Hey Folks,
Welcome back to the blog. It’s been a long, busy and somewhat crazy season. More on all that later.
Here’s a photo of the Tyndall Glacier from our first trip, way back in June, when Rhane and I guided a Sea Kayaking trip in Icy Bay, before a week hiking and packrafting on the Lost Coast. Good times.
The trip was a blast. Saw a wolverine right by camp, had a nice batch of weather, great camping, great food, and some awesome, awesome kayaking.
The Tyndall Glacier was in the news a good bit recently (2015). A landslide right by the toe of the glacier (out of frame on the left of your view) dumped many, many tons of debris into the Taan Fjord and on top of the glacier. A Tsunami several hundred feet high resulted, scouring the fjord and completely redrawing the landscape. It was amazing to get back to the area and view some of the carnage. I’ll write a review of that for you later. Incredible what power that wave wrought.
Kageet Point, where we used to camp is gone. Well, the landing strip there is gone. So there’s no more camping there for now. Instead, on this trip, we camped a little north of there on another small point, about one-third of the way up the bay toward Tyndall Glacier, north from Kageet Point. Spectacular views of Mount St. Elias and the kayaking there was just sublime.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with Kageet Point down the road and whether it becomes a place we can return to via bush plane or not.
The glaciers of this area are a dynamic process. Climate change is a big impact on the region. Glaciers are always retreating and advancing and back and forth, but not quite so much as they seem to be at the moment.
Look for more coming blog posts here over the next few months. The season has wound down a bit, and I’ve time to catch my breath and update the blog. until then, enjoy the view.
On this trip we spent the day right up around the toe of the Tyndall Glacier. We were able to paddle amongst the lots of brash ice and thousands of small floating icebergs. And then we did two awesome hikes, from either side of the bay. This really is one of my favorite spots in the park.
As always, I would suggest you take a look at our sea kayaking guide if you’re interested in this great sport. It’s a lot of fun. Nice way to see some incredible places.
Travel safe.
Cheers
Carl
