Steam plume emanating from Mt. Spurr on 9/10/2006
Credit: James Copen / AVO
One estimate of the cost for bridging Knik Arm is $600 million. But such an immense amount of capital could fuel many other megaprojects. Has imagination finally failed Alaska, land of the Last Big Dream?
Here’s one better way to knead that dough.
Consider Mount Spurr. It rises from the horizon, 80 miles due west of Anchorage, the closest active volcano to the largest city in America’s Far North state. It’s a stunning white massif, far more scenic than that amorphous blob called Denali. It’s exciting. Dangerous. Romantic. And very, very snowy.
Even better, Mount Spurr belongs to the State of Alaska. It’s our very own volcano.
Yet when Uncle Derkie and family visit Anchorage from Peoria, you can’t load them into the old ‘bago and drive to the Spurr Overlook and Campground. It might as well be on the moon.