Enjoying Hatcher Pass Road

Enjoying the Fireweed along the Gold Mint trail

     We enjoyed our trip across Hatcher Pass the first time we did it that we decided we would do it again from the opposite direction. We also wanted to spend a couple of nights camping out there. We enjoyed beautiful weather along with outstanding scenery. We found a nice stealth campsite next to a pretty stream just west of the final climb up to Hatchers Pass.

Pretty stream next to our stealth campsite

Our campsite 

     The next day we drove over the pass and set up at a campsite at Gold Mint SRA. There were scenic mountain views all around us.

We decided to pack a lunch and head out on the Gold Mint trail for a hike. The hike turned out to be very beautiful. We passed a nice beaver pond and the Fireweed was everywhere. We ended up hiking around 8 miles round trip on one of the most beautiful trails we hiked in Alaska.

Gold Mint Trail

Looking back at where we started hiking the Gold Mint Trail

      The next morning we drove back up the pass to visit the Independence Mine. It was open this time and we were able to tour inside some of the buildings. After this we went across the road and did some hiking for a couple of hours. We truly enjoyed our revisit of Hatcher Pass Road.