Alaska trails · Skyline Drive (Road)
Skyline Drive (Road)
A 10.5-mile out-and-back in Alaska, with 2,281 ft of climbing. Reaches Glacier Peak. Managed by the National Park Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 49% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 3.5.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Glacier Peak (summit)
Getting there
Skyline Drive (Road) access. 63.53452, -150.97349 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 8:01 a.m., the sun rises at 8:49 a.m. and sets at 6:48 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:36 p.m. (AKDT) — 10 h 00 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 20.9-mile round trip works out to roughly 10 h 02 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.