Visit The Wild
The floatplane banks hard over a granite ridge and the valley opens below. A ribbon of turquoise water winds through green tundra, flanked by mountains streaked with late snow. Two hours ago we were drinking coffee in Bettles. Now we’re threading through the Endicott Mountains with Mt. Igikpak filling the horizon.
Here’s a photo of us rafting down the Upper Marsh Fork of the Canning River – essentially the headwaters of the Canning in the Brooks Range, close to the continental divide. How Do We Get Here? We go to ANWR via Coldfoot, and fly in tot he backcountry from there. Our favorite Alaska air taxi, […]
Hey Folks, Super stoked to head back down to the Malaspina Glacier this fall. Rhane and myself are going to be leading this adventure. Sept 7 – 17. See the link above for details, it’s all there, but ….
Rafting trip on Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Travel Marsh Fork River to Canning River and the Coastal Plain.
Hey Folks Now that summer and fall has wound down some, I’ve got a little time to catch up on image processing and maybe blogging as well! We’ll see how far we get with that. One of the trips I was really looking forward to this summer was a hike along the coast, the southern […]
Hey Folks A recent trip to Malaspina Lake, and the Lost Coast and Icy Bay treated us to this set of prints, along the silty shores of Malaspina Lake. So whoever saw a grizzly bear with one bear paw and one human foot? Amazing. The Malaspina Monster, evidence at least. The missing link? Who knows? […]
Hey Folks, Big, big fun .. HUGE fun at the end of a recent (and very soggy) hiking trip, from the Kennicott Glacier, up hidden Creek, over the pass and down to the Lakina River. At the end of the trip, the clients flew back to McCarthy for a hot shower and dinner, while I […]
12 days on the southern edge of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. We traversed the largest piedmont glacier in North America, dropped to the beach, and walked the Lost Coast.
From ice and crevasses to campfires in t-shirts. This was our trip of the year.
A guide to hiking and backpacking in Gates of it Arctic national Park & Preserve, Alaska. Discuss Logistics, route choices, and safety and preparation.
Hig and Erin walk along the shore of a small lake at the edge of the Malaspina Glacier; the hike with hig and Erin, and their 2 children Katmai (carried by Hig, on the left) and Lituya (whom Erin is carrying). What a treat it was to be invited to join this great family on their adventure!
