portage river

About a one hour drive south of Anchorage on the Seward Highway leads one to the Portage River valley. This area has a high concentration of easily accessible climbs, some several pitches in length. Because it is generally a warmer area, the climbs may not be in as consistent conditions as some areas to the north. However, warmer temperatures can provide a welcome relief to those who prefer not to suffer.

• Indecision
• Fate is the Hunter
• Split Decision

Five Fingers

• The Pinkie
• Ring Finger
• Middle Finger
• First Finger
• Little Boy
• The Thumb

Middle Glacier Valley

• Rainbow Bridge
• Luckyman
• The Fringe
• Gingus

• Follies
• Gutterboy
• Tallman
• Bullwinkle
• Dreams of Brown Moose

We Need Wall

• Gangs All Here
• Jam Session
• Unnamed
• Big Cicle
• Salty Nuts

• Byron Glacier
• Hands Across the Water
• Hands Across the Water (Variations)

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