For Anchorage visitors without rental cars
who want to HIKE flattop mountain.
$25. round-triP
van departs downtown at 12:15, arrives flattop at 1 and remains parked while you hike by yourself. everyone meets back at the van by 4, departs and arrives back downtown by 4:30.

to reserve for today or tomorrow text 907-250-1170.

to reserve for the day after tomorrow and beyond, click here to email.

No deposit/cancel anytime

In a nutshell, this is a 30 mile "low key" circuit tour
of the anchorage bowl and an unguided mountain hike above it.

4 hour 15 minute afternoon excursion.
we need a total of 7 people or the equivalent in revenue if we had seven people to run.
faq 2 at this link explains.

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One way with bike on back of van is $17.

Flattop is Alaska's most frequently climbed mountain

3-mile round-trip hike

Elevation gain: 1,350'

Elevation: 3,350'

Great views

A scenic, safe, affordable, independent outdoor afternoon excursion. We drive you 16-miles (37 minutes) from downtown Anchorage (sea level) on the longer more scenic route through the university to the Glen Alps trailhead in Chugach State Park. (Elevation 2,200') Van remains parked for about 3 hours while you HIKE by yourself. Click here for How to Hike Flattop direction sheet.

Great views reward each footstep. On average it takes one hour and fifteen minutes to HIKE from the parking lot to the summit. This allows most people ample time to walk around the mountain's flat top. It takes about 45 minutes to descend. Because there is no guide you can hike as far and as fast or as slow and as little as you like.

A slow or tired hiker can turn around wherever and whenever they want. Fast, fit hikers can get to the top in about 40 minutes so they sometimes run up to the second or even the third peak behind Flattop. Up there you can run along a ridge line and unlike on the Flattop trail, up there you will likely be completely alone.

Hikers must begin their descent between 2:45 and 3 pm so that they are back in the parking lot at or before 4 pm which is when the van departs. We take a different, faster, more direct route back to downtown arriving back at 4:30.

If you want to rent a bike and take it to Flattop on the back of our van HIKE/BIKE COMBO, you won't be on a schedule because you can ride downhill back into the city whenever you want.

Main store with sidewalk access. One of three rooms filled with more than 150 bikes of all types

4th Avenue between C&D Downtown Bicycle Rental, Sales and Repair Sticker

333 W 4th Avenue

Our location from atop giant 5th Avenue parking garage.

TIME	EVENT	MORE SPECIFICALLY
8 am to 11:55. (11:45 is ideal)	Check-in	Check-in at Downtown Bike Rental, pay, sign hike release, get trail direction sheet. To bide time before departure here are some fun, free things to do. 1) Take glass elevator across the street to the top floor of the parking garage where there are great views and you'll see Flattop. Be back at bike rental no later than noon. 2) Stretch/Lift weights. We have four large stretching mats and lots of room in in the spacious mall where we're located. You can also use our complimentary bench press. 3) Our mall is home to a 1964 Earthquake exhibit that is on many city tours. Read/walk through the exhibit.
Noon to 12:15	Depart	As soon as everyone has checked in we leave so sometimes we leave as close to noon as possible.
Between 12: 45 and 1 pm	Arrive Trailhead	Van arrives at Glen Alps in Chugach State Park. Elevation: 2,200 feet. Click here for live web cam shots of Flattop and the parking lot.
1:00 - 4:00	HIKING Time	Van remains parked at trailhead. Driver does his own hike. Everyone meets back at van at or before 4 pm.
4:00 or before*	Leave Trailhead	departs taking a different return route back to make a circuit tour of the city. If everyone is back prior to 4 we depart early.
4:30 or before	Arrive Downtown	Van arrives @ DBR. . If after hiking you decide to rent a bike you'll save $2. We call this the HIKE/BIKE SPLIT. If you rented a bike prior to going on the hike, you receive a $2 discount on the shuttle price. This is the BIKE/HIKE SPLIT.

Membership/supporter

NOTE: The municipality requires the van to pass a mechanical inspection, pay a $712.50 "Vehicle for Hire Fee" fee, obtain commercial vehicle insurance, and its driver to have a chauffeur's license.