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Gold Panning, Resurrection Pass
- Hope, USA
- Activities › Ecotour
The Hope area provides numerous opportunities for the amateur panner, including a 20-acre claim that the US Forest Service (USFS) has set aside near the Resurrection Pass trailhead for recreational mining. Out there usually are some regulars who don't mind showing newcomers how to swirl the pan.
There are about 125 mining claims throughout the Chugach National Forest. Some of the more serious prospectors actually make money, but most are happy to take home a bottle with a few flakes of gold in it.
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Hope Point
- Hope, USA
- Activities › Hiking
Hope Point is steeper and a bit more difficult, following an alpine ridge 5 miles for incredible views of Turnagain Arm. Begin at an unmarked trail along the righthand side of the small Porcupine Creek. After 0.3 miles, the trail leaves the side of the creek and begins to ascend an outcrop with good views. From here, you can follow the ridge above the tree line to Hope Point (elevation 3708ft). Except for an early-summer snowfield, you'll find no water after Porcupine Creek.
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Chugach Outdoor Center
Chugach Outdoor Center guides trips down Sixmile twice daily during summer. The two-canyon run is around US$95 per person; if you want to defy death on all three canyons it's $145 per person.
Sixmile Creek is serious white water, with thrilling - and dangerous - rapids through deep gorges that survivors describe as 'the best roller coaster in Alaska.' The first two canyons are rated Class IV; the third canyon is a big, bad Class V.
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Nova River Runners
Nova River Runners also does twice-daily trips down the river, at around US$90 for the Class IV canyons, and around US$130 for the Class V.
Sixmile Creek is serious white water, with thrilling - and dangerous - rapids through deep gorges that survivors describe as 'the best roller coaster in Alaska.' The first two canyons are rated Class IV; the third canyon is a big, bad Class V.
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Gull Rock Trail
The Gull Rock Trail is an easy 5-mile, four- to six-hour walk to Gull Rock, a rocky point 140ft above the Turnagain shoreline. The trail follows an old wagon road built at the turn of the 19th century, and along the way you can explore the remains of a cabin and a sawmill. You can camp at Gull Rock, but dead spruce trees are a serious fire hazard; stick with a stove.
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Hope-Sunrise Mining Museum
This small log cabin is packed with displays recalling the Turnagain Arm gold rush of 1894-9, with revealing historical photos of booming Hope and Sunrise. Relics from early miners and homesteaders are preserved here with a great deal of respect; a quick guided tour is worth the tip for history buffs and anyone with a little extra time.
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Paddling
Sixmile Creek is serious white water, with thrilling - and dangerous - rapids through deep gorges that survivors describe as 'the best roller coaster in Alaska.' The first two canyons are rated Class IV; the third canyon is a big, bad Class V.
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Tito's Discovery Café
This is Hope's most popular eatery, with locals and visitors alike lining up out the door. It has excellent halibut wraps and unorthodox offerings like smoked-salmon corn chowder and Hungarian mushroom soup.
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Davidson Liquors
Has snacks and the only gas in town, in an antique- (or perhaps just junk-) strewn homestead near the end of the Hope Hwy.
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Resurrection Pass Trail
The northern trailhead of the legendary 39-mile Resurrection Pass Trail is near the end of Resurrection Creek Rd.
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Seaview Café
- Hope, USA
- Restaurants › Pub
Specializes in seafood and serves up good beer with views of the Arm. There's often live music on weekends.
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Alaska Dacha
Has the only pay phone between here and Moose Pass, plus groceries, showers and laundry.
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Gold Panning, Sixmile Creek
- Hope, USA
- Activities › Ecotour
The Hope area provides numerous opportunities for the amateur panner.
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