Hitchen

Hitchen Collection

1948

This color photo shows a fall view from Hatcher Pass in the Talkeetna Mountains looking southwest down Willow Creek valley. A portion of Upper Willow Creek is in the middle ground at right. The landscape character is of rounded hillsides covered with low alpine vegetation of a greenish-brown color. The most obvious feature is the section of Willow Creek Road as it enters the view in center foreground and wraps around the hill, switching back to the left and climbing out of sight toward Hatcher Pass. Remnants of the older cat road and trails used to surmount the pass in days of early gold mine development in the Little Susitna River drainage are visible in the lower part of the image. A small cabin appears to be located in the middle ground where the cat road turns from Upper Willow Creek toward the pass.

Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

35mm color slide

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