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| Lost Lake |
Long behold the weather cleared so I jumped in a car with my early morning friend Letty and headed for Lost Lake. It is a 15 mile traverse from Kenai Lake to Seward that climbs up to a high bench full of small ponds, glacial kettles and meadows. The jewel of the area is the large and elegant Lost Lake. As the name implies, it is amazingly hidden behind hills and dales. Over to the east you can see the Chugach laden with hanging glaciers and steep rock faces as you walk through the brightly colored tundra. To the west are more mountains and steep gorges. Not many people were using the trail this sunny Sunday, surprisingly. It is one of the most popular in Alaska usually with lots of people running or mt. biking. The running race that does the traverse took place the previous weekend so the bushes had been cut back and it seems as if they even moved some large rocks off the trail. Once on the high point it is a long, gradual slope with a perfect view of Resurrection Bay to the other trail head on the Seward side. The view of the ocean, I think, makes going North to South the best direction.
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