After a long hiking trip up and down the cliffs and along the Matanuska river bed I came upon a birch tree with her yellow leaves glowing in the last rays of sunshine. Pioneer Peak is in the background with just a little bit of fall snow on her. Pioneer Peak with its original Dena’ina name Dnal’iy which means “The one who watches us”. The name Pioneer Peak was given in 1939 in honor of the pioneers of the Matanuska agricultural colony of the mid-1930s. It stands 6,398-foot (1,950 m)
After a long hiking trip up and down the cliffs and along the Matanuska river bed I came upon a birch tree with her yellow leaves glowing in the last rays of sunshine. Pioneer Peak is in the background with just a little bit of fall snow on her. Pioneer Peak with its original Dena’ina name Dnal’iy which means “The one who watches us”. The name Pioneer Peak was given in 1939 in honor of the pioneers of the Matanuska agricultural colony of the mid-1930s. It stands 6,398-foot (1,950 m)