163 official trails lie within 25 miles of Anchorage — 550 miles in total, 42 rated easy and 77 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.
The biggest climb nearby gains 6,508 ft; the median trail gains 970 ft.
| Trail | Miles | Climb | Difficulty | From town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Ridge Traverse Trail | 10.2 | 2,907 ft | Expert | 15 mi |
| Powerline | 14.0 | 3,365 ft | Expert | 14 mi |
| Pioneer Peak Trail | 6.1 | 6,204 ft | Expert | 25 mi |
| Bold Peak Bootpath | 3.3 | 6,508 ft | Expert | 15 mi |
| Crow Pass | 22.6 | 3,204 ft | Expert | 11 mi |
| Iditarod National Historic Trail | 11.7 | 1,718 ft | Expert | 15 mi |
| Bashful Peak Trail | 2.8 | 6,392 ft | Expert | 15 mi |
| Bird Ridge Trail | 4.4 | 3,651 ft | Expert | 15 mi |
| Mchugh Lake | 6.4 | 2,925 ft | Expert | 14 mi |
| Blue Eyed Lake Trail | 3.1 | 4,447 ft | Hard | 5 mi |
| Bold Ridge | 4.1 | 3,619 ft | Expert | 17 mi |
| Hope Point Trail | 4.0 | 3,390 ft | Hard | 21 mi |
| Turnagain Arm | 9.4 | 846 ft | Expert | 17 mi |
| Ptarmigan Valley | 5.2 | 2,663 ft | Expert | 16 mi |
| Eagle Glacier Crow Creek Trail | 2.3 | 3,888 ft | Hard | 14 mi |
| Rendezvous Ridge | 4.2 | 1,873 ft | Expert | 7 mi |
| Indian Creek Pass | 6.1 | 2,083 ft | Hard | 14 mi |
| Wolverine Peak | 2.8 | 3,121 ft | Hard | 13 mi |
| Bird Ridge | 2.4 | 3,301 ft | Hard | 15 mi |
| Upper Highway Trail | 1.7 | 3,588 ft | Hard | 17 mi |
| Falls Creek | 2.5 | 2,870 ft | Hard | 16 mi |
| McHugh Peak Trail South | 2.2 | 2,902 ft | Hard | 17 mi |
| Penguin Peak | 1.8 | 3,180 ft | Hard | 14 mi |
| Peak 3800 Trail | 1.7 | 3,109 ft | Hard | 12 mi |
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