The whole area around Eklutna Lake is amazing, not least of all because of the tremendous variance in landscape around it. On a hike to Thunderbird Falls we passed this canyon, at the bottom of which is the Eklutna River. Tress were growing straight up out of the rock, somehow surviving and thriving, a testament to the tenacity of life. I can't wait to go back in the fall -- I'm sure the colors along this canyon wall are breathtaking.

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