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| Pita enjoying the view. |
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| Tarra and Valerian Flowers |
Juneau Lake Cabin is the jewel of the Chugach - what a beautiful, perfect cabin with plentiful windows, incredible views, gorgeous, knotted pine siding and floor, lots of room, fire pit, and on and on. We didn't want to leave but the next visitors showed right at noon. We quickly finished cleaning up and took a last few canoe lessons from master paddler, "Dingy Bob" and were on our way up the switchbacks to Devil's Pass Cabin. Along the way are great views of Swan Lake and the Resurrection via Kenai Lake. The wildflowers are always amazing along this stretch of trail with everything in bloom from spring geraniums to fall Indian Paint Brush. We even saw gentian blues and chocolate lilies. Plant identification sure makes this section of the trail fun to hike and it leads right into the pass. The girls were so energetic they climbed a peak off the left and got some incredible views. Bob and I followed but only managed a knob off to the side - still good views and we watched a black bear across the valley. Devil's Pass Cabin would also be a real jewel if the kerosene stove ever worked. Judging from the cabin log, nobody gets that thing going. In addition the temperature dropped to about 45' F and a warm cabin would have been icing on the cake for a great day in the back country.
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