Finally Hiked Flattop Peak 2. And Peak 3.

 My original hiking plans kinda fell through and when I awoke today, my plan was to just stay in. But then, for whatever reason, I decided I should at least get a little more use out of my annual parking pass and go hike Flattop. Of course, as I left my house, it began raining and I almost pulled my car right back into the garage, but figured I should at least head to the trailhead and see how things are there. I'm glad I did. Not that the weather was much better, but once I got there I figured I may as well at least do some hiking. And instead of going to Flattop itself as I normally do, I decided I should head to Peak 2.

 

For all my time living in Alaska, I've known about Flattop Peaks 2 and 3, but never done them. No one talks about them much and what little I've heard makes it sound like Flattop itself is the only peak really worth the work. I wish I'd just chanced it and headed to the additional peaks long before today. Peak 2 was pretty cool and Peak 3 was absolutely amazing.  

 Of course, at first I told myself just do Peak 2 and save Peak 3 for another time. But Hamlet kept moving forward on the trail and who was I to argue with him. 

Peak 3 looks much further than it really is, but if you're like me and have to stop every ten feet to take another picture, it still takes a little bit to get there. 

There was even some snow on Peak 3 still (in mid-July!), which made Hamlet happy.

Lastly, much to my surprise, there's a little weather station thingy on Peak 3. Why am I surprised? Cause even though it's a rather seemingly remote location, it actually doesn't seem too out of the way for bored assholes looking to wreak havoc. 

People seem surprised Hamlet is doing these hikes at his age (11 1/2), but he lead the way the whole time and didn't even seem close to being done by the end.

Finally, on the way back, we went to Flattop proper so I could get that iconic look at Anchorage the peak is so famous for. I got a different view instead this time. 

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