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Eklutna Lake is a good destination for hiking, picnicing, bicycling or just hanging out during a hot summer day.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Michael Cipriano climbs the upper portion of the trail on Flattop Mountain. The higher altitudes held a dusting of early-season snow that fell there in days prior.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

The view from the top of the Corkscrew Trail -- one of six ski, hike and mountain bike trails maintained by Sheep Mountain Lodge owners Zack and Anjanette Steer -- looks to the south at the Chugach Mountains, which rise over 12,000 feet and include the headwaters of the Matanuska River.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

From left, Susanne Kruse, Dagmar Ruehrig and Kristin Bartenstein take in the view and some pictures of each other on the top of Flattop Mountain. The hike was the last of the season for a women's Tuesday night hiking group that they're a part of, they said.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

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