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Alaska trails · Lake Elsner Trail

Lake Elsner Trail

A 6.0-mile out-and-back in Alaska, with 346 ft of climbing. Reaches Corser Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Length
6.0 mi
Elevation gain
346 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
20%
Steepest mile
+202 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.9 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Bikes
no
Horses
no
Managed by
U.S. Forest Service

Elevation profile

83 – 424 ft12345

The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 378 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Lake Elsner Trail

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Heads up

Sections reported faint or hard to follow — carry a map or download this area offline.

Getting there

CABIN LAKE TH — parking nearby, restroom, water. 60.52763, -145.45850 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:46 a.m., the sun rises at 6:32 a.m. and sets at 8:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 9:35 p.m. (AKDT) — 14 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 12.0-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:19 a.m. — 9 h 30 min before sunset.