Crow Pass Crossing photos: A backcountry race with a view

Updated: July 25, 2016 Published: July 23, 2016

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Michael Versteeg leaps downhill after reaching Crow Pass, a high point on the 22.5-mile Crow Pass Crossing on Saturday, July 23, 2016. The race started in Girdwood and ended at the Eagle River Nature Center. (Sarah Bell / Alaska Dispatch News)

Peaks of the Chugach Mountains and Raven Glacier are some of the views competitors in the 33rd annual Crow Pass Crossing experinced on Saturday, July 23, 2016. The race started near Girdwood and ended at the Eagle River Nature Center.

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Sarah Bell

Sarah Bell is a multimedia intern for Alaska Dispatch News. She's a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in photojournalism.

Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

Crow Pass Crossing photos: A backcountry race with a view

Sarah Bell

Marc Lester

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