Tony Knowles Coastal Trail - total ride 15 miles - Anchorage, AK

One of the reasons we returned to Anchorage was to ride this coastal trail.  Most of the trail was in lush forest that followed  the coastline from Kincaid park to downtown Anchorage.  Marv had a great idea for the shuttle to the trailhead We took a people mover from the downtown area to within 4 miles of the trailhead.  The buses have a tote on the front for bicycles.  Then we hopped off at Raspberry Road and Jewel Lake Rd and biked the 4 miles to trailhead.  

The trail was very busy on the weekend, but that sure didn't bother Bullwinkle.  He was just munching and munching right on the edge of the trail.  He didn't come up out of the brush so we could see just how big he was, but his velvety antlers (still growin') said it all. 

• Most of the trail was level or downhill as the elevation of the park was higher than downtown, so it was as easy a ride as 15 miles can be.  We certainly enjoyed it, as did many other people.