Tongass National Forest

Visitors arriving at the south spit.

Planes and boats tied to outhauls.

M/V Mist Cove at anchor near Pack Creek.

Rangers provide an orientation to all visitors when they arrive at the south spit.

Visitors and staff sometimes encounter a bear while walking along the beach.

Bear paw prints.

Rangers are available at the viewing spit to answer questions about bears and the surrounding area.

A Swarovski spotting scope is available for public use at the viewing spit.

A Pack Creek ranger helps a young visitor use the spotting scope at the viewing spit.

Photographers at the viewing spit.

A visitor uses the spotting scope at the viewing spit.

Visitors must remain in certain areas while at Pack Creek. Here several visitors gather at the viewing spit.

A close approach by a brown bear at the viewing spit.

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game technician Paul Converse keeps an eye on the viewing spit.

A 15-foot tower offers visitors a view of Pack Creek.

Rare boreal toads may be found along the trail to the tower.

Friendly Sitka black tail deer are plentiful at Pack Creek.

Fiddlehead ferns abound in the spring along the Pack Creek trail.

A yearling cub scratches his back on an alder post near the south spit.

Windfall Harbor shelter.

A floatplane rides the outhaul on a sunny day at the south spit.

Remnants of Stan Price's logging operation (visible from the viewing spit) are popular with younger bears.

View of the Glass Peninsula from the viewing spit. The clearcut occurred before Admiralty Island's designation as a national monument.