A couple summers ago, Malcolm and Brandon backpacked the eastern half of the Crow Pass Trail, a roughly 26 mile-long backwoods trail that forms part of the Iditarod National Historic Trail. The Eagle River bisects the trail around the midpoint, and though it can be forded, we chose not to risk it (there's nothing to hold onto or guide you as you do your best to cross the thigh-high water without being swept away), meaning we'd only hiked one half. This year we came at it from the other direction, which took us over the Crow Pass itself, a notch in the Chugach Mountains at 3,500 feet. Here's a cool video from the overnight trip, though it looks like we're walking to Mordor.
