Thrive Outside

Thanks to  Alaska Chicks , you will be seeing outdoor advice and tips here every  THURSDAY .  Since I will be posting and encouraging you to GET OUTSIDE, you might want to know a bit about me.  This is my bio from the latest Thrive Outside hiking guide (it is in the process of being printed and will be available soon). "Born and raised here in Alaska, Ella Embree, a happily married mom with three children, would rather hike, bike, or ski than be confined to  the interior of a house.  She feels like the mountains all around her hometown of Palmer call our her name, beckoning her to come and see the beauty.  Returning to Alaska after three years in grad school in Chicago and a ten year stay in South Africa,  knowing where to go  on an adventure was an obstacle that she had to overcome.  So, she started researching and dragging her friends on a variety of different hikes.  Ella's enthusiasm for the outdoor is contagious and she wa...

When the snow starts melting, we all get antsy in Alaska to get out those hiking shoes and hit the trail.  I love hiking all year, but there are limitations that spring time hiking can be a hinderance.  It requires patience for everyone (bikers, horse riders, even hikers) to take care of the trail during the delicate time of spring until it drys out and becomes harden. Lazy Mountain Trail in April 2016 Trails can easily be damaged by making tracts or by going around the wet area creating a even bigger hole next year.  So, I like the slogan, " if you make a track, GO BACK. Lazy Mountain Trail in April 2016 *Just announced from the Mat-Su Borough " Sorry folks. The Lazy Mountain Trail and Lazy Moose Trail are closed beginning today until they solidify some. Please stay off the Lazy Mountain Trail so the resource is protected. The trail up is goopy mud in parts forcing people off-trail where they trample the brush and wind up making new trails, which causes mor...