During my visit in March, a fellow dentist and hygienist and myself hiked one of the mountains adjacent to town. With the long days of sunlight, we could easily have left after work on a weekday, but we settled for a weekend picnic lunch trip.
During the ~2 hr. hike up to the top, I remember thinking of a Kathmandu friend’s comment of Alaska: “the air is so clean here, I’m having trouble breathing.” Verstovia Mtn. is ~2500-3000 feet high, a mere molehill compared to the Himalayan range, but the trail through the rainforest of old-growth evergreens was none the less steep. The views from the top were still spectacular.
Kristi and me at Verstovia summit
Looking east - the mountains behind Sitka
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