Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Picked tons of great black (alpine) bearberries. Good crowberries too.
August 2
Tustumena Lake, Kasilof: Picked lots of crowberries. Lowbush cranberry half ripe.
July 3
Flattop Mountain trail, Anchorage: Bearberries and crowberries are big and green.
August 26
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Picked tons of really good Crowberries in Archangel Valley.
August 11
Bear Mountain, Peters Creek: Picked lots of blueberries and crowberries. Lots of green blueberries still. Crowberries perfect.
September 2
Carlo Creek, Cantwell/Denali Park: On trails into alpine areas. Some of the best red currants I’ve seen, growing like grapes in a vineyard. Ripe and delicious and incredibly plentiful. Many ripe blueberries, juicy but not as tasty as the Fairbanks berries. Many ripe crowberries and other alpine berries.
August 16
Murphy Dome, Goldstream: Blueberries galore, some too far gone. Picked blue along with very good crowberries. Lowbush cranberries all over, not ripe yet. Blueberries and raspberries still good on Ester Dome.
July 24
Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Blueberries are perfect. Big and juicy. A few still not ripe. Picked a ton, with some crowberries too. Crowberry and black bearberry are ripe. Lowbush cranberries are two thirds ripe and there are lots.
July 22
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked a ton of mostly blue, also crowberries, raspberries, red bearberry, nagoonberries. Got a few cloudberries too but they’re overripe and squishy.
July 21
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked tons of blueberries. Many ripe some still not ripe. Also lots of nagoonberries! Lots of lowbush cranberry this year, not ripe yet. Quite a few ripe raspberries. Saw ripe crowberries, cloudberries, timberberries, soapberries.
Alaska Berry Bog 