Best Hikes – Thompson Pass to Sheep Creek – Sept 17, 2016
With a bit of dusting and some sun, Tabitha and I enjoyed the classic hike to Sheep Creek from The Gap in Thompson Pass.
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ChugachFit V.7
Hopefully everyone has been out all summer enjoying the great outdoors with a variety of activities. For me this included biking, hiking and an occasional backpacking trip. With ski season just around the corner, I am focusing on October 15 as my start day. Like the Boy Scouts say “Be Prepared”. Then it’s game on, up, and down. But before […]
Read moreBackcountry News – Forest Plan, Flattened WESSC, Tailgate Talk and Pot
The Chugach National Forest has released it’s Revised Land Use Management Plan based on the public hearings held in 2014. It had not been revised for three decades. It’s a large document, so you will need an hour or so to find the areas of your interest. Valdez meetings were very well attended mostly with concerns about winter recreation use. The […]
Read moreFlood Watch With Dusting – August 24, 2016
For those watching water level tonight and Friday, this real-time gauge in Keystone Canyon is worth watching. It’s been operating for over a year and when it gets to 10ft, then things start flooding. With saturated ground and models indicating heavy rain for the next 24 hours, resident should remain alert. We’ve only had about 2″ since Monday. But any […]
Read moreSierra – Great Divide Double Traverse
This is the 100th Anniversary of our great National Parks established within the framework of the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916. Since their inception, millions of people from around the world have been humbled standing in arenas of mountains, trees and rivers forever protected from the crush of humanity. “(NPS)which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the […]
Read moreGood-Bye Damalanche 2014 – It’s Finally Gone.
Within the next week, a small patch of snow will melt at the base of Snowslide Gulch. Lasting nearly 2-1/2 years, this is the last dirty white remnant of the debris pile from the largest avalanches cycle ever seen in Valdez. The enormous amount of snow that slid off the mountains in late January of 2014 was a thrill for […]
Read moreWeekend Escape – Jumbo Mine
Twenty years ago, Tabitha and I took our first backpacking trip together. The rest is a love story and thus a lifetime of partnership exploring some of the wildest places in Alaska and the world. That first trip included hanging our backpacks and ourselves on the hand tram across the creek to McCarthy and an arduous trip to Nikolai Pass. […]
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