2025, Trail Mix Journal 02 Apr 2025 Sixmile Lean in closer. Let me tell you a story about whitewater. A story not just about boiling holes, surging eddies,… Rachel Blakeslee
2025, Seward, Trail Mix Journal 18 Feb 2025 Long Lake If you blink along the trail, you’ll surely miss the turn-off. The sun was still high when Maggie and I… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 17 Jun 2024 Resurrection Pass Trail Construction Everything seemed to be ice. It filled the valleys and the bays along the shore. Only a few nunataks, the… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 06 May 2024 Resurrection River Trail So many choices when it comes to choosing which trail to hike. Or write about. Res River Trail was… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 26 Feb 2024 Trail of Blue Ice Words for the Hiker Your footsteps are a rhythmic heartbeat. A pattern similar to many, but one of a kind.… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 06 Dec 2023 Renegade Trails of the Kenai Mountains This is the Chugach National Forest. So of course, there is a gate without any sign marking a trail that… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 19 Oct 2023 Slaughter Gulch When I was 14 years old—long before I understood the concept of pacing myself—my father decided to take our family… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 12 Sep 2023 Res Pass I want to acknowledge the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, descendants of the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina, as the rightful stewards of the land… Rachel Blakeslee
2023, Trail Mix Journal 29 Aug 2023 Devil’s Pass The trail where the sun always shines Down south the Seward Highway A rain cloud follows around… Rachel Blakeslee
