{"id":8077,"date":"2017-04-07T08:10:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:53:44","slug":"on-the-skyline-trail-to-the-mystery-hills-kenai-peninsula-alaska-8-27-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=8077","title":{"rendered":"On the Skyline Trail to the Mystery Hills, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (8-27-16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 29, Part 2, of Lupe’s Summer of 2016 Dingo Vacation to the Canadian Rockies, Yukon & Alaska<\/em><\/p>\n

Plans for a return visit to\u00a0the beach at Ninilchik on Cook Inlet\u00a0were quickly\u00a0dashed when Lupe and\u00a0SPHP stopped to help a woman hitchhiker along the Sterling Highway (Alaska Route 1).\u00a0 Turned out she needed a ride to her landscaping job, well beyond Ninilchik,\u00a0clear over in Soldotna.\u00a0 She was already late and needed to get there quickly.\u00a0 Her car (nowhere in sight) had broken down, and no one else had stopped to give her a lift.<\/p>\n

Jane was a friendly, plucky gal.\u00a0 She introduced herself to Lupe and SPHP, and immediately launched into her life’s story.\u00a0 Some of it made not a lick of sense, but it was an entertaining tale nevertheless.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP listened in silence as the miles flew by, and\u00a0Jane related her only-in-Alaska monologue.<\/p>\n

Jane had moved to Homer, Alaska from California years ago.\u00a0 Naturally, she loved Alaska.\u00a0 She had made some money back in California in real estate.\u00a0 Jane used\u00a0part of the money she’d saved to make a great purchase of 40 acres near the edge of a development somewhere around here, the particular parcel having been carefully selected by closing her eyes and putting her finger to a map.<\/p>\n

The land wasn’t even for sale at the time, but when\u00a0Jane approached the owners, they thought she was so wonderful, they promptly agreed to sell it to her for a song.\u00a0 She lives off-grid in a cabin on this beautiful property, where she and her dog manage to avoid being eaten by grizzlies by sticking close to either the cabin, or her ATV, on which they zoom away to safety\u00a0at a moment’s notice.<\/p>\n

When you live off grid, you have to create your own entertainment.\u00a0 Jane kept chickens to produce eggs.\u00a0 A\u00a0pure\u00a0white rooster served as head of the flock.\u00a0 For fun, Jane used\u00a0a water pistol to\u00a0paint the rooster with bright colors so he was more of a fancy\u00a0rainbow rooster instead of a boring pure white one.\u00a0 The rooster didn’t object in the least.\u00a0 Instead, his reaction was to put on a Mick Jagger style strutting performance to impress his harem, which Jane found\u00a0endlessly amusing.<\/p>\n

Sadly, tragedy struck.\u00a0\u00a0All but two\u00a0of her chickens and the beloved rainbow rooster passed away very recently when her pet wolf broke its new chain after only 2 days, and did what wolves like to do to chickens.<\/p>\n

With the wonderful, balmy climate Alaska now has due to global warming, it’s getting harder and harder to keep the riff raff out.\u00a0 The Kenai peninsula is filling up with people.\u00a0 Living off the grid here is no longer\u00a0the hardy pioneering existence it once was a few years back.\u00a0 Fortunately, Jane’s 24 year old son took pictures of a mind-bogglingly beautiful little town, with a name\u00a0that SPHP has since\u00a0forgotten, but it started with a “U”.<\/p>\n

U-ville is located on Spruce Island, near much larger Kodiak Island, and can only be accessed by boat or the air.\u00a0 The few pictures Jane’s son took were enough to convince\u00a0Jane\u00a0that U-ville is\u00a0the place to be, so she is in the process of\u00a0getting ready to sell\u00a0her 40 acres and move.\u00a0 People in U-ville, who have never met Jane, but have advanced word of her interest in living on Spruce Island, are falling over themselves offering her good jobs, and encouraging her to join their community ASAP.<\/p>\n

Jane related all this, and a good deal more which now escapes SPHP, in the time it took to reach Soldotna, where she promptly exited the G6, cheerfully bidding Lupe and SPHP a fond farewell.\u00a0 Clearly there had been much more to come, time permitting, so it was with a mixed sense of reluctance and relief that Lupe resumed her own adventures, though they may pale in comparison to Jane’s.<\/p>\n

Lupe’s next adventure started E of Soldotna near milepost 61 of the Sterling Highway at the trailhead for the Skyline Trail to the Mystery Hills (12:03 PM, 68\u00b0F).\u00a0 The trailhead parking lot was on the SW side of the highway, but the actual trail started over on the NE side, a bit farther to the NW.<\/p>\n

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Looking up at the Mystery Hills from the Skyline Trail parking lot near milepost 61 of the Sterling Highway. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A sign near the start of the Skyline Trail provided\u00a0general information.\u00a0 Lupe could expect a steep 1,800 feet of elevation gain over 1.25 miles.<\/p>\n

The Skyline Trail is somewhat oddly named, since it officially ends at a saddle between mountains, before ever getting up to any of the peaks of the Mystery Hills, or even\u00a0following any portion of the ridgeline.\u00a0 Skyline Access Trail would have been a better name for it.<\/p>\n

The sign did show a trail continuing on up from the saddle.\u00a0 On the topo map<\/strong><\/span><\/a> SPHP had along, a pack trail goes on for\u00a0miles all the way from the saddle up to and over a series of peaks in\u00a0the Mystery Hills.<\/p>\n

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Sign near the start of the Skyline Trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just as the sign had promised, the Skyline Trail was steep.\u00a0 There were no significant switchbacks.\u00a0 Up and up.\u00a0 SPHP was soon pausing frequently to let heart, lungs and legs\u00a0catch up with the demands of the trail.\u00a0 Lupe, of course, wasn’t fazed in the least.<\/p>\n

For a long way, the trail was in forest.\u00a0 Little could be seen.\u00a0 After quite a climb, the forest finally started gradually giving way to tall bushes.\u00a0 Lupe started to get glimpses of the progress she was making.<\/p>\n

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Once the forest thinned out, Lupe could see the progress she was making. Part of her first peakbagging goal, Mystery Hills North is seen on the R. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trail’s rate of climb didn’t diminish until Lupe was getting fairly close to the saddle.\u00a0 Then things started to level out rapidly.\u00a0 Where Lupe first reached the saddle, she came upon a final big stand of gnarled old pine trees.\u00a0\u00a0The day was\u00a0warm and\u00a0bright.\u00a0 The shade provided by this last clump of odd old pines was welcome.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP took a break.<\/p>\n

As near as SPHP could tell, Lupe had reached the official end of the Skyline Trail.<\/p>\n

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Lupe takes a break beneath an isolated stand of gnarled old pines she came upon as she reached the saddle. She was at, or very near, the official end of the Skyline Trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Skyline Trail may have officially ended, but the sign and maps were right.\u00a0 A good trail continued on across the saddle toward the mountain to the E.\u00a0 (Note: As far as Lupe was concerned,\u00a0this\u00a0continuation of the trail going on up to the Mystery Hills was all part of the same Skyline Trail, and will be referred to as such for the remainder of this post.)\u00a0 <\/em>When Lupe’s break under the gnarled pines was over,\u00a0Lupe and SPHP pressed onward.<\/p>\n

Not far from the pines, Lupe passed by another trail branching off to the N\u00a0on its way through the saddle.\u00a0\u00a0The American Dingo ignored the side trail and started climbing the mountain to the E.<\/p>\n

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A good trail continued beyond the gnarled pines across the S end of the saddle area. Lupe ignored a side trail that branched off to the N (L), and continued up the hill seen directly ahead. This extension of the Skyline Trail eventually climbed around to the S (R) side of the hill. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe still had nearly 1,000 feet of elevation gain to go in order to reach her first peakbagging goal, North Mystery Hills<\/a><\/span> (3,284 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0She encountered a short stretch\u00a0of rock climbing near the base of the mountain, but was soon easily past it.\u00a0\u00a0Lupe came to no further complications along the trail, which now worked around to the S side of the slope, as it continued E.\u00a0 Another higher saddle could be seen ahead.<\/p>\n

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Lupe on her way up to a higher saddle(Center). Lupe was heading for North Mystery Hills, seen on the R. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the way to the next saddle, Lupe already had some splendid unobstructed views.<\/p>\n

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Lupe already had splendid views on her way up the Skyline Trail to the next saddle. Jean Lake is in the foreground. A portion of much larger Skilak Lake is in the distance. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Far away across Cook Inlet, Lupe could see impressive snow-capped peaks. Photo looks NW using the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0path up to the higher saddle was a long, steady grind, but the pace of elevation gain wasn’t bad, certainly nothing like Lupe had faced on\u00a0the way to the first saddle.\u00a0 Upon reaching the higher saddle, the trail turned S, climbing more aggressively up the mountain.<\/p>\n

When the Skyline Trail finally started leveling out,\u00a0a rock outcropping larger and higher than any other nearby point was a short distance ahead.\u00a0 Lupe went over to it.\u00a0\u00a0She\u00a0had reached\u00a0the N end of the North Mystery Hills summit ridge.\u00a0 The views were fabulous!<\/p>\n

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Here, at the end of the climb up from the 2nd saddle, Lupe reached the N end of the North Mystery Hills summit ridge. A metal box containing a register was tucked among the rocks on the E (R) side of this high point. (Close to the backpack.) The unnamed peak in the background is nearly as high as North Mystery Hills and is located on the other (N) side of the 2nd saddle Lupe had just come from. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking down on Peak 2851<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (L) from North Mystery Hills. Peak 2851 is on the NW side of the first big saddle Lupe reached where she took a break among the gnarled old pines. Flatlands of northern Kenai Peninsula are seen in the distance. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hideout Hill<\/a> <\/span>(2,869 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> from North Mystery Hills. Part of Skilak Lake is seen in the distance. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right away, Lupe discovered a metal box tucked among the rocks on the E side of the rock outcropping.\u00a0 The box contained a register.\u00a0 SPHP entered Lupe’s name on it to secure the Carolina Dog’s place in North Mystery Hills history.<\/p>\n

Although it had been a\u00a0warm, calm,\u00a0sunny day lower down, a fairly strong, cool\u00a0E wind was blowing up here.\u00a0 While SPHP was entering her name in the register, Lupe found a big rock to hide behind.\u00a0 She curled up on the W side of it to escape the wind.<\/p>\n

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While SPHP entered her name in the register, Lupe curled up behind a big rock to escape the E wind. Lupe hadn’t quite reached the true summit of North Mystery Hills yet. The true summit is the high point beyond Lupe on the L. The similarly colored more distant hill is her next peakbagging goal, Mystery Hills Central. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe had seen a number of people along the Skyline Trail, but hadn’t come across anyone since leaving the first saddle.\u00a0 However, while she was still curled up out of the wind, and SPHP was busy\u00a0gazing off into the distance, a young man showed up.\u00a0 His name was Patrick Metzger.<\/p>\n

Patrick was quite friendly to Lupe and SPHP.\u00a0 Soon, Patrick and SPHP were engaged in conversation.\u00a0 Patrick wasn’t an Alaskan native.\u00a0 He moved to Soldotna a few years ago, where he works for Univar, a global chemical distribution business.\u00a0 Like Lupe, he enjoys the outdoors and climbing mountains in his spare time, so there was a lot to talk about.<\/p>\n

Patrick shared his love of Alaska with Lupe and SPHP.\u00a0 He recommended several places Lupe might want to consider visiting while she was here.\u00a0 By the time Patrick\u00a0needed to move on, nearly an hour had gone by.\u00a0 The visit with Patrick had been fun, but Lupe needed to get going, too.<\/p>\n

Technically, Lupe\u00a0still hadn’t reached the true summit of North Mystery Hills, but it wasn’t far away.\u00a0 A short, windy\u00a0stroll to the SE brought Lupe to the NW end of a small hill on the broader ridgeline.\u00a0 The small hill proved to have two high points on it, one at each end of a little ridgeline, sort of a minor summit ridge up on the greater summit area.\u00a0 Lupe visited both high points.\u00a0 It was a close contest, but the true summit seemed to be at the SE end where Lupe found a small cairn.<\/p>\n

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Lupe reaches the NW high point on the minor summit ridge. This point was in contention with another spot nearby to the SE for true summit of North Mystery Hills. Mystery Hills Central is on the L. The SE end of Skilak Lake is on the R. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lupe stands in the wind at the NW high point of the minor summit ridge. This might possibly have been the true summit of North Mystery Hills, but the high point in view to the SE (Center) appeared to be marginally higher. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trail didn’t even go to the likely true summit at the SE end of the minor summit ridge.\u00a0 Instead, the trail skirted below it to the SW.\u00a0 Lupe left the trail to make the short side trip to the true summit.\u00a0 A pitifully small cairn was the only indication Lupe had\u00a0finally\u00a0reached\u00a0her North Mystery Hills<\/a><\/span> (3,284 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> peakbagging goal.<\/p>\n

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Success! Lupe sits in the E breeze at the true summit of North Mystery Hills. Her next peakbagging goal, Mystery Hills Central, is in view along the ridgeline. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking back to the NW from the North Mystery Hills true summit. The other candidate for true summit at the NW end of the minor summit ridge Lupe is on is seen straight up from her rump. The high point where she first reached the broader summit ridge is at the far end straight up from her head. That’s over where Lupe found the metal box containing the register.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mystery Hills East<\/a><\/span> (3,478 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>(Center) from North Mystery Hills. Mystery Hills East is the highest of the Mystery Hills. The trail Lupe was following (an extension of the Skyline Trail) goes all the way to Mystery Hills East, but Lupe didn’t make it that far. Peeking over the R shoulder of Mystery Hills East is Round Mountain<\/a><\/span> (3,901 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having finally reached the summit of North Mystery Hills, Lupe’s next objective was Mystery Hills Central<\/a><\/span> (3,291 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, still 1.25 miles away to the SSE.\u00a0 Getting there was simply a matter of following the Skyline Trail on a beautiful, fun ridge hike.\u00a0 Lupe had splendid sweeping views along the entire route.\u00a0 She passed over a series of rocky highpoints, as well as lower, gentler terrain, on the way.<\/p>\n

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Looking back at the summit of North Mystery Hills on the way to Mystery Hills Central. Photo looks NNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lupe takes a break on a rocky high point on her way to Mystery Hills Central. Her ears point up toward Mystery Hills East. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching Mystery Hills Central. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Lupe arrived at the top of Mystery Hills Central, she found a roomy, nearly flat, summit area.\u00a0 It also had two candidates for true summit, separated by only a short distance.\u00a0 Lupe found a survey benchmark at the E high point, and\u00a0a modest cairn at the W one.<\/p>\n

Despite the still rather annoyingly strong E wind, Lupe and SPHP paused on Mystery Hills Central for a while to appreciate the grand 360\u00b0 views.<\/p>\n

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The survey benchmark on Mystery Hills Central.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kenai River valley from Mystery Hills Central summit. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lupe enduring the stiff E wind up on Mystery Hills Central. What a tremendous view of Skilak Lake to the SW!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking S toward distant glories of the Kenai Peninsula.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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S using the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The topo map showed\u00a0the Skyline Trail continuing on from Mystery Hills Central,\u00a0looping around for miles, still following the ridgeline.\u00a0 Eventually the trail goes all the way to Mystery Hills East<\/a><\/span> (3,478 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Lupe could see part of\u00a0the trail from above.<\/p>\n

One look was enough to convince SPHP that Lupe didn’t have the time, and SPHP didn’t have the energy, to\u00a0press on to Mystery Hills East.\u00a0 That part of the trail had some serious elevation gains and\u00a0losses along\u00a0the way, in addition to being nearly\u00a0another\u00a03 miles long.<\/p>\n

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The trail to Mystery Hills East can be seen below on the hill on the R. It follows the ridgeline, eventually going over the next hill toward the L. Round Mountain is in view in the distance on the L. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So this was it, Lupe had come as far along the Skyline Trail as she was going to.\u00a0 Mystery Hills Central was the end of the line.\u00a0 The sun said Lupe would soon have to start back.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP lingered a little while longer\u00a0together on Mystery Hills Central.<\/p>\n

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Lupe at the Mystery Hills Central cairn. The ridge route back to North Mystery Hills (Center) is beyond her. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View to the NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Kenai River on its way to Skilak Lake. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The time came to say good-bye to Mystery Hills Central.\u00a0 Lupe started back the way she had come.<\/p>\n

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Starting back toward North Mystery Hills (Center). Photo looks NNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Mystery Dingo of the Mystery Hills up on the ridgeline. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the sun sank lower toward the horizon, the E wind finally began to relent, losing some of its strength.\u00a0 Lupe had a wonderful time exploring the ridge along the Skyline Trail.\u00a0 It was a relaxing evening trek, surrounded by beauty on all sides, high in the Mystery Hills.<\/p>\n

Lupe returned to the true summit of North Mystery Hills.\u00a0 From there, she went on to the NW end of the broad summit ridge, back\u00a0to the high rocky point where she had first discovered the metal box containing the register, and met Patrick Metzger\u00a0only 4\u00a0hours ago.<\/p>\n

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Lupe returns to the true summit of North Mystery Hills. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Back at the far NW end of the North Mystery Hills summit area. Lupe is at the high point where she found the metal box containing the register, and met Patrick Metzger a few hours ago. Photo looks NNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looper in the evening sunlight, prior to starting back down the Skyline Trail from North Mystery Hills. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lower Peak 2851 is partially hidden by the slope on the R. The Skyline Trail can be seen leading back down this slope on its way from the high saddle to the first saddle where the stand of old gnarled pines was. The Sterling Highway is on the L. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although Lupe hadn’t seen anyone on the Skyline Trail after Patrick left, once Lupe began her descent from the Mystery Hills, she met a few hikers on their way up.\u00a0 They were hoping to catch the sunset from North Mystery Hills.\u00a0 To SPHP, it looked like the sun was going to sink into a cloud bank.\u00a0 The sunset was likely to be more silver and gray than colorful.<\/p>\n

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Looking WSW on the way down to the first saddle. Skilak Lake can be seen beyond Hideout Hill on the L. A silvery Cook Inlet shimmers on the far horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jean Lake and more distant Skilak Lake. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What those hikers actually saw at sunset, Lupe never knew.\u00a0 By then she was far down steep Skyline Trail in the encroaching gloom of the dark forest\u00a0at the base of\u00a0the Mystery Hills.\u00a0 (8:49 PM)<\/p>\n

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On the Skyline Trail to the Mystery Hills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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