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Upper Russian Lakes Trail Mountain Bike Trail
Cooper Landing, Alaska
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
2 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 9/10/11 by codygaylord |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 21 miles | Global Rank: #937 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Other |
| Ridden: 5 | Wishlist: 13 |
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Description: The Upper Russian River trail - a section of the original Resurrection trail - is a great day ride: 21 miles of single-track. The trail skirts the Harding Ice Field before dropping into the Russian River Valley. You will traverse a sub-alpine forest and fields of wildflowers, stop for lunch at mile twelve along the banks of the picturesque Upper Russian Lake. Continue your descent into the Russian River Valley, an area that was decimated by a wildfire in 1969. Here you will encounter the natural and extraordinary process of reforestation: a majesty of new growth interspersed with scarred forest remains. At mile twenty, visit the Russian River Falls. Here, viewing decks allow an incredible view of sockeye salmon successfully ascending a series of forty-foot falls on their way to their instinctive spawning grounds. For free maps or tour information contact Alaska Backcountyr Bike Tours toll free 866-354-2453.
added on May 23, 2005 by guest
Description: The Upper Russian River trail - a section of the original Resurrection trail - is a great day ride: 21 miles of single-track. The trail skirts the Harding Ice Field before dropping into the Russian River Valley. You will traverse a sub-alpine forest and fields of wildflowers, stop for lunch at mile twelve along the banks of the picturesque Upper Russian Lake. Continue your descent into the Russian River Valley, an area that was decimated by a wildfire in 1969. Here you will encounter the natural and extraordinary process of reforestation: a majesty of new growth interspersed with scarred forest remains. At mile twenty, visit the Russian River Falls. Here, viewing decks allow an incredible view of sockeye salmon successfully ascending a series of forty-foot falls on their way to their instinctive spawning grounds. For free maps or tour information contact Alaska Backcountyr Bike Tours toll free 866-354-2453.
added on May 23, 2005 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by codygaylord on September 10, 2011
I rode this trail early this morning and it proved to be quite fun. It was quite wet and muddy and there has definitely been a lot of trail work done here this summer.
reviewed by AK_Dan on July 31, 2008
I rode the first 6 miles of this trail on 7-27 where I ran into a trail crew that was clearing brush. Beyond that the trail was very overgrown and hard to navigate, with 20-something hours of daylight here in the summer mother nature takes back what was hers very rapidly. Give the trail crew another week to complete their work and this will be an awesome ride!
* Review edited 7/31/2008
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