and he said, Listen, Bud, I've been everywhere in this state there is to go.

He said--

I Been everywhere, man,
In Alaska I been there, man,
Across the tundra bare, man,
I even seen a grizzly bear, man,
I been everywhere!

I been to Juneau, Prudhoe, Yukon, Barrow, Minto, King Cove, Kobuk, Koyuk, Cordova, Seldovia, Sleetmute, Nightmute, Paimute, Ohogomuit, Nogomuit, what a hoot--

Togiak, Kodiak, Akiak, Aniak, Nushagak, Chevak, Naknek, Yakutat, Noatak, Nyac, Napaskiak, Napakiak, Adak, Unimak, Snack Shack, Hell and back--

Nenana, Tanana, Tanacross, Holy Cross, Quinhagak, Kanatok, Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Hydaburg, Petersburg, Petersville, Placerville, Farewell, Cantwell, oh well, what the hell--

Sheldon's Point, Dall Point, Pitka's Point, Pilot Point, Point Spencer, Copper Center, Point Hope, Point Lay, Sand Point, Icy Cape, Big Lake, Tanakee, Kake, Mcgrath, Wasilla, Willow, what a killer--

Noorvik, Anvik, Selawik, Kotlik, Sitka, Chitna, Chickaloon, Chicken, Kwethluk, Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, Alakanuk, Koyukuk, Holikachuk, Chuathbaluk, just my luck--

Lime Village, Mountain Village, Arctic Village, Stevens Village, North Pole, North Way, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Kalskag, Kaltag, Shageluk, Shaktoolik, Moose Pass, Rainy Pass, False Pass, Anaktuvik Pass--

I been to Anchorage, Dillingham, Anchorage, Bethel, Anchorage, Nome, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Palmer, Anchorage, Seward, Anchorage, Homer, Anchorage..Anchorage..Anchorage--

Old Harbor, Dutch Harbor, Hog River, Stony River, Eagle River, Salmon River, Crooked Creek, Cripple Creek, Flume Creek, Heinie Creek, Kong and Eek, Unalakleet, Savoonga, Matanuska, Unalaska, Alyeska--

Gambell, Wrangell, Wainwright, Rampart, Venitie, Valdez, Diomede, Deadhorse, Skewntna, Shishmaref, Pribiloff, Chichigof, Kwigillingok, Kotzebue, Iditarod, OH MY GOD--

Angoon, Hoonah, Newhalen, Russian Mission, Kipnuk, Kilamak, Chugiak, Nushigak, Tuluksak, Kanakanak, Nunivak, Katchemak, Susitna, Chulitna, Holitna, Hoholitna--

Saint Michael, Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Mary's, Andreafski, Oozinki, Mount Mckinley (Or Denali), Emmonak, Chefornak, Nicholai, Kenai, Pelican, Mekoryuk, Egegik, Aleknagik--

I Been everywhere, man,
In Alaska I been there, man,
Across the tundra bare, man,
I even seen a grizzly bear, man,
I been everywhere!

Hiking the Indian River trail

Hiking near Sitka on the Indian River trail, December 2008.
A nice walk in the woods, the river was actually quite noisy.

RAIN POWER a documentary short about Sitka, Alaska

Set on an island community nestled between the mountains and the sea and completely surrounded by Alaska's lush temperate rainforest, 'Rain Power' chronicles one community's efforts to reduce its dependency on oil and take action on climate change. The town of Sitka, Alaska is highly connected to the natural resources provided by their local environment. As a result, there is a strong desire to sustain local ecosystems and to prevent the potential devastation that climate change and ocean acidification could bring the region.The film illustrates the unique challenges facing this remote community as they work locally to solve highly complex, global issues. 'Rain Power' promises to inspire audiences worldwide with its breathtaking natural setting, and story of one community's drive to become sustainably powered.

Brown Bear at a Swimming Hole

Bear at a swimming hole near Sitka, Alaska. A sequence of three trail cam videos in succession. Watch for the surprise near the end.

Hiking Termination Point Trail - Kodiak Alaska

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Kodiak Alaska is nearly the most beautiful place in the world, right behind Sitka Alaska :) This hike along Monashka bay is gorgeous and breathtaking. Mostly breathtaking because it took our breath away. LITERALLY... first hike of the season and we were out of shape.

Bad idea i had was to carry a 35 lb pack on my back and wear tennis shoes to this delightful event. WOAH MAJOR BAD IDEA LEE !!!
We hiked out about as far as we could and then it began to be nearing 8pm. Although he sun was high and is high in Alaska in the summer, I was nervous because of how fatigued i was. This hike is quite hilly and has lots of ups and downs and so by 8pm I was ready to turn around and head back but my friend wanted to hike through the inner loop. It seemed a lot further than just going back the way we came and so we debated... you will see the in the video.... my fear was we would be caught by darkness once the sun went behind the nearby mountains. My friend seemed to think we would make it and be fine... i just had a bad bad bad feeling about going so we went back the way we came.

We met up with some nice folks whom we asked for assistance on directions... they mentioned they had not been to where we were thinking of going and it was a good idea to head back. And so we did. This video is nearly 3 hours long. You really get to take the hike with us. This is one of the most beautiful hikes in Kodiak and I hope you enjoy this time with us out of shape pack carrying fools. :)

The Charter Boat Ursa Major in Ford's Terror Wilderness Area, Alaska - a Drone's Eye View

We visited the Tracey Arm/Ford's Terror Wilderness Area again in July 2015 on a charter trip, and captured this amazing video of the tidal rapids at Ford's Terror at (nearly) maximum flood. At maximum flood (or ebb) in Ford's Terror, 6-8 ft standing (tidal) waves will form at the entrance to this narrow fjord approximately every 6 hours with the diurnal tides present at this latitude.

Visit myursamajor.com for more information on Ursa Major Charters, and our Alaskan Adventure Trips. Our Alaska Adventure trips are multi-activity trips and include something for everyone. Trip activities include wildlife viewing, photography, kayaking, and hiking, and our trip itineraries are customized based on guest preference, and vary trip by trip. Our trips between Sitka and Peterburg take us along the eastern side of Baranof Island, also known as The Waterfall Coast due to the extensive amount of continuous falling water found there year-round. The glacially-carved fjords found along that coast are among of the most spectacular wildlife viewing and paddling spots in all of southeast Alaska.