Alyeska Tramway

Paragliders

The next day, since it was nice and sunny, we dropped the camper and drove to Alyeska mountain to ride the Tramway. It turns out that the mountain is a paragliding hotspot and we watched pilots jumping off and gliding away – looks like fun, I’d love to try it.

On the way back we stopped at Potter Marsh, a 500 acre fresh water wetland which was accidently created in 1917 during the construction of the Alaska Railroad when a railroad embankment dammed several creeks. The marsh is part of the 35000 acre Anchorage Costal Wildlife Refuge.

Potter Marsh

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View of Kenai Mountains along Sterling Hwy

Drove back down the Spur Hwy and then backtracked along the Sterling and Seward Hwys to Anchorage and the Centennial campground.