To get to the Matanuska Peak Trailhead, take the Old Glenn Highway from Palmer (or you can go the other route by Pioneer Peak, since they are almost identical in time travel) to Smith Road. Follow Smith all the way to the parking area.
These pictures are from early May, 2018, but really are fairly representative of what it was like up there all winter!
This is the only heavily snowy area, and can even be avoided by going about another quarter mile up the valley before taking the snow-free ridge to the top
Going up the snow free ridge
Looking at Pioneer Peak and the Bodenberg Butte from the summit
Colin at the summit making it look more dramatic than it really is
On the summit looking down on Palmer and Lazy Mountain
Near the summit looking due east
Looking north from the summit
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