Information About

Dogsled Pass

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Dogsled Pass on The Map

Location

61 ° 48' 55.001" N,
149 ° 18' 22" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Wasilla

Elevation

4196 ft (1278.94 m)

Dogsled Pass in Detail.

About

In the Talkeetna Mountains, between the headwaters of Craigie and Purches Creeks, 16 mi NNW of Palmer.

History

Mountaineers using this pass found ancient, rotting freighting sleds..., traces of a dogtrail over it, and ruins of sod kennels...in the Purches Creek Basin.

Places Near Dogsled Pass
Airports:

Microdot Ridge,

Cities:

Palmer,

Crags:

4th of July Wall,

Dams:

Independence Mine Dam, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 1, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 2,

Lakes:

Anderson Lake, Chignaki Pond, Cornelius Lake, Dandy Lake, Dry Lake, Dusk Lake, Emerald Lake, Finger Lake, Gold Cord Lake, Gooding Lake, Hart Lake, Kennedy Lake, Kings Lake, Lower Reed Lake, Meier Lake, Memory Lake, Mud Lake, Neklason Lake, Paradise Lake, Pinnacle Lake, Reed Lake, Summit Lake, Upper Reed Lake, Walby Lake, Wolf Lake,

Locales:

7 Sacred Chutes, April Bowl, Baby Ruth, Bennet's Ridge, Black Prospect, Eldorodo Bowl, Face of Hatch, Fairangel Cirque Gully, Farside, Gold Chord Death Traverse, Lake Run, Lake Run, Nixon's Nose, Nosebleed, Nunatak East, Nunatak West, Point 30, Rock Garden, Seldom Seen, Stairstep, Sunnyside, Sunnyside of Hatch, Swimmin' Tims, The Glades, The Lost Couloir, Valley of Sin, Wimp Bowl, Womens Run,

Mountains:

Bullion Mountain, Government Peak, Idaho Peak, Marmot Mountain, Skyscraper Mountain,

Parks:

Independence Mine State Historical Park, Finger Lake State Recreation Site, Wolf Lake State Recreation Site,

Mountain Passes:

Backdoor Gap, Birthday Pass, Bomber-in-a-day Pass, Dogsled Pass, Friendship Pass, Hatcher Pass, Point 40,

Peaks:

Blueberry Knoll, Delia Benchmark, Didikama, Fairangel Cirque, Fairangel Peak, Fish Peak, Gold Chord, Good Hope Towers, Granite Mountain, Hatch Peak, Higher Spire, Hunchback Spire, Lower Spire, Luck Peak, Lynx Peak, Managemint, Microdot, Nelteni, Nunatak, Outpost Peak, Parlimint, Pass Peak, The Pinnacle, Rae-Wallace, Rainy Day Knoll, Teeny Weene, Tenemint, Top Peak, Turnkey Peak, Yisbo,

Ridges:

Arkose Ridge, Bald Mountain Ridge, Murphy Ridge, President's Ridge,

Routes:

Mile 16 Ski Run, Paradise Ski Run,

Streams:

Archangel Creek, Bartholf Creek, Carnegie Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Craigie Creek, Delia Creek, East Fork Fishhook Creek, Fairangel Creek, Fishhook Creek, Francie Creek, Glacier Creek, Goodhope Creek, Government Creek, Grubstake Creek, Hatcher Creek, Homestake Creek, Moon Princess Creek, Premier Creek, Reed Creek, Shorty Creek, Sidney Creek, Upper Willow Creek, West Fork, West Fork Grubstake Creek,

Routes:

April Bowl Trail, Arch Prospect Trail, Assay Spur Trail, Blueberry Knoll Trail, Fairangel Trail, Gold Cord Lake Trail, Gold Mint Trail, Hard Rock 2 Trail, Hard Rock Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 1, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 2, Hatcher Pass Winter Maintenance Trail, Independence Mine Trail, Lane Basin (Old Road) Trail, Lane Basin Trail, Marmot Mountain Trail, Martin Mill Trail, Mill Loop Trail, Rae-Wallace Mine Trail, Reed Lakes Trail, Snow Trail to Lodge, Snowbird Trail,

Valleys:

Cable Valley, Grubstake Gulch, Lone Tree Gulch, West Fork Grubstake Gulch, Wet Gulch,

Cities:

Lucky Shot Landing, Tanaina,