Donoho Lakes Loop

Perfect weather + 3 day weekend + Alaska = Pure awesomeness.

I hadn’t been to Kennicott/McCarthy in years, so when Becca suggested the Donoho Lakes trip I jumped at the idea. Evan, Becca, Shiloh (pup), and I did the 18 mile loop overnight and enjoyed some spectacular scenery along the way. Starting at the Kennicott mine we hiked the 2 miles to the Root Glacier. There we strapped on crampons and began our trek across the Root Glacier.

Looking up the Root, with the medial moraine on the left.

Crossing the next section of the Root. We found the Root relatively easy to cross, but there are definitely some sections that would be trickier. It took us about an hour to navigate our way to the other side.

Becca

First Donoho Lake, with Donoho peak on the right.

The scenery was terrible 🙂 Evan & Becca hiking towards the second lake.

The Mid with Donoho Peak. Donoho Peak is approximately 3500 ft. above camp.

Evan, Becca, Shiloh trekking past small glacial lake on the approach to the Kennicott Glacier.

Moraine of Kennicott.

On the Kennicott!

The crew passing one of many spectacular turquoise glacial lakes.

Storming in the distance. Crazy storm moving our direction.

The storm quickly approaching on the Kennicott.

After leaving the Kennicott Glacier we crossed a huge moraine back to the Root. The storm barely hit us on the moraine with a few drops then retreated back down valley. We saw a crazy ice tunnel in the moraine you could drive a semi through, unfortunately my camera (for once) was safely tucked inside my pack 😦

Back to the Root. Perfect trip, perfect crew.