 Previously on trekking paths, long story short, they lost our test results back in Arizona and so we're going to get tested again. We're trekking paths Habiba and Alex and for the last few weeks we have been calling Alaska Home working from our little tiny Airbnb during the week and hitting the hiking trails during the weekends, exploring the last frontier, challenging ourselves, learning and appreciating the opportunity to escape the heat of the desert and now that we are ready to roll in the state of Alaska, buckle up and get ready for yet a new adventure with trekking paths. Today's adventure is taking us to the Shugach State Park, one of the largest state parks in the nation with the most popular astonishing hiking trails in Alaska and more than 60 of the state's most accessible glaciers. And today's hike is certainly an epic one taking us to the famous Crow Pass, but first time to grab some snacks. Our first hike in Alaska so far. We're excited. We'll be with ourselves in the group. One of the trails on all trails is Crow Pass Crystal Lake and Barnes Mountain Trail, a 6.2 mile out and back trail with an elevation gain of 1,958 feet that features a lake, waterfalls throughout the way, some water and snow crossing, a small refuge cabin by the lake and of course dramatic views of the Shugach Mountains. I got some foreground. I got that stuff and then I got the glacier in the back and I got all three. Beautiful. We're starting to climb up in this area with a bit more scree compared to earlier where it was just lush green foresty and uh yeah this is beautiful. Love this rain. You having fun boo? I'm having a blast. It's really pretty. I like the dark. I like the snow. I like the green. A lot of colors. A lot of weather. We're getting a full dose of nature today. So you can see a trail all the way there. That's where we're headed. Pretty guy got to cover up the camera. I think I'm gonna put my rain jacket too. You get to go make friends with your uh your new favorite hairstylist. Is that bear spraying up or bothering you between your legs there? All right let's go. Do you want me to put the clip on too so that it doesn't? It seems like they're cable ties that the mine cars would probably run down a shaft or on on rails that were probably suspended by these cables. From Alex's reaction seems like the view in front of me here is going to be unique. So let's see. Yes my baby. Beautiful. It's green vzef. Very beautiful. Very beautiful. I'm curious if we get to go up there. If that's where we're headed. Can you see the trail? I'm wondering if when you get to the pass if we get to look out over the other side and then there might be ice cream. Tell us what happened with your shoes. Look at the back of my shoe. You see this little pull tab right? Pull pull pull. Look at the back of this shoe. Different pull tab. When we left the house I got I just grabbed the shoes that were next to each other and I guess when we put them on the shelf they weren't the same shoes. So I grabbed two different shoes. One of them is my waterproof set and the other one's not. Luckily I grabbed it right in the left. So there is a cabin all the way up there. We're gonna just go around check it out and see what the other building is. Probably some restrooms and then just take a look at the lake and we'll head back. It's getting a little cold because we're closer to the water and I don't know just way too cold but this is beautiful. Is that a bear? Bear. All right so let's see what this cabin is all about. We met a guy earlier on the trail and he had the heavy backpack and he told us that he was coming to the cabin to drop his backpack and he will come back tomorrow with the group. So I'm assuming at least there's a backpack there. There is a sign that says there's no one. There's no one. Nice and dry. Nice and warm. Yeah. So what do you say spend the night here? By reservation only it says. Yeah it does. Some bunk beds and then there's a table here and then some hoax. That's the view from the window and that's the view from the cabin. Cool. Where are you? Upstairs. So there's upstairs. Like what the weight is on anything or anything really. I'm guessing it's fine. Nice cabin and definitely gave us a short amount of warmth. This trail and far in the distance there are some switchbacks. I'm not sure if you guys can see it but that's the way we are going to go down. It's extremely steep and the screen is so wet. You definitely don't want to fall here. This is definitely a riskier way I would say and then you can see the switchbacks. They're very beautifully painted on the side of the mountain there. This is a site with some ruins from a mine. From a mining operation. Probably a gold mine I don't really know. There are a lot of remains from the gold mine and we just saw a notice that indicates the fact that you know people should avoid camping in the area or drinking water because it might be contaminated with you know a lot of lead and metals and risks of Chitanus probably. It's amazing that the sun doesn't go down until 11 30 p.m. So that just gives us a lot of time to be on the trail and not be worried about and not to be worried about it being dark outside. Yeah I think I need a life with the sun never going down probably. That's my baby. She'll show me that you dance like you come. Happy with this hike? I am in love. So we're back to the car here but we will go there's a beautiful waterfall we will check it out just take some photos and show you guys what it looks like. The best hike. Thank you guys for watching I hope that you enjoyed the show. You're trekking paths Habiba and Alex and we'll see you soon on a new adventure.