There are several entry points to the moose range and I'd like to explore all of the options and all of the many trails. I've started at Wendt Road many times and Murphy Road several times. But I decided to check out a couple of others today. The Mat-Su Borough Map shows entrances off of Yarrow Road and Boyd Road. I decided to try to find Yarrow Road today. What a lovely trail it is from there. It really is an old road and it was very smooth and the snow was well packed down from ATV activity. There were numerous other narrow trails leading away from the obvious main trail but I had no trouble finding the correct route. I also had my phone navigating my track in case I got mixed up and couldn't find my way back. Once off the main trail and into the swamp area, there were many odd options and it could be easy to take a wrong turn. I did end up on a trail blocked by private property at one point, and had to turn around. Our total hike was 5 miles out and back. The borough map of the whole moose range area shows an old car as a permanent landmark. One of my goals today was to find that old car. It should have been on a smaller trail but the ATVs had made their trail go right by the car. So I found it easily. I can't believe it was never removed! I guess now that it's on the map it's required to stay there forever! I only saw two other people on the trail, two ladies on fat tire bikes. One of them was one of my running friends, Teri Buck. After returning to my car, I drove to Boyd Road (not shown on the Borough map). l now have all the trailheads programmed into my car GPS. I'll be doing a lot more exploring out there. It's so peaceful, and surprisingly, I've never seen a moose out there!
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| The Old Car |
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| A small section of the map showing most of the trail and the old Car location |
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