After taking a break from the challenge during my pregnancy, I’m joining the 52 Hike Challenge again this year!
52 Hike Challenge 2020:
Hike 1: NYE Backpacking trip to Bald Lake (Willow, AK)
Hike 2: Bodenburg Butte (Palmer, AK)
Hike 3: Albert Loop at ERNC (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 4: Bench Lake Trail (Wasilla, AK)
Challenge start: January 1
Challenge end:
Total miles hiked in 2020: 15
52 Hike Challenge 2018:
Hike 1: Turnagain Arm Trail – Potter to second overlook (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 2: Independence Mine Loop (Hatcher Pass, AK)
Hike 3: Mosquito Cove (Sitka, AK)
Hike 4: Gavan Hill (Sitka, AK)
Hike 5: Totem Trail (Sitka National Historical Park, AK)
Hike 6: Herring Cove/Beaver Lake (Sitka, AK)
Hike 7: Portage Glacier via Portage Lake (Portage, AK)
Hike 8: First 1,000 feet of the Bird Ridge Trail (Indian, Alaska)
Hike 9: First 1,300 feet of the Bird Ridge Trail (Indian, Alaska)
Hike 10: Backside trail of Flattop Mountain (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 11: Portage Glacier via Portage Lake (Portage, AK)
Hike 12: Mt. Baldy (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 13: Near Point (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 14: Mt. Baldy (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 15: Bodenburg Butte (Palmer, AK)
Hike 16: Rendezvous Peak (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 17: Bodenburg Butte (Palmer, AK)
Hike 18: Twin Peaks Trail to first bench (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 19: Bodenburg Butte (Palmer, AK)
Hike 20: Near Point (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 21: Backside of Flattop (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 22: Gold Ridge (Juneau, AK)
Hike 23: Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Glacier (Juneau, AK)
Hike 24: Perseverance Trail (Juneau, AK)
Hike 25: Day 1 of Resurrection Pass (Hope, AK)
Hike 26: Day 2 of Resurrection Pass (Hope, AK)
Hike 27: Day 3 of Resurrection Pass (Cooper Landing, AK)
Hike 28: Day 4 of Resurrection Pass (Cooper Landing, AK)
Hike 29: Lazy Mountain (Palmer, AK)
Hike 30: Mt. Townsend (Quilcene, WA)
Hike 31: Hope Point to Overlook (Hope, AK)
Hike 32: Mt. Baldy (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 33: Mt. Marathon (Seward, AK)
Hike 34: Bear Lake Trail (Seward, AK)
Hike 35: Wolverine Peak (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 36: Blacktail Rocks (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 37: Mt. Baldy (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 38: Lost Lake Backpacking Day 1 (Seward, AK)
Hike 39: Lost Lake Backpacking Day 2 (Seward, AK)
Hike 40: Backside of Flattop (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 41: Reed Lakes (Hatcher Pass, AK)
Hike 42: Mt. Kilimanjaro – Machame Gate to Machame Camp (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania)
Hike 43: Mt. Kilimanjaro – Machame Camp to Shira Cave Camp (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania)
Hike 44: Mt. Kilimanjaro – Shira Cave Camp to Lava Tower to Shira 2 Camp (Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania)
Hike 45: Materuni Waterfall (Materuni, Tanzania)
Hike 46: April Bowl/Hatch Peak (Hatcher Pass, AK)
Hike 47: Root Glacier (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK)
Hike 48: Backside of Flattop (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 49: Day one of Kesugi Ridge (Denali State Park, AK)
Hike 50: Day 2 of Kesugi Ridge (Denali State Park, AK)
Hike 51: Harding Icefield (Seward, AK)
Hike 52: Turnagain Arm Trail – Rainbow to Windy (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 53: Portage Pass (Whittier, AK)
Hike 54: Lost Lake (Seward, AK)
Hike 55: Portage Pass (Whittier, AK)
Hike 56: Bird Ridge (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 57: Twin Peaks Trail (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 58: Eagle and Symphony Lakes (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 59: Arctic Valley (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 60: Bodenburg Butte (Palmer, AK)
Hike 61: Twin Peaks Trail (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 62: Turnagain Arm Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 63: Eklutna Lakeside Trail (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 64: Nancy Lake Backpacking Trip (Willow, AK)
Challenge start: January 7
Challenge end: September 19
Total miles hiked in 2018: 398
52 Hike Challenge 2017 Hike List:
Hike 1: Backpacking trail to Nancy Lake (Willow, AK)
Hike 2: Smokejumper Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 3: University Lake Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 4: Rover’s Run Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 5: South Fork Loop Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 6: Lynx/Coyote Trail Loop (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 7: Portage Glacier Hike (Portage, AK)
Hike 8: South Fork Eagle River Trail (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 9: Nancy Lake (Willow, AK)
Hike 10: Upper Gasline Trail (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 11: Bodenburg Butte (Butte, AK)
Hike 12: Near Point (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 13: Horseshoe Lake Loop (Big Lake, AK)
Hike 14: Powerline Trail – Basher to Near Point (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 15: Little O’Malley (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 16: Gull Rock (Hope, AK)
Hike 17: Glacier Point (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 18: Sentinel Dome (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 19: Bridalveil Falls (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 20: The bottom of El Capitan (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 21: Vernal Falls (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 22: Nevada Falls (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 23: Olmsted Point (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 24: Tuolumne Meadows to Soda Springs (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 25: Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 26: Lower Yosemite Falls (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 27: Sentinel Meadow Loop from Half Dome Village (Yosemite National Park, CA)
Hike 28: Earthquake Trail (Point Reyes National Seashore, CA)
Hike 29: Point Reyes Lighthouse (Point Reyes National Seashore, CA)
Hike 30: Muir Woods Loop – Bridge 4 to Hillside Trail (Muir Woods National Mnmt, CA)
Hike 31: Powerline Pass to Hidden Lake Bridge (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 32: Caines Head Beach Trail (Seward, AK)
Hike 33: Fort McGilvray (Seward, AK)
Hike 34: Spencer Glacier (Portage, AK)
Hike 35: April Bowl/Hatch Peak (Hatcher Pass, AK)
Hike 36: Crow Pass – Girdwood to Raven Glacier (Girdwood, AK)
Hike 37: Kincaid Sand Dunes (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 38: Flattop Mountain (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 39: Rendezvous Peak (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 40: Gold Mint Trail (Hatcher Pass, AK)
Hike 41: Twin Peaks Trail (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 42: Byers Lake Trail (Denali State Park, AK)
Hike 43: Eklutna Lake Trail (Eklutna, AK)
Hike 44: Portage Pass (Whittier, AK)
Hike 45: Eagle and Symphony Lakes (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 46: Byron Glacier (Portage, AK)
Hike 47: Turnagain Arm Trail to first overlook (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 48: The Dome (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 49: Byron Glacier Ice Caves (Portage, AK)
Hike 50: Skyline Drive Overlook (Eagle River, AK)
Hike 51: Turnagain Arm Trail to second overlook (Anchorage, AK)
Hike 52: Mt. Baldy (Eagle River, AK)
Challenge Start: January 1st
Challenge End: November 7th
Total miles hiked in 2017: 255
