taking it up the butte...

Finally! I hiked the Butte, for the first time this year, a week or so ago with my cat KTB. It is such a fun little hike, I believe that The Butte is the biggest bang for your buck, as far as, local day hikes go. It's shape is strongly reminisent of a wart, in comparison to the numerous mountains that make up the ranges surrounding both it and the entire Matanuska Susitna Valley (Home of my Home). In every other sense the place is magical! It is forty minutes or less to the top, depending on your mph, its the tallest mound (i think its an igneous intrusion called a basolith, once a huge bubble of magma, which cooled as it approached the surface, a glacier then cruised over and scrapped away all the surrounding earth leaving a giant wart shaped butte behind) of earth, outside any of the surrounding mountain ranges, and there is a 360 degree view of all the Mat-Su Valley; inlet, glaciers, and everything in between from the top.
So that day(a week or so ago) was a distinctly beautiful day, owing to the warm temperature, sunshine, and the large impending and dark cumulous nimbus bearing down across the valley from the mountains behind Wasilla. We managed to make it to the top in time for a beer, a photo shoot, and a leisurely descent back to the car before the first rain drop even fell...you can thank KTB for that crafty title...and for the following photos...

Knik Glacier in all it's Glory

Now, lets add a touch of Class to the scenery.
KTB (lead singer of the little known band Uncunted) enjoying a refreshing and delightful Alaskan Brew in front of the majestic pioneer peak.
I don't know who this is....swear.
get your creep on.

aloha.