RHH's photos with the keyword: portage pass

Maynard Mountain and Learnard Glacier are near Whittier, Alaska. This photo was taken near the start of the Portage Pass trail, a trail we hiked on one of our two visits to Whittier. Maynard Mountain is 4050 ft (1234 m) and one of the dominant peaks in the area. It is part of the Chugach Range, but by no means the highest peak in the range.

This was near the beginning of our hike up the Portage Pass trail just outside of Whittier. I could not find a name for the creek, however. It flows from Divide Lake at the top of the pass down into Prince William Sound, or, as this part of it is known, Passage Canal.

This is Divide Lake at the top of Portage Pass near Whittier, Alaska. We had nearly a whole day after returning to Whittier from the Kenai Peninsula and hiked the Portage Pass trail. the view here is to the north and Prince William Sound would be below but could not be seen from this vantage point.

While in Whittier waiting for the train to Anchorage we hiked the Portage Pass trail, a part of the Iditarod race route. This view is from the top of the pass and is of Portage Glacier and Portage Lake below it, the lake about a mile away from where we were standing. It was very dull and photography was difficult and so this was the best I could do. If you look closely you can see a tour boat on the lake at the foot of the glacier.

The town of Whittier is at the upper end of Prince William Sound and is the ferry port for Anchorage, which is about 90 miles north. Our trip ran into a number of scheduling difficulties and we ended up in Whittier with a whole day ahead of us while waiting for the train to Anchorage. We used the time to hike to Portage Pass and its views of Portage Lake and Glacier. This photo was taken near the beginning of that hike. The town of Whittier is a round the corner to the right and the cruise ship is not the ferry we took to Whittier but was docked in Whittier for some hours before going on to destinations unknown to us.