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Tier B · Anchorage Hiking
Williwaw Lakes
Williwaw Lakes is a long alpine-lake day hike, roughly 5.9 miles one way from Glen Alps or 7.4 miles from Prospect Heights, moderate grade but a long day either way — a genuinely different destination from Wolverine Peak despite sharing the same trailhead network.
Who this suits
Guests who want a long alpine-lake day (or a backpacking overnight) rather than a summit push — a strong full-day objective for hikers comfortable with distance even without steep grade.
A plan that works
- Confirm the guest wants distance over steepness — this is a long day at moderate grade, not a summit push.
- Either Glen Alps or Prospect Heights works as a trailhead; Glen Alps is the shorter approach.
Drive and timing, honestly
- Glen Alps or Prospect Heights trailhead, Anchorage Hillside. No drive time is stated — none has been measured from either property.
- A long full day.
What we won’t promise
- We cannot promise current trail or creek-crossing conditions, current snow conditions at the lake basin, or current trailhead parking status at either access point.
Practical notes
- Kept as its own distinct destination from Wolverine Peak, despite sharing the same trailhead network.
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Where Williwaw Lakes sits relative to the rest of Anchorage — no dead end here, open anything else nearby directly from the map.
Schematic — direction is real, distance is not to scale. Nothing here is placed at a street address.