There is plenty to do at Hatcher Pass, but you don't have to do anything to enjoy a fine day at the top. Parasailors launch from peaks near the pass, high above timberline at 3,886 feet. They swoop and soar along the slopes, bright as butterflies, riding the thermals like ravens. Wildflowers grow in profusion on the green, tundra covered slopes and ripe blueberries color hillsides high above Willow Creek in August. Bird watching is good, too. Bright yellow Wilson's warblers dart about in the brush and a flock of waxwings stopping to rest and feed before heading south is a delight to see. A pair of binoculars, a couple of field guides and a picnic lunch provide more than enough to do, but you might as well take a berry bucket, too.