The Anchorage Hillside is popping with color. In Arctic Valley, a black bear sow and her cubs stood out among golden leaves as rain collected on blueberry patches. At University Lake, mallard ducks fed among the fallen leaves on the water.
Here are more photos of the Anchorage area’s fall foliage.
Rain droplets gather on leaves in Arctic Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A black bear sow crosses Arctic Valley Road in Anchorage and is followed by her cubs on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Fallen leaves decorate the Chester Creek greenbelt trail on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Leaves of a mountain ash tree in Anchorage turn orange and red on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Mallards look up from feeding among fallen leaves at University Lake on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Fort Richardson, part of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, is seen from Arctic Valley Road among fall foliage on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Mount Susitna, also known as Sleeping Lady, is in the background. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A bull moose walked along a path at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Wednesday evening, Sept. 21, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Leaves change color outside the Anchorage Senior Activity Center on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Colleen Curley runs over a bridge at University Lake on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
A bicyclist makes their way along the Chester Creek greenbelt trail on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
A rainbow was visible beyond fall colors on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Leaves on a tree near downtown Anchorage turn orange and red on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Fall colors visible on trees in Town Square Park on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Fall colors are reflected in University Lake on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
The setting sun illuminates the Anchorage skyline and fall colors in the foreground on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Emily Mesner is a multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.
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