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Lake Clark National Park

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Lake Clark has been called "the essence of Alaska", for it concentrates in a relatively small area of the Alaska Peninsula, Southwest of Anchorage, a variety of features not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks: the junction of three mountain ranges, (the Alaska Range from the North, the Aleutian Range from the South, and the park's own rugged Chigmit Mountains), two active volcanoes (Iliamna and Redoubt), a coastline with rainforests on the East (similar to South East Alaska), and a plateau with tundra on the West (similar to Artic Alaska), and turquoise lakes.

Despite being only a one hour flight from Anchorage, the Park is one of two least visited, and offers ample opportunity for solitude and exploration of uncharted terrain. Because of the ease of hiking there, four of us chose to backpack on the western plateau for a week. We first flew on a small airplane to Port Alsworth, an interesting bush community on the shore of Lake Clark, where the ranger station receives so few visits that it is not continuously staffed. We then boarded a floatplane that dropped us on the shores of aptly name Lake Turquoise, and after exploring the adjacent towering valleys for a couple of days, moved to Twin Lakes where we had a rendez-vous with the floatplane. See also the pictures of backpacking.

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Aerial view of Tikakila River valley. Lake Clark National Park (color) Aerial view of Lake Clark. Lake Clark National Park (color) Aerial view of Chigmit Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Aerial view of Redoubt Volcano. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake and Telaquana Mountain. Lake Clark National Park (color) Stream on wide gravel bar and peaks at sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Creek below Telaquana mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Stream and distant waterfall in valley below Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake, midnight sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake and gravel bar. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Rainbow and Telaquana Mountains above Turquoise Lake, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Clouds and Telaquana Mountains above Turquoise Lake, from the middle of the lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley with wildflowers, between Turquoise Lake and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Wildflowers, valley and mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Alpine wildflowers. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra with forget-me-nots and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra-covered hills and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Twin Lakes, evening. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tanalian falls. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise waters of Turquoise Lake and Telaquana Mountain. Lake Clark National Park (color) Talus, Turquoise Lake and Telaquana Mountain. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra and mountains raising above Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Wide gravel river bar below the Telaquana Mountains, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Stream on plain below the Telaquana Mountains, late afternoon. Lake Clark National Park (color) River bar below the Telaquana Mountains, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Swift creek below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Moraine, neves, and rocky peaks, Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley I below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley I below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley II below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Wide stream at the junction of valleys below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Waterfall in Valley II below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley II below the Telaquana Mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake, midnight sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Stream flows into Turquoise Lake, midnight sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Turquoise Lake and clouds. Lake Clark National Park (color) Telaquana Mountains and Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) East end of Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Boulder field and Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Clouds and reflections from above Turquoise Lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Telaquana Mountains above Turquoise Lake, from the middle of the lake. Lake Clark National Park (color) Shore of Turqouise Lake with Telaquana Mountains reflected in silty water. Lake Clark National Park (color) Stream flowing into Turquoise Lake, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Telaquana Mountains above Turquoise Lake, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra and valley with storm developping. Lake Clark National Park (color) Sunny tundra with wildflowers and valley in dark storm clouds. Lake Clark National Park (color) Green tundra slopes with alpine wildflowers and mountains. Lake Clark National Park (color) Green valley with alpine wildflowers and snow-clad peaks. Lake Clark National Park (color) Valley with wildflowers, between Turquoise Lake and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Snow nevesand mountains under dark storm clouds. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra, wildflowers, and puffy white storm clouds. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra near Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Forget-me-nots. Lake Clark National Park (color) Alpine wildflowers close-ups. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra alpine wildflowers. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra with blue forget-me-nots and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra with forget-me-nots and stormy skies. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra with Twin Lakes and mountains in the distance. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra slopes and Twin Lakes. Lake Clark National Park (color) Verdant tundra, lake, and snowy mountains under clouds. Lake Clark National Park (color) Tundra in summer with wildflowers and Twin Lake shore. Lake Clark National Park (color) Twin Lakes with mountain reflections and green tundra, evening. Lake Clark National Park (color) Twin Lakes, sunset. Lake Clark National Park (color) Outlet stream of Twin Lakes on a foggy morning. Lake Clark National Park (color) Twin Lakes and river, morning. Lake Clark National Park (color) Twin Lakes mouth, morning. Lake Clark National Park (color) Aerial view of mud flat dendritic pattern on Cook inlet. Lake Clark National Park (color) Aerial view of estuary and snowy peak. Lake Clark National Park (color)