Surprise Creek Trail 1200.pdf

Surprise Creek Trail

Length: 2.8 Miles (One Way)

Grade: Steep

Cross Slope: 8

Surface: Native

Special Features

Surprise Creek Trail provides quick access to alpine country, and climbs rapidly in elevation through a spruce and hemlock forest until it emerges above timberline. The trail is very steep and wet in several areas. Surprise Creek passes through the 2019 Swan Lake Fire Burn. The trail disappears in the alpine tundra and you are free to hike wherever you wish. Surprise Creek offers hunting and berry picking opportunities.

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Refuge Map
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A boat heads down a river lined by forests and mountains.
The Dena’ina people call this special place “Yaghanen” - the good land. It's also known as the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.  From ice fields and glaciers to tundra, forests, and coastal wetlands, the Kenai Refuge is often called “Alaska in miniature." Biodiversity is unusually high for this...
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