Saturday afternoon we went on a non-strenous hike after both of us continue to recover from our illnesses. It felt great to be out hiking again, especially after both of us missed some school within the past two weeks and spent days laying inside trying to get well. Hidden Creek Trail was a great choice for getting back into the swing of things. The trail is 2.6 miles round trip with a small decline down to Skilak Lake. Skilak Lake is a large lake for the area and is well know for having many hiking trails surrounding its perimeter. Many areas around Skilak are popping up with new vegetation after unplanned burns over the years. We hiked through such an area. There was a lot of bear scat, but no bears. The weather was beautiful. Temperature in the 40s with a lot of sun! Very atypical for an Alaskan fall.
Jon, Are there lots of fish in any of these lakes? Some of theme look somewhat remote, and I was wondering if Alaska allowed fishing on them?
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ReplyDeleteAll the lakes seem to have a lot of fish. As far as we know you can fish on any of them. From what I understand they treat Northerns up here like Carp in MN. They do not want you to throw them back in the lakes. So you can catch as many as you want. The most popular fish to catch are Trout, DollyVarden, and Arctic Grayling for Fresh water lake fish. Some lakes hold Salmon as well.