“What are men to rocks and mountains?”  Jane Austen The 19th century writer and polymath John Ruskin wrote “Mountains are the beginning and end of all natural scenery.”  That is certainly true in Eklutna Valley.  We are surrounded by craggy peaks, some of them quite daunting, others scalable by humans with sturdy footwear and less than sturdy physiques. When one looks north from downtown Chugiak the tallest peak looming … Continue reading Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee: A hymn for the mountains encircling Eklutna Valley