tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87724917198233062372024-03-04T20:06:11.546-09:00Alaska Adventures by TrondTrond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-17527029212827209652013-06-20T21:26:00.000-08:002013-06-30T09:29:52.942-08:00Galapagos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Galapagos, May 12th - 18th, 2013</div>
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Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, Espanola & Floreana Islands</div>
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In May this year, I joined Geir, Morten and Helge on a 4 day live aboard cruise in the Galapagos. Geir was checking out the Haugan Cruises catamaran Cormorant for his EcoExpeditions travel company portfolio and the rest of us tagged along for the experience.</div>
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Helge, Morten and Geir at the upper deck of the Cormorant. The catamaran took 16 passengers and had a crew of 10. Food and service onboard was excellent ... not exactly your typical back packers hostal.</div>
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Helge and Geir brought their big "guns". This is not really necessary for wildlife photography in the Galapagos. The wildlife is really up close. All my photos were taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 (above water) and a GoPro Hero 3 Silver (below water). Here the guys are shooting nesting albatrosses ... each shooting across a trail at an albatross right next to the other guy. Much of the wildlife is endemic to Galapagos and I have tried to give Wikipedia references for the more interested reader.</div>
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Pelican at the Santa Cruz fish market. These pelicans and numerous sea lions come in with the fishing boats looking for goodies.<br />
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Galapagos is famous for the giant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_tortoise" target="_blank">Galapagos Tortoise</a>.</div>
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This particular tortoise was cooling of in the local mud hole.</div>
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Galapagos marine Iguana.</div>
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Pink Flamingos. For some people, seeing these pink flamingos is worth the whole trip to Galapagos. We saw these pink flamingos close to Punta Cormorant on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floreana_Island" target="_blank">Floreana Island</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow-tailed_Gull" target="_blank">Swallow-tailed Gull</a></div>
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The Galapagos Iguanas come in many different colors. This one had a particularly pretty red head. </div>
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Nesting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_Albatross" target="_blank">Waved Albatross</a> on Isla Espanola.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_booby" target="_blank">Masked Boobies</a> on Isla Espanola.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_sea_lion" target="_blank">Galapagos Sea Lion</a> basking in the sun.</div>
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Sea Lion family. The "families" stay close together when they are resting on the beach. Whenever an unfamiliar sea lion would try to join the group there would be a wild uproar and it would be chased away.</div>
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Red rock crab (<span dir="auto"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapsus_grapsus" target="_blank">Grapsus grapsus</a></span>) were plentiful along the beaches and made for fun and colorful photo objects.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-footed_Booby" target="_blank">Blue Footed Boobies</a> on Isla Espanola.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_Dove" target="_blank">Galapagos Dove</a>.</div>
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My favorite beach. Located on Isla Floreana; 5 minutes walk from Punta Cormorant.</div>
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Gordon Rocks ... fabulous dive site. This is a good place to see Hammerhead Sharks.</div>
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Kicker Rock ... another good dive site. We snorkeled here and saw lots of Eagle Rays and Galapagos sharks.</div>
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Devil's Crown ... beautiful looking dive site that we, unfortunately, never got to try. Maybe next time?</div>
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While in the Galapagos I just had to do a bit of diving and snorkeling. The water conditions are quite variable in the Galapagos, entirely dependent on currents and can change from day to day. At Gordon Rocks, we had limited visibility (50-60 ft) but we saw numerous large Hammerheads, Eagle Rays, Sea Turtles, and loads of local tropical fish.</div>
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The ubiquitous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passer_Angelfish" target="_blank">Passer Angelfish</a></div>
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Enjoying life between dives ... </div>
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Sea lions were everywhere and they were extremely friendly and playful.</div>
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Stingray.</div>
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Surgeonfish.</div>
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One of the main reasons to dive at Galapagos is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark" target="_blank">Hammerhead Shark</a>. We were fortunate enough to see Scalloped Hammerheads at Gordon Rocks. The one in these pictures was about 10-12 ft (3-4 meters) long. Farther north by Wolf and Darwin islands the get to be almost 20 ft!</div>
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My GoPro Hero 3 produced some stunning underwater video. When I finish editing the videos they will be posted here, so stay tuned.</div>
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Having visited Galapagos left me wanting more (even though it takes 2 full days just to get there). Perhaps my next trip will be to the Northern islands of Wolf and Darwin to see schools of Hammerheads and maybe even a Whale shark.</div>
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April 27th, 2013<br />
44 kms (28 miles); 3 hrs 10 min.<br />
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For me this is a "Must Do" trip every year. I had been watching the conditions for a while and Saturday, April 27th, promised the right conditions and great weather. I started out at about 8:20 am. The temperature was around 28 F (-2 C) and the crust had set up nicely.<br />
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The first few miles up the Placer Valley were hampered by heavy snow machine traffic earlier in the year. But once I got past Skookum Creek, the conditions improved. The conditions up valley did not disappoint, and the farther I went, the better the crust got. Spencer Glacier was in great condition. I was able to ski 2 miles up the glacier. With a small detour I would have been able to gain the upper snowfield, but the time was getting late and I decided to turn around and get back to the car before the snow got too soft.<br />
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I got back at noon which was perfect timing because the crust was just beginning to break down. On the return, I stayed on the west side of the railroad tracks all the way down to Skookum Creek. The crust and snow conditions were better on the west side, and there were also fewer snow machine tracks to deal with on this side.<br />
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Once again the Placer Valley delivered a great crust ski opportunity. <br />
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One of these years, I will start early enough to gain the main snow/ice-field and look down onto the Blackstone Glacier and Blackstone Bay.<br />
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Spencer Glacier. The mountains in the background are unnamed. They reach about 5200 ft elevation. The snowfield in the mid-distance is at 1500-2500 ft. My turnaround point was just short of the far "ice-fall" at 1500 ft.</div>
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Lots of ice-blue lakes on the glacier</div>
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Crust-skiable glacier - not your everyday occurrence! Coming back down, the crust surface was just starting to melt, allowing me to carve S-turns down the glacier ridges.</div>
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At the turn-around point.</div>
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Spencer Glacier terminus.</div>
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East to South panorama of the Spencer Glacier and surrounding (unnamed) mountains.</div>
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Potter to Kincaid roundtrip along the Anchorage Coastal State Wildlife Refuge</div>
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39 kilometers (24 miles), 2 1/2 hours</div>
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Crust ski with Trond <span style="font-family: inherit;">Flagstad, Brad Cruz, Matias Saari, Lasse <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Moelgaard - Nielsen </span>& Davis Dunlap</span></div>
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We started out at 7:15 am from the Potter Marsh parking lot and was done before 10 am. The crust was best right up against the bluff as well as close to the high tide mark. In between it was punchy and inconsistent.</div>
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Note: If you decide to ski below the Rabbit Creek shooting range, make sure you are long gone before the range opens. Official hours are from 10 am to 5:45 pm, Wednesday through Sunday.</div>
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River crossings were easiest towards the high tide mark rather than closer to the bluff. </div>
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Wildlife: Canada geese, Snow geese, Coyotees, Moose, Mallards, Bald Eagles</div>
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Sunrise over the Chugach mountains</div>
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Crossing of Campbell Creek requires unclipping and balancing across on frozen mud and ice</div>
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Always a good sign of spring: the arrival of the geese</div>
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The crossing of Rabbit Creek</div>
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Crust cruising with Chugach mnts (left) and Kenai mnts (right) in the background</div>
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Towards Pt. ampbell only a narrow tongue of snow remains between the bluff and the frozen mud and ice<br />
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Trond Flagstad cruising between the icebergs</div>
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Matias and Trond F below the bluff by Kincaid</div>
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With crust ski conditions still not in season, Brad Cruz and I decided to head up to Nancy Lakes to ski some of the snow machine trails. We started from mile 2.5 at the Nancy Lakes highway and skied in to South Rolly Lake campground along the road. From we skied south across Red Shirt Lake and Cow Lake. We then took a small detour to check out the conditions along the Iron Dog trail. This trail was in great shape and would be excellent for a longer ski. We headed back to the Cow Lake trail (single track) which we double poled over to the East Butterfly lake. From there we headed north along the Nancy Lakes canoe trail across Buckley Lake #1, Candle Stick lake, Echo Ponds, Lynx Lake, Charr Lake, Owl Lake, James Lake, Chicken Lake, Big and Little Noluck Lakes, and finally Tanaina Lake.<br />
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Conditions were great on the way out; hardpacked and wide snow machine trails. The conditions were not so good on the way back. Only narrow and old snow machine trails made for a lot of double poling.<br />
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Nancy Lakes hgwy trailhead. It promises to be a glorious day</div>
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On the Big Lake Snowmachine Trail system. The trails are well marked</div>
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Trond on the Iron Dog trail with Mt Susitna in the background</div>
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Iron Dog trail panorama</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Master's World Cup in Asiago, Italy</span></div>
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<strong>February 14th:</strong></div>
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This year's main skiing goal is the Masters' World Cup in Asiago, Italy. The next few days will tell if I can improve upon the last couple of years' results. At Sovereign Lake (Canada) in 2011 I got a couple of 5th places and in Oberwiesenthal (Germany) in 2012 I got a 7th and an 8th place. We also got a silver on the relay in 2011 and a bronze in 2012.</div>
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We've had a couple of days of acclimatization so far. The conditions are great. -8C at night, +2C at mid-day. Every day so far has been Extra Blue skiing. Hope this keeps up.</div>
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I will be skiing the 30 km classic on Feb 17th, the 10 km classic on the 18th, (hopefully) the 4x5 km relay on the 20th, and the 45 km classic on Feb 22nd.</div>
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Trond, Brad Cruz and Barbara Norton at the Asiago ski stadium.</div>
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<strong>February 16th:</strong></div>
First day of competitions: 30 km skate. <br />
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The men's M5 field with US skier Kent Murdoch in the lead</div>
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M6 leaders: Guido Masiero (ITA), Jon Engen (USA) and Domenico Invernizzi (ITA). Jon Engen ended up taking the silver medal.</div>
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Brad Cruz (APU, Anchorage, Alaska & USA) in his World Cup debut. 47th place. Excellentia!</div>
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<strong>February 17th: 30 km classic. </strong></div>
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Two years ago in Canada I was 13th in this event, last year in Germany I was 13th. This had not been my strongest event. But I had hopes for improvement today.</div>
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I had a good start, first out of the stadium, but it was downhill from there, literally and figuratively. My legs were dead after 1 km and I had to work hard the whole way. Result: 9th place (could have been worse, could have been better). Tomorrow is another chance (10 km classic).<br />
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<strong>February 18th: 10 km races (skate and classic). </strong><br />
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The 10 km classic was my second competition here in Asiago. We had another day of great conditions, -8C in the morning and firm, fast tracks. Waxing was no problem. I started out hard and stayed with the lead group for about 1 km. But they slowly got away from me and I had to work alone. My legs felt better today than yesterday, and I am pleased with my performance. And I was only 1:10 out at the finish. 12th placce wasn't exactly what I had wanted, but I am closer in time than I have been in the last couple of years, so I should be happy with the result. <br />
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Tomorrow is a rest day, and then we have the relays on Wednesday, February 20th. Chao for now.<br />
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Inga Scheve on her way to a bonze medal in the 10 km skate.</div>
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Brad Cruz (M6) after his first ever sub-30 minute 10 km. Way to go Brad.</div>
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Third place finisher Inga Scheve (F2) and 4th place finisher Kent Murdoch (M5) after the 10 km skate race.</div>
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<strong>February 19th: Rest Day</strong></div>
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A blue bell day; -12C in the morning and lots of sun. It was hard to sit still with conditions like this. So I did an easy 22 km workout on some trails overlooking the Vicenza area. There are 100's of kilometers of trails like the one shown below ... plenty of opportunity to do some touring.</div>
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<strong>February 20th: 4 x 5 km relay</strong><br />
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You'd think I had been doing this long enough not to get very nervous. Think again. I was set up to ski the first leg for the US M5 team. The other team members were Odd Bersvendsen, Jon Engen and Kent Murdoch. All the best classic skiers from the 30 km and 10 km classic events were lined up on the first leg. I was shaking in my ski suit. I got a good start, but quickly noticed that my kick wasn't too good. Right after the start, Alexander Klinov stepped on my back-skies and I almost did a banana peel backwards fall. By the time I recovered, Italy, Switzerland and Austria had gotten a 20 meter gap. The gap grew to about 50 meters at 1 km. But I felt good today, and I slowly managed to close the gap. At 3 km I was ajour with the three in the lead. On the last few hills, the front quartett broke apart and at the exchange there was about 5 seconds between each team with me in the fourth place about 15 seconds out of the lead.<br />
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Odd Bersvendsen on the second leg and Jon Engen on the third leg closed the gap and at the beginning of the fourth leg, Italy, the US and Russia were in the lead together. But Russia and Italy had the two best skaters on the last leg and that proved to be too muh for Kent. We came in third about 30 seconds behind the winner Italy. But we all had very good races today and we were very happy with the solid third place.<br />
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From left, Russia in 2nd plaec (ALexander Klinov, Sergey Ivanov, Alexandr Davydov, Iosef Kunitskiy), winner Italy (Valentino De Martin Blanc, Olivo Antoniacomi, Gianni Pensara, Gianfranco Pulvara), and team US (Trond Jensen, Odd Bersvendsen, Jon Engen, Kent Murdoch) in third place.</div>
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<strong>February 21st: 45 km skate</strong><br />
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Today, I watched the skate race and did a short ski and some wax testing. A troublesome cough got worse towards the evening. I hope nothing is brewing because I really want to do well in the 45 km classic tomorrow.<br />
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<strong>February 22nd: 45 km classic.</strong><br />
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Game over for me. I have developed a bad chest cold and I am not even starting the race today. Bummer! Better luck next time.<br />
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Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-67063987970349651132012-11-11T10:37:00.000-09:002012-11-14T10:38:59.699-09:00Nancy Lakes SkateNovember 11th, 2012<br />
Nancy Lakes Ice Skate and Skate Ski<br />
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Cold temperatures and little snow set up very good ice skating opportunities around Anchorage in early November. We grabbed the chance on Sunday to test the conditions on Nancy Lakes. And we were not disappointed. Perfect ice under 3 inches of fluff. <br />
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<br />Flash starting out on Tanaina Lake. Nice form!</div>
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<br />Trond Flagstad on Tanaina Lake.</div>
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Sunshine and perfect conditions.</div>
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We made a 16 mile loop where we crossed some 20 lakes. The lakes are quite close together and trails connect the lakes making the "portages" very easy.<br />
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Even skate skiing was pretty decent, although the snow had not bonded to the ice so the conditions put a premium on riding on a flat ski ... good for early season technique work.</div>
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Flash making a turnaround on one of the small sloughs.</div>
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Trond F and Flash coming back across Echo pond.</div>
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Equipment malfunction: Trond F had to one-skate the last 3 miles when a binding came off of one of his skates. It didn't seem to slow him down much though. I still had a hard time keeping up on my skate skis.<br />
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Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-68426375302282167092012-10-13T22:33:00.000-08:002012-10-15T22:34:52.372-08:00Ship Creek HillShip Creek Hill, 3845 feet<br />
October 13th, 2012, with Per Arne Pedersen<br />
7 hours roundtrip, 20 kms (12.5 miles), 5760 feet total vertical gain<br />
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One more mountain hike before winter sets in. Per and I headed out from Stuckagain Heights early morning on October 15th, hoping the weather would hold long enough for a roundtrip to Ship Creek Hill. Ship Creek Hill is a true summit in the ridge from Temptation Peak. We took the easy trail to the Dome and then headed down across the South Fork of Chester Creek and then up and over a low pass that I like to call Snowhawk Pass, elevation 2475 feet. From there we crossed Snowhawk Valley and Snowhawk Creek before heading up to Ship Creek Hill. The return followed basically the same route. <br />
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This is a great day hike. Most of the hike is above timberline, and if you pick your route well you can avoid most of the brush. However, crossing Snowhawk Creek can be a challenge, especially after big rains like we'd experienced all through September and October. <br />
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Ship Creek Hill (second peak from the left) as seen from Snowhawk Pass</div>
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Per heading up the easy slopes towards Ship Creek Hill. </div>
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Summit photo of Trond and Per.</div>
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Moose rub.</div>
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How to cross a freezing creek? ....</div>
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.... not exactly, but your way works too Per.</div>
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Snowhawk Creek in late fall shroud.</div>
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North to East panorama from Snowhawk Pass. Ship Creek Hill is second peak from the left. The highpoint in the right center is Temptation Peak. On the right are the Tikishla and Kanchee Peaks<br />
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Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-39205846643239471452012-08-11T13:17:00.000-08:002012-08-13T13:47:56.734-08:00Indian Pass Peaks - 10 Aug 2012Indian Pass Peaks (Bidarka, 3835 ft; The Wing, 4985 ft, Shaman's Dome, 4010 ft)<br />
August 11th, 2012, with Ian and Jen.<br />
19 miles (30 kms), 7900 total vertical (2415 m), 10.5 hrs round trip.<br />
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I had (as usual) big plans for the day and hoped to summit 5 peaks in the Indian Pass area on this gorgeous Saturday. But distances are deceiving and we "only" managed to summit three peaks. This area offers some great tundra travel. We didn't see anybody all day. It is amazing to have this entire area to ourselves.<br />
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We started from the Indian Valley trailhead and bush-whacked up the trail to Indian Pass. The trail is not much travelled and thus very overgrown this time of the year. From the Indian Pass we headed up the easy ridge to the Bidarka Peak (3835 ft) and then descended to a little tarn North of Bidarka were we had an early lunch. After lunch we crossed the ridge between the Beak (4730 ft) and the Wing (4985 ft) and traversed towards the col between the Wing and Bird's Eye Peak (4970 ft). But the West ridge of Bird's Eye Peak seemed too technical for running shoes and shorts, so we cancelled our plan for Bird's Eye and headed back up to the summit of the Wing. After the Wing we had hoped to traverse directly North to the Tail Feather Peak (4960 ft), but this ridge was also much too technical so we decided to head back West and bag Shaman's Dome (4010 ft) before returning via the col between Bidarka and Bird Ridge Overlook ("Bidarka" Pass). After an hour of serious bushwhacking we were back on the Indian Valley trail and another hour of bush-whacking down the Indian Valley trail put us back where we started 10.5 hours earlier.<br />
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Water stop at the Indian Pass before heading up Bidarka.</div>
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Jen and Ian on Bidarka with Turnagain Arm in the background.</div>
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Bird's Eye Peak.</div>
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The Wing</div>
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The Beak (left) and Bird Ridge Overlook from high on the Wing</div>
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Summit ridge of the Wing.</div>
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Jen and Ian on the Wing</div>
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Trond on the Wing with Tail Feather Peak in the background.</div>
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Decadent. Jen and Ian enjoying a brewski on the Wing with Bird's Eye Peak in the background.</div>
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Summit of Shaman's Dome. In the background are Ptarmigan (left), the Wedge, and the Ramp)</div>
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The Sail seen from Shaman's Dome.</div>
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Tail Feather (left) and the Wing (right). We descended the left-hand-side ridge from the Wing. An interesting ridge; 30-40 degrees ridge with lots of loose gravel on friable Chugach crud.</div>
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The Beak (left) and Bird Ridge Overlook seen from Shaman's Dome. Our return was via the pass ("Bidarka" Pass) between Bird Ridge Overlook and Bidarka seen as the low point on the right hand side of the photo.</div>
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Eastward panorama from the Wing. Left to right are Bird's Eye Peak (4970 ft), Esbay Peak (4050 ft), Bird Peak (5505 ft), Nest Peak (5030 ft), and Penguin Ridge.</div>
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Northward panorama from "Bidarka" Pass. Left to right are Shaman's Dome, the Wing, and the Beak.</div>
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Nagoon Mountain (4403 ft) in the Berries Group, Chugach Mnts</div>
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Sunday, August 5th, was another overcast weekend day (like most other weekend days this summer) with the cloud ceiling hovering around 3500 - 4000 ft. The weather looked a little better to the East so I decided to head out to the Berries. It had been a few years since I had been up the Berry Pass, so I thought I could at least go that far. And if the weather cooperated, I would try Nagoon Mountain, the northernmost mountain in the Berries. Most of the peaks in the Berries have berry names. Nagoon is the Tlingit name for arctic raspberry (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_arcticus">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_arcticus</a>).</div>
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The route follows the Winner Creek trail from Girdwood up to the Berry Pass. This is the same route used by 20-mile River packrafters. From the pass, I headed up in a southeasterly direction until I gained the northeast ridge. I stayed with the northeast ridge all the way to the summit. This was a great ridge with the right mix of scrambling, exposure and route-finding, and some close-up wildlife encounter.</div>
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Nagoon Mnt left and Highbush Mnt (4669 ft) right seen from the Upper Winner Creek</div>
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View from Berry Pass looking North. Kelly's Knob (2858 ft) in the right foreground and Longspur Peak (5401 ft) in the center.</div>
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From the summit ridge looking Northeast. 20-Mile river in the foreground, 20-mile glacier in the background.</div>
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Half-way up the summit ridge I ran into a flock of Mountain Goats.</div>
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Sitting quietly, I had a whole flock pass me at no more than 12 feet. We had a staring contest for about 5 minutes. </div>
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Summit pyramid of Nagoon Mnt.</div>
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Self-portrait from the Nagoon summit with Kinnikinnick Mnt (4468 ft) in the background.<br />
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View from the summit overlooking the 20-mile glacier, Kinnikinnick Mnt and some of the central Chugach mountains.</div>
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South view from the summit with (left-to-right) Blueberry Hill (4531 ft), Lowbush Mnt (4229 ft), Highbush Mnt (4669 ft), Lingon Mnt (4098 ft), and Berg Peak (3917 ft).</div>
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Southern panorama from Nagoon Mnt summit with (left-to-right): 20-Mile Glacier, Kinnikkinnick Mnt (4468 ft), Blueberry Hill (4531 ft), Lowbush Mnt (4229 ft), Highbush Mnt (4669 ft), Lingon Mnt (4098 ft), Berg Peak (3917 ft) and True Summit (4423 ft). Right of True Summit is Mnt Alyeska (not a true summit).<br />
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27 km (17 miles), 2620 m (8590 ft) total elevation gain. 8 hours roundtrip.<br />
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So far, it's been a summer with few opportunities for peak-bagging. It seems like the few nice days we've had have been mid-week while the weekends have been socked in. Finally, on Friday, July 20th, I got away to climb The Beak (4730 ft) from the Bird Ridge.<br />
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The route follows the Bird Ridge and then traverses counterclockwise around The Beak to attain the north ridge. All other routes seem to include some level of rock-climbing the Chugach crud. The North ridge is an easy grass ridge to the summit ridge where I had to descend about 100 ft to the East off of the very narrow summit ridge before gaining the summit proper.<br />
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Bird Ridge Overlook (4625 ft) left and The Beak (4730 ft) right.</div>
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The Beak. My route traversed from left to right in front of the peak to gain the right side col. I then traversed around back on sheep trails at the 4200 ft level until I got to the North ridge which provided easy access to the summit ridge.<br />
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Looking back at the Bird Ridge Overlook and Turnagain Arm from the summit of The Beak.</div>
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Three peaks directly North of the Beak, namely Shamans Dome (far left) at 4010ft, The Wing (center) at 4930 ft and the Tail Feather Peak (slightly right of center) at 4960 ft.<br />
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Bird's Eye Peak (4970 ft)</div>
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Self porttrait at the summit of The Beak.</div>
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Northern panorama from The Beak. From left to right are Mnt Williwaw, Koktoya, East and West Tenaina, Temptation, Shaman's Dome, The Wing, Tail Feather Peak, Bird's Eye Peak. Behind Bird's Eye Peak are the Triangle, Concerto, Calliope, Eagle, Organ and Polar Bear peaks with Mnt Yukla in the far distance.<br />
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Center Ridge looking East.</div>
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Brad heading up Center Ridge.</div>
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Trond heading up Center Ridge. It doesn't get much better than this. (Photo courtesy Brad Cruz)</div>
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Tincan Valley (left), Kickstep Mnt, Tincan Peak, Center Ridge (center), Lyon Creek (right)</div>
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Turnagain Pass hillsides can be a good place for picking "fiddle heads" this time of the year. Brad filled his small'ish backpack with fiddle heads in about 5 minutes on our way up to Center Ridge. Spring thaw "Ostrich plume" fern shoots, when tightly curled and flat - sided like a fiddle head make a tasty, crunchy salad ingredient. Rub off the brown furry parts with your thumbs, rinse clean with cold water, and blanch the shoots 3-4 minutes in briskly boiling salted water. Rinse in cold water and they're ready to eat. Or freeze them for later in the summer. (Photo courtesy Brad Cruz). For more details, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle_head">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle_head</a></div>
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The trip started from Cusco with a 3 day acclimatization trek around Nevado Salcantay with the obligatory stop at Macchu Picchu. We then headed to the Arequipa to climb El Misti, Ampato and Coropuna. Rest day activities included viewing condors at the Colca Canyon and pre-Inca petroglyphs at Toro Muerto in the Majes Valley.<br />
Nevado Salcantay (6271 m/20574 ft) seen from the Salcantay pass (4640 m/15220ft) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salcantay">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salcantay</a>) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4gvFNhc_Wql2UEYLrXQltAMBRTGI6HP-xMd5ppP9PwoY_2ECmGwAMSiTphz5v39QxBXOgFD7JPTYktgen5D67I4yZ_K6XG8ECrRDI6aITU6lu9XbJZGxUdFjNSvR1oAi4gboIVvm2DUs/s1600/To+Blog+Peru_May2012_Part1+190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4gvFNhc_Wql2UEYLrXQltAMBRTGI6HP-xMd5ppP9PwoY_2ECmGwAMSiTphz5v39QxBXOgFD7JPTYktgen5D67I4yZ_K6XG8ECrRDI6aITU6lu9XbJZGxUdFjNSvR1oAi4gboIVvm2DUs/s640/To+Blog+Peru_May2012_Part1+190.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Early morning view of Macchu Picchu before the turist hordes arive (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchu_Picchu">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchu_Picchu</a>)</div>
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On May 20th, Geir Ulstein and I summited El Misti (5822 m/19101 ft), a prominent volcano outside Arequipa. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Misti">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Misti</a></div>
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The crater of El Misti, 400 m across, 250 m deep.</div>
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The inner fumarole of El Misti, colored yellow-green by sulphur deposits. The air had a disinct smell of sulphur.</div>
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We summited Ampato (6288 m/20630 ft)/on Wednesday, 5/23. 4:20 from camp to summit, 3:10 on the return. What a great climb! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampato">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampato</a> </div>
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We started out from camp (~5150 m) at 4:20 am and summited (6288 m) at 8:40 am. Heading up the slope of Ampato below the glacier. Large avalance cones winessed of large snowfalls this season. The climb is technically straight forward, with maximum steepness of around 50 degrees. We oly roped up for the summit plateau (possible crevasses) and the final summit slope (avalanche prone).<br />
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Eastward panorama from Ampato summit. </div>
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Westward panorama from Ampato summit (courtesy Geir Ulstein). </div>
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Panorama of Ampato crater rim and summit from "summit plateau".</div>
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After Ampato and a rest day in Culca Valley, Geir headed back to Norway and I headed to Coropuna (6425 m/21079 ft), my last objetive on this trip. Coropuna is massive and the tallest in the Arequipa area. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coropuna">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coropuna</a></div>
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Coropuna has three true summits, the highest being 6425 m as seen on the left side in the panorama below. The high camp is situated on the plateau to the left of the West Ridge (left hand side of photo) and the route heads up the left hand side skyline ridge. The climb is technically straightforward, averaging about 45 degress and has a long summit plateau that must be crossed before getting to the summit proper.</div>
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Coropuna high camp at 5570 m.</div>
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After a very cold and windy night, we postponed our summit day departure until 8 am. Like the previous day, the wind died around 10 am, and we had a successful and "enjoyable" climb. We summited around noon (4 hrs 10 min from high camp to summit). Another 2 hours and we were back in high camp packing up and heading down to the Majes Valley for Calamari and fresh water Camarones.<br />
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Brad Cruz & Trond Jensen<br />
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An early morning crust ski with bomber crust and blue sky, but severly cold and windy at the top of the Burns glacier. I had to be really careful not to get blown off of the pass and into the Blackstone Bay 2300 ft below.<br />
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Portage Lake with Mount Maynard in the center; Portage Pass right of center.</div>
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GPS track acoss Portage Lake and up the Burns Glacier.</div>
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An obligatory stop at the toe of the Portage Glacier.</div>
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One feels small when presented with the Portage Glacier.</div>
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Heading up the Burns Glacier towards the confluence of the Burns and the Whittier glaciers.</div>
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The view down the Burns Glacier on the return trip.</div>
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The access to the Burns Glacier is not difficult. Steep in parts, but no crevasses or ice-falls to negotiate, only bomber crust.</div>
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Looking out over the Blackstone Bay with the Willard Island in the center, viewed Eastward from the top of the Burns Glacier. The mountains beyod the Blackstone Bay form the Western part of the Prince William Sound.</div>
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26 April 2012<br />
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The weather and crust conditions were beckoning, but the question was: could I fit in a 42 km ski and a 2 hr drive and still make it to my 10 am meeting at the office? I decided to give it a try.<br />
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I left Anchorage at 5:20 am and started skiing at 6:20. I made the turnaround on Spencer glacier at 7:45 and was back at the car at 9:10. Guess what ... I was 10 minutes late for my meeting. But it was well worth it.<br />
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Panorama looking west from the Spencer Glacier</div>
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Route from Portage Valley, up Placer Valley and up onto Spencer Glacier.</div>
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Kickstep and Tincan Mountains at the Head of Placer Valley</div>
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Skookum Glacier and Carpathian Peak</div>
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Nice crust conditions above the confluence with Skookum</div>
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Crust was so solid this morning that I ventured about a km onto the glacier (with nothing but skate skies for safety)</div>
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Bergs in the Spencer Glacier terminal lake.</div>
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<br />Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-75916542168697401002012-04-13T18:07:00.003-08:002012-04-14T16:57:25.857-08:00Twenty Mile - Upper Carmen CreekTwenty Mile Valley, Carmen Lake and Upper Carmen Valley<br />
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Trond Flagstad and Trond Jensen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 13th, 2012</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">53 kms, 5 hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div align="center">GPS track of our route in to Upper Carmen Creek from the Seward Highway. The strech from kms 5 to 8 was slow going along the west bank of the Twenty Mile River. Otherwise, the skiing was a good mix of open areas and alder forrest. Carmen Lake and the Upper Carmen Creek offered the best skiing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5V7QP2zzGM3yiqmqSq_oc885xp-pba0qAFTl-ujwM1taFvDyRzx-syueyY1imfQEIOQLMeGnvh3HYr1zcts43bnrKNp6zcv2ve4Qy1J6FiFvOY7HGYXkFbD7tBopCiQPmOZr0dwDQ5nB3/s1600/Upper+Carmen+Creek+Topo+v2+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5V7QP2zzGM3yiqmqSq_oc885xp-pba0qAFTl-ujwM1taFvDyRzx-syueyY1imfQEIOQLMeGnvh3HYr1zcts43bnrKNp6zcv2ve4Qy1J6FiFvOY7HGYXkFbD7tBopCiQPmOZr0dwDQ5nB3/s400/Upper+Carmen+Creek+Topo+v2+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div align="center">Not all the way was easy going. 3-4 places along the Twenty Mile River we would have to take skis off and hike along the bank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyF7WACityOGOpMjs6LwyfbivUIBrLe1gv7ogKbc69byiTJKnnpsYeuUejCS98V74SIZR9zI0QPPoJb5prZMrePyP3F8CkpKeXTLfvCFyGUnt35r-qg69UQMD-sXOcX6tv-N6X3lzNzaX/s1600/HPIM4323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyF7WACityOGOpMjs6LwyfbivUIBrLe1gv7ogKbc69byiTJKnnpsYeuUejCS98V74SIZR9zI0QPPoJb5prZMrePyP3F8CkpKeXTLfvCFyGUnt35r-qg69UQMD-sXOcX6tv-N6X3lzNzaX/s400/HPIM4323.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Twenty Mile river crossing on last remnant of winter ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0r1kw4TKHO1NlOrKzkrlH-tlFg1wN4rF71gxPoriRo5gpRqgjqlwtdzIl7F-2YFLgWgejBdUF7ZiYAnf5iAz6Md9be19mO9ubwxY0e7D_Q-7v4av-rZWHrlAX_2p6dzxJ0rAP0rR7WBm/s1600/HPIM4326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0r1kw4TKHO1NlOrKzkrlH-tlFg1wN4rF71gxPoriRo5gpRqgjqlwtdzIl7F-2YFLgWgejBdUF7ZiYAnf5iAz6Md9be19mO9ubwxY0e7D_Q-7v4av-rZWHrlAX_2p6dzxJ0rAP0rR7WBm/s400/HPIM4326.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flats between Twenty Mile and Glacier Rivers. Blueberry Hill in the Background (see <a href="http://trondsalaskaadventures.blogspot.com/2011/08/blueberry-hill.html">http://trondsalaskaadventures.blogspot.com/2011/08/blueberry-hill.html</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx_28KuVZzETpjJyoaYUGQUz-0YcF9RJj4pmrFNlJKHz9sAF2EWyGtT2yEolrUn-_8PnPV8FjwJw2ybeuJxZLeWJAnVsq-AgTP6hKTSZ8bGogR4ELxyz9S8nvVWDpP6-C5J7ggVdr15mc/s1600/HPIM4330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibx_28KuVZzETpjJyoaYUGQUz-0YcF9RJj4pmrFNlJKHz9sAF2EWyGtT2yEolrUn-_8PnPV8FjwJw2ybeuJxZLeWJAnVsq-AgTP6hKTSZ8bGogR4ELxyz9S8nvVWDpP6-C5J7ggVdr15mc/s400/HPIM4330.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Looking West across Carmen Lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6IsLK6aCiA5Rg0tZq2v8UMdAO27NZu5pxMMWQd2BcmAmMPoARKvxU7tyK4EqYPHBK1V4EfFz7Fv8tqookYv36zd9f6xWu8N0Dr8zQPJONShDca5dbCXkPuGxQ63XMo-7DbkNoEczqY35/s1600/HPIM4335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6IsLK6aCiA5Rg0tZq2v8UMdAO27NZu5pxMMWQd2BcmAmMPoARKvxU7tyK4EqYPHBK1V4EfFz7Fv8tqookYv36zd9f6xWu8N0Dr8zQPJONShDca5dbCXkPuGxQ63XMo-7DbkNoEczqY35/s400/HPIM4335.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Carmen Pass. On the other side of the pass it drops steeply down to Billings Creek and Passage Canal East of Whittier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY-mcV4561qljU_xyn7G1YgJT44Uscq7FGQt24O-nf0Cew6aK-Kv-CBDbwkk-6x4Gl3VrOaxzBkWPxi1PHm7URf-x8k5ep6fu5hriYv9C6dHfFD554gXvbzBVxBmqh9RGgNOLJzPUoWJg/s1600/HPIM4339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY-mcV4561qljU_xyn7G1YgJT44Uscq7FGQt24O-nf0Cew6aK-Kv-CBDbwkk-6x4Gl3VrOaxzBkWPxi1PHm7URf-x8k5ep6fu5hriYv9C6dHfFD554gXvbzBVxBmqh9RGgNOLJzPUoWJg/s400/HPIM4339.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Upper reaches of Upper Carmen valley. Carmen Glacier?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJcg7Q_W9cxdPxTZpytmsDToclj2qiJSGBTU7til-vw-gpXhGjXckP4-rVFEhyphenhyphenkPWk27_TPIcTDxaoCW6YyTmmdj70ck5K-t_uOd-bUJOdT8jcMeo79N7CiYKP0F3pB9ao_nYwBvZm2bh/s1600/HPIM4348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJcg7Q_W9cxdPxTZpytmsDToclj2qiJSGBTU7til-vw-gpXhGjXckP4-rVFEhyphenhyphenkPWk27_TPIcTDxaoCW6YyTmmdj70ck5K-t_uOd-bUJOdT8jcMeo79N7CiYKP0F3pB9ao_nYwBvZm2bh/s400/HPIM4348.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Carmen Lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GQiQR8VXvBY0Srfpa9GRwOxhtKhl9gxc71DQdYDzmo-TXB2kf96_cDEJr6n4myosrbpYEJxKFUfuCMmvJxzwyeUxeq9cHdByfqnEEWScYUHoiSTjPIEoK_THqzTtzxEj8kcaq_iwtU9V/s1600/HPIM4352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GQiQR8VXvBY0Srfpa9GRwOxhtKhl9gxc71DQdYDzmo-TXB2kf96_cDEJr6n4myosrbpYEJxKFUfuCMmvJxzwyeUxeq9cHdByfqnEEWScYUHoiSTjPIEoK_THqzTtzxEj8kcaq_iwtU9V/s400/HPIM4352.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Carmen Creek below Carmen Lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJDkSYNCdypkApqqAireoRdZWvwJU5fz3CHMaEaHp6urAqUrB0zmzGsoSyfXaU-cnGxYlKzf8RHog4PFmsBod8tvlz8mPy6sTUljBoHBaTejXiJiOlbvB086mtz5-z8_BVs6laFnLQR-L/s1600/HPIM4355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJDkSYNCdypkApqqAireoRdZWvwJU5fz3CHMaEaHp6urAqUrB0zmzGsoSyfXaU-cnGxYlKzf8RHog4PFmsBod8tvlz8mPy6sTUljBoHBaTejXiJiOlbvB086mtz5-z8_BVs6laFnLQR-L/s400/HPIM4355.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Lots of wildlife in Twenty mile - moose, bald eagles and trumpeter swans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kxogQNnIFwpGilOKimoY_L9Lkp8SUB8OkDh31hdiZyvnywPiD_1nX-eDVQMt6gHGrHewFubrtMXdaHDyn0oLKf_KX1ftMyCWgiqIx8T8-uh1bb5rGPnCcjpskBFYIF_Uojtmm-SNsgIy/s1600/HPIM4357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kxogQNnIFwpGilOKimoY_L9Lkp8SUB8OkDh31hdiZyvnywPiD_1nX-eDVQMt6gHGrHewFubrtMXdaHDyn0oLKf_KX1ftMyCWgiqIx8T8-uh1bb5rGPnCcjpskBFYIF_Uojtmm-SNsgIy/s400/HPIM4357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Lower couple of miles in the lower Twenty Mile valley.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyK9epoJBWm5SDCXd-mnljnQ4UniMiHcesZO3rPF1rDreW4oAxv6nLmZ5wMLe3Eyr4tZ6n9dz1vbr5ArJ3OXljDhxnp9cORp8ItbaieJr4tRR59KjLg_TbrZDOL1oZ4pzNdCFqKDzp7zq/s1600/HPIM4358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyK9epoJBWm5SDCXd-mnljnQ4UniMiHcesZO3rPF1rDreW4oAxv6nLmZ5wMLe3Eyr4tZ6n9dz1vbr5ArJ3OXljDhxnp9cORp8ItbaieJr4tRR59KjLg_TbrZDOL1oZ4pzNdCFqKDzp7zq/s400/HPIM4358.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Panorama looking West down the Upper Carmen Valley.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb9lkmqPmrM3Ow0OTfOueycx7HqCT6Eb_OZ1DVXWB8ULDW7DDc8ErL0wxEID7w5xJ_b36h10R2LIjvvyt0ql-JOepP4wvPdSlYqBXpWntoVOlQlN4EA1D24gvqCrj-53VLPQX-CozWBUX/s1600/SR424394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb9lkmqPmrM3Ow0OTfOueycx7HqCT6Eb_OZ1DVXWB8ULDW7DDc8ErL0wxEID7w5xJ_b36h10R2LIjvvyt0ql-JOepP4wvPdSlYqBXpWntoVOlQlN4EA1D24gvqCrj-53VLPQX-CozWBUX/s640/SR424394.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-40156702743681165132011-09-18T11:05:00.001-08:002011-11-02T11:32:53.496-08:00Eklutna High Ridge TraverseSeptember 18th, 2011<br />
24 miles, 7 true summits, 10,000 vertical feet<br />
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I had been saving this ridge hike for a fall day when the higher mountains had already recevied their termination dust. September 18th arose with clear skies and calm winds. Perfect! As the day wore on, I experienced some varied weather - snow flurries and wind - but nothing to prevent me from finishing this great ridge. <br />
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I started out from the Eklutna trailhead around 8:20 am and finished at 8:40 pm, so just over 12 hours to finish the roundtrip. The ridge-traverse involves 7 true summits (prominence of at least 500 ft) and a number of lesser peaks. The true peaks are:<br />
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Bright Peak (5875 ft)<br />
Bleak Peak (5430 ft)<br />
Yudikench Peak (5732 ft)<br />
Peak 5450 (5450 ft)<br />
Peak 5285 (5285 ft)<br />
Salt Peak (5455 ft)<br />
Pepper Peak (5450 ft)<br />
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I started in the Eklutna lake-side trail and then headed up the Eklutna overlook trail. From there it was back-country travel until I descended from Pepper peak back to the Eklutna trailhaed. Some easy scrambling and scree was involved, but most of the ridge traverse is over gradual terrain and on sheep trails. <br />
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Especially Bright peak was a pleasant surprise. I decided to climb the southwest ridge. This was a fun ridge with great views overlooking the tundra below. The ridge ended with a gully and exit crack leading to the summit ridge. I didn't know if the exit crack was passable until I was about 50 yards away. It turned out to be a fun little scramble.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Route outline of the Eklutna High Ridge Traverse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrR3Q3iWGfjxSGabLr4GzK4vQXnbFw05LivMYz5ZLZM60l9DY1Qj1qQqatcdOExUauAIwA8zvMwMXuBn4M3jAuq6tyD5kfzGJiNbwYArcPLXCNoS5YdvzJKMB3gKoHUfBmPaU-CE8trgK/s1600/Eklutna+Ridge+High+Traverse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrR3Q3iWGfjxSGabLr4GzK4vQXnbFw05LivMYz5ZLZM60l9DY1Qj1qQqatcdOExUauAIwA8zvMwMXuBn4M3jAuq6tyD5kfzGJiNbwYArcPLXCNoS5YdvzJKMB3gKoHUfBmPaU-CE8trgK/s400/Eklutna+Ridge+High+Traverse.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Bright peak with southwest ridge in the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjC_MX2XhT6IHs2k7xy7yXfPtF1pef9ngzF5wIE_TFPlNRX81Za1Er0Ux-tBRiDJdZJaDBFD5Io2BOkMjq7v5_YQWNskXzFuX2GX3jnIBPV5psOjrmXj2NKp1BiKJRmt3RwgnhuMo6LVV/s1600/HPIM4188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjC_MX2XhT6IHs2k7xy7yXfPtF1pef9ngzF5wIE_TFPlNRX81Za1Er0Ux-tBRiDJdZJaDBFD5Io2BOkMjq7v5_YQWNskXzFuX2GX3jnIBPV5psOjrmXj2NKp1BiKJRmt3RwgnhuMo6LVV/s400/HPIM4188.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Bright peak southwest ridge and gully.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEJ7Fz2b_DB1o4wKh3_5jZsyPvXvpBRrhf6BjwEt1E-EudI-GPDDPsG4SPusGF3bSAYJvMWbxrAHUWCBQlRsPR7Ls5SdlltKuEeAcvMO-XqKKSuAEkH4vI9W8PAM8N-HQpPLm2x5bPpoe/s1600/HPIM4190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEJ7Fz2b_DB1o4wKh3_5jZsyPvXvpBRrhf6BjwEt1E-EudI-GPDDPsG4SPusGF3bSAYJvMWbxrAHUWCBQlRsPR7Ls5SdlltKuEeAcvMO-XqKKSuAEkH4vI9W8PAM8N-HQpPLm2x5bPpoe/s400/HPIM4190.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bright peak exit crack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWbp9nc8VVeBkW8aJaSNfzJ-HszKhnzGABr18ldVYc37bMpTcAopkB3jxGM2C6t7vTMTh0RZAxgKvJBdPGa6Aumj5qfV2VdDZTZ2YtCMFZ3INB_byQYwvs7KADP15SRYxpP05yGWLgWnt/s1600/HPIM4191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWbp9nc8VVeBkW8aJaSNfzJ-HszKhnzGABr18ldVYc37bMpTcAopkB3jxGM2C6t7vTMTh0RZAxgKvJBdPGa6Aumj5qfV2VdDZTZ2YtCMFZ3INB_byQYwvs7KADP15SRYxpP05yGWLgWnt/s400/HPIM4191.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Hunter Creek drainage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJbrYacej4FBUa5B3ZvXg7CqAoTh6eNl8-bvpMrk04pWvvk8eLb0wNwoT7sXWgtYZsiMksqQI8stKZPlMfOL0ffrt08EEey_MPPsbHF0saCfRVax6OrgLUE2l2MrX5UvzAwjursT63ttP/s1600/HPIM4195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJbrYacej4FBUa5B3ZvXg7CqAoTh6eNl8-bvpMrk04pWvvk8eLb0wNwoT7sXWgtYZsiMksqQI8stKZPlMfOL0ffrt08EEey_MPPsbHF0saCfRVax6OrgLUE2l2MrX5UvzAwjursT63ttP/s400/HPIM4195.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Massive rams on Bright peak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvovwgA_rbPvpWXVkLzxomZkv7nCLmi96OXThDWEqhU6fFODIQhLBm5tiU3845-WNBeocp19CrqV_eK1b2S-1i_ASVcDxjKUt7HN5rg_A7EYJsugfKgEPTGIb_pU20NIfXuyONcC1yYEL/s1600/HPIM4198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvovwgA_rbPvpWXVkLzxomZkv7nCLmi96OXThDWEqhU6fFODIQhLBm5tiU3845-WNBeocp19CrqV_eK1b2S-1i_ASVcDxjKUt7HN5rg_A7EYJsugfKgEPTGIb_pU20NIfXuyONcC1yYEL/s400/HPIM4198.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Bold peak seen from Pepper peak late in the afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjU0el5EyOJlF60JrO9zcvgO7hCRx0kaqhkFuU5I3hCs-z39NEG_1YVHl5A5gJOLBant8thQEkffHHzBeMYOKLzfZ6uktcnFt1EYCIwyHskTrOaKI3rpTmOEvoxnRwDtyG2JOUynfqDS/s1600/HPIM4230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYjU0el5EyOJlF60JrO9zcvgO7hCRx0kaqhkFuU5I3hCs-z39NEG_1YVHl5A5gJOLBant8thQEkffHHzBeMYOKLzfZ6uktcnFt1EYCIwyHskTrOaKI3rpTmOEvoxnRwDtyG2JOUynfqDS/s400/HPIM4230.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Finishing in the dark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJdbPyktRLbRhyzdnR7TEXin_C0mQAiCdPzDsFWIccFkilRLuOr6s7oat3N4QLLt0Rgbk9JOYO8DzpPELWy1rWQ2eSZqn-pmeqHNq0cU9f_13WY2WlIaPrsLaEVojBTqGp0NemgWTSPyW/s1600/HPIM4234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJdbPyktRLbRhyzdnR7TEXin_C0mQAiCdPzDsFWIccFkilRLuOr6s7oat3N4QLLt0Rgbk9JOYO8DzpPELWy1rWQ2eSZqn-pmeqHNq0cU9f_13WY2WlIaPrsLaEVojBTqGp0NemgWTSPyW/s400/HPIM4234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Western panorama from Yudikench peak with the Eklutna ridge traverse continuing to the left, the Pioneer ridge to the right, and Goat Creek in the center.<br />
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Eastern panorama from Peak 5285 showing the ridge leading back towards Yudikench peak (left). Bright peak is in the in center and Bold peak on the right.<br />
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Eastern panorama from Pepper Peak showing the entire ridge system leading back towards Bold peak in the distance. Eklutna lake shows to the right.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On August 28th I climbed Crow Peak via the Crow glacier and the Crow Peak South ridge. The hike and scramble included all the ingredients necessary for a great hike and scramble: a nice trail approach, some tundra, moraine and scree hiking, glacier and snow travel, and a non-technical but challenging summit ridge requiring a bit of route finding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View of the new forest service cabin at Crow Pass (3500 ft elevation) next to Crystal Lake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2I4y9QoGVo7Q7sEP-51ysSJuuy17HFDWayIRLPsWVZ0w77CRrF2FwiCHtg8uSf01s7jD2b4454nvo8WItK4rqlvMsinirzHCN9dr_omdYQEqBaCszPXT6Hi22Jb2-VwTX3jCcWTulv6Z/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+004+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2I4y9QoGVo7Q7sEP-51ysSJuuy17HFDWayIRLPsWVZ0w77CRrF2FwiCHtg8uSf01s7jD2b4454nvo8WItK4rqlvMsinirzHCN9dr_omdYQEqBaCszPXT6Hi22Jb2-VwTX3jCcWTulv6Z/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+004+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Crystal Lake at Crow pass with Crow Peak in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgkwIl_PP-Q4EW2IePc2CCpat0cBwUjlSZV_vBO4OOf3120XZTAKzCcdIrl3g1E5kvBxSd5b1UM2wTmF7LinWK2IB-iQRac2jIeSjZoJL9C7LfTh95RREKlHaIrxmlb5CeXhQkIbMpJuh/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+006+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgkwIl_PP-Q4EW2IePc2CCpat0cBwUjlSZV_vBO4OOf3120XZTAKzCcdIrl3g1E5kvBxSd5b1UM2wTmF7LinWK2IB-iQRac2jIeSjZoJL9C7LfTh95RREKlHaIrxmlb5CeXhQkIbMpJuh/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+006+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eastern view from the tow of the Crow Glacier with Goat Mnt (right) and Raven Peak (left) in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0sN-R8XDGzWtmFu4fugOS5M_FHFs_lXsC2lHF6VGDXd3wXcvz2B-z4g3VwyQFTU23qgiTE-dfDjK8-3wdDNgO0ssSW144wgZU0RXO8wr14z8D9Ql4ONnlons9-Mc278vsLtdM6GPXn3m/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+008+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0sN-R8XDGzWtmFu4fugOS5M_FHFs_lXsC2lHF6VGDXd3wXcvz2B-z4g3VwyQFTU23qgiTE-dfDjK8-3wdDNgO0ssSW144wgZU0RXO8wr14z8D9Ql4ONnlons9-Mc278vsLtdM6GPXn3m/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+008+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The intimidating Northwest face of Magpie Peak as seen from the pass between Magpie and Crow peaks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmJBkayptkNR9WNu4WMvbHeJXWuyZwedQ4igyw4z-i5g7DUDdnPXEiUZehqCSU3aiJmIIgzbF7AQ8pFrKGDkZkCTINeHxFdP7wQo1rtRniyj6_L40GbIohtGje9NGvTKxmbZXyc0TZ3fr/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+011+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmJBkayptkNR9WNu4WMvbHeJXWuyZwedQ4igyw4z-i5g7DUDdnPXEiUZehqCSU3aiJmIIgzbF7AQ8pFrKGDkZkCTINeHxFdP7wQo1rtRniyj6_L40GbIohtGje9NGvTKxmbZXyc0TZ3fr/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+011+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Crystal Lake and Crow Pass seen from the start of the summit ridge. The summit ridge started from the pass between Magpie and Crow peaks at about 5100 ft.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXwed0VuLZVBwngyYxFLiJ5Zqulo1Iq9RLw4Ept6BScDE5YTaWXzU7sVyZryyat077NLyq4BnSAI3coN5vAs2lOFmCoYeIpOd_eewwo6ZXbyrOSjxdEmXAiS43MQJ_j9p02C0GDs5R4yL/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+012+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXwed0VuLZVBwngyYxFLiJ5Zqulo1Iq9RLw4Ept6BScDE5YTaWXzU7sVyZryyat077NLyq4BnSAI3coN5vAs2lOFmCoYeIpOd_eewwo6ZXbyrOSjxdEmXAiS43MQJ_j9p02C0GDs5R4yL/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+012+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking up the summit ridge from the beginning of the ridge.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHxsUMGpJFxaBVtREQhE97vk94miFPU5D2kYU4_ayN6INShaquyfiEgvqSdYsL43nQdMwC3AgHt5yfTMJzOo3dodWyBx-XiwZRUD7gmur1NeZZRmBCvWoFFt1I1A8tY6hsgw-mjtl-2uk/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+034+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHxsUMGpJFxaBVtREQhE97vk94miFPU5D2kYU4_ayN6INShaquyfiEgvqSdYsL43nQdMwC3AgHt5yfTMJzOo3dodWyBx-XiwZRUD7gmur1NeZZRmBCvWoFFt1I1A8tY6hsgw-mjtl-2uk/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+034+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The summit ridge comprised several sections like this where a traverse seemed easier. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK40apdqyGQZQT7_LusqinAdWBKUJz_Up_VhSJJ3R2T8UI7mpBb08pMRkuSbO7h2UZk4-BJCSN1zyA0ijm7f4Y_vpQmWOveRHXGC5OYoVwhXqL0IPSch7suRJx8h8SO7f6mZMu76H7rdAO/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+033+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK40apdqyGQZQT7_LusqinAdWBKUJz_Up_VhSJJ3R2T8UI7mpBb08pMRkuSbO7h2UZk4-BJCSN1zyA0ijm7f4Y_vpQmWOveRHXGC5OYoVwhXqL0IPSch7suRJx8h8SO7f6mZMu76H7rdAO/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+033+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The upper scree gully leading to the Crow Peak summit. Not difficult, just very loose scree.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgKMsjIjuboIGTyX9y_zsGbOzDIr5PSLstc7GCAhDeZ0m_UZrW-3YG1OImp75A5ce_SQyKGfMK-k0aEy_ZZNxPL4J3ZAqAnTS-DDXmUUzfB91v6RTZdI-5Ds82mpRqM6De-iDT8lw3uSc/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+029+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgKMsjIjuboIGTyX9y_zsGbOzDIr5PSLstc7GCAhDeZ0m_UZrW-3YG1OImp75A5ce_SQyKGfMK-k0aEy_ZZNxPL4J3ZAqAnTS-DDXmUUzfB91v6RTZdI-5Ds82mpRqM6De-iDT8lw3uSc/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+029+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Northern panorama from Crow Peak. Along the left bottom is Clear glacier. From left to right are Camp Robber, Gray Jay, Delgga and Paradise peaks that I climbed earlier in the summer. In the center is the Eagle River valley drainage. On the right hand side are the Raven glacier, Raven Peak and Goat Mnt, and Crow pass with Crystal lake.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtOcd_Mh3WmQkwdFXkG65jWunT6YZOA0BAAhw5LzPVA5eVZ4XRAx8LOZaryeBsALHJN3t6Y33zL6knAu1HZJ5oKGRl6BJK_kxrRIKG2pIXY67_pZx0A-qKsgDegs0ouhW4US6_Cr1tR3c/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+067+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtOcd_Mh3WmQkwdFXkG65jWunT6YZOA0BAAhw5LzPVA5eVZ4XRAx8LOZaryeBsALHJN3t6Y33zL6knAu1HZJ5oKGRl6BJK_kxrRIKG2pIXY67_pZx0A-qKsgDegs0ouhW4US6_Cr1tR3c/s640/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+067+-+Small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Summit portrait.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaHT4io_1_gF4IFnIjMpCHLZYWIqOOy8NJKT9HaykMHExgmi5lPsNy8PS0FNOaGVJ3rZwXgDZUb4xSMQbuLEJ5LI4QVAqFY8Dsvc00ZoOwNRBf77i4n07HlBQ-wJQcneP3v1Je0Sd3KV8/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+023+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaHT4io_1_gF4IFnIjMpCHLZYWIqOOy8NJKT9HaykMHExgmi5lPsNy8PS0FNOaGVJ3rZwXgDZUb4xSMQbuLEJ5LI4QVAqFY8Dsvc00ZoOwNRBf77i4n07HlBQ-wJQcneP3v1Je0Sd3KV8/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+023+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Self portrait on the Crow glacier.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLNUR_L5YC2pYSyUVDZgr4U557H0cN2SfHcKJke7ojGdhWbE_7KPsHSUIJ3h2cf2trSpJsjMcBD5P6n0mvm2YxLaIDSZiztXdW1hupu4-biyt2PPtIpzoIRlhi730PNDFGZtqkNx-FFA8/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+050+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLNUR_L5YC2pYSyUVDZgr4U557H0cN2SfHcKJke7ojGdhWbE_7KPsHSUIJ3h2cf2trSpJsjMcBD5P6n0mvm2YxLaIDSZiztXdW1hupu4-biyt2PPtIpzoIRlhi730PNDFGZtqkNx-FFA8/s400/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+050+-+Small.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">North & Eastward panorama looking down the Crow Glacier. Crow peak on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7WEDXl41PXAr51DkTW9ETs2DTrMnagoLeqzn8SSNt6CVUFoTziWLT8Z5kHSn6VuIIgVrHyK5I4Bp_czwRNJs0zJwk5HgdfA_JybMCBxctPw0uvbr5jq66PD0Qm9P-viBhX5qe1BJOR_L/s1600/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+066+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7WEDXl41PXAr51DkTW9ETs2DTrMnagoLeqzn8SSNt6CVUFoTziWLT8Z5kHSn6VuIIgVrHyK5I4Bp_czwRNJs0zJwk5HgdfA_JybMCBxctPw0uvbr5jq66PD0Qm9P-viBhX5qe1BJOR_L/s640/Crow+Peak+-+August+2011+066+-+Small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span id="goog_1268973499"></span><span id="goog_1268973500"></span></div>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-24194520822602861152011-08-16T10:22:00.007-08:002011-08-19T11:13:00.680-08:00Blueberry HillBlueberry Hill (4530 ft)<br />
Chugach National Forrest<br />
5 hrs 40 min roundtrip, August 16, 2011<br />
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Tuesday, August 16th, provided a single nice day sandwiched between a lot of rainy days. I decided to knock off from work early and go for a climb. Initially, I had planned to climb Crow Peak, but as it was still fogged in I diverted my attention to Blueberry Hill at the end of Turnagain Arm. <br />
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I had tried Blueberry Hill once before this year (May 28th). On that attempt I had to trn around some 3-400 yards shy of the summit due to bad snow conditions (corniced summit ridge).<br />
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The lower parts of this mountain provides ample bushwhacking (typical for this part of the Chugach) with lots of Devil's Club. However, if you are lucky you'll find a path through the hemlocks that is not too bad. Most likely you'll find some of both. The map below shows what I believe is the best route for this "hill".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> You know you are on the Blueberry Hill ridge proper once you get to the communication repeater. From here the ridge flattens (for a while) and provides some of the nicest ridge-tundra hiking anywhere in the Chugach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsOdHM4CrwqjZ3XaofYBf2N9Kr3UtvXWWzB2OQLPG4V6sm1E5u1OLcrqQcrfMZKTM6ASoCyEa-lZsde7wS1XmvsZJjdbPcuvPWcwgiGkdSMO1qwL55HcB-1AloE-6Myo0Fa5qjgQWhCXi/s1600/HPIM4077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsOdHM4CrwqjZ3XaofYBf2N9Kr3UtvXWWzB2OQLPG4V6sm1E5u1OLcrqQcrfMZKTM6ASoCyEa-lZsde7wS1XmvsZJjdbPcuvPWcwgiGkdSMO1qwL55HcB-1AloE-6Myo0Fa5qjgQWhCXi/s400/HPIM4077.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The Blueberry Hill summit ridge looking back at the false summit. Placer Valley is seen on the left side of the picture.<br />
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Looking West out the Turnagain Arm and Cook Inlet. Penguin Ridge is in the center of the picture.<br />
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Another view along the summit ridge. The summit ridge provided fun scrambling over and around a number of false summits and gendarmes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summit ridge rocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGyX8grm7z-ECo3g26_IPswvYFsLFil5523ea0x_w7dhPwxm_CjFnenItgCHXar99fmvnuw-pJHUxOybbSgoMMdapSyLgtVosdUVj0ko_ShIdutBaSioGMaXXaWlBzAXp1fLfHNljh9-D/s1600/HPIM4089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGyX8grm7z-ECo3g26_IPswvYFsLFil5523ea0x_w7dhPwxm_CjFnenItgCHXar99fmvnuw-pJHUxOybbSgoMMdapSyLgtVosdUVj0ko_ShIdutBaSioGMaXXaWlBzAXp1fLfHNljh9-D/s400/HPIM4089.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Blueberry Hill in the late evening seen from the communication repeater.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0kIJS0xDJvIbmSi-DUlNbxKjgjWFOb8OGkLE7M5AeYHS_qaAzAtM_8m2tAUbbnq3Y_6TvHCHAx_4Mja2mHSOkf-QyE-YfxnqJUpzOLsMSzv_6rOh4HKPoMoJUdT2bi4ENcIz32pVD6FB/s1600/HPIM4090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0kIJS0xDJvIbmSi-DUlNbxKjgjWFOb8OGkLE7M5AeYHS_qaAzAtM_8m2tAUbbnq3Y_6TvHCHAx_4Mja2mHSOkf-QyE-YfxnqJUpzOLsMSzv_6rOh4HKPoMoJUdT2bi4ENcIz32pVD6FB/s400/HPIM4090.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Panorama from Northeast to Southeast. 20-mile lake and Carmen lake on the left. Boggs and Begich peaks in the middle. 20-mile river, Portage river and Placer River on the right. The Blueberry Hill false summit is on the far right. Turnagain Pass can be seen on the very far right side of the picture (Blueberry Hill is a very impressive mountain seen from Turnagain Pass).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been wanting to climb Bird Peak for a long time. It is a beautiful pyramid that can be glimpsed as one drives Eastbound along the Turnagain Arm. Very few people visit Bird Peak because of its perception as a very tough peak. In "50 Hikes in Alaska's Chugach State Park", the Bird Peak hike is described as the most challenging, listing the roundtrip time to 12-16 hours. However, a fit hiker can usually cut such time estimates in half.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">July 9th turned out to be a perfect day for Bird Peak. The cloud ceiling was at 5500 ft which precluded climbing anything higher. And the overcast and cool conditions made hiking through tall grass much more bearable. The Bird Peak hike actually turned out to be quite nice. It did not involve any real bush-whacking, only a couple of miles of high-grass bashing. And although the upper part of Bird Peak is steep and scrambly, it is not technical. The worst part of the hike was actually to reconnect with the game trail that would take me back though the tall grass to the trail head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nest Peak is Bird Peak's neighbor to the West. It is a simple walk-up with some beautiful tundra hiking along the top ridge. With a bit of energy left, I decided to detour on my return from climbing Bird Peak to also bag Nest Peak. The detour added about 2500 vertical feet and 2 1/2 hours to the total roundtrip. The Nest Peak detour was well worth it. The Bird-Nest route is shown in the Topo map below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bird Peak (in the background) seen from the Nest Peak southern ridge at about 2600 ft. Point 4800 is in the front right side of the picture. The route to Bird Peak goes up and over point 4800.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg621OTWNbYDEdYvLRisuHD0F6pGcmL6-Z-xh1fRBuu4jCYreyIH1Lz8Wb6zfS-zPdetAAiPl-XMcvvLyEkvazgfvXgGqUuJ5TwtjRIjYAuRajKHsvni94wy_8BgKAK6d2QdcfIOTgVUZcz/s1600/HPIM4064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg621OTWNbYDEdYvLRisuHD0F6pGcmL6-Z-xh1fRBuu4jCYreyIH1Lz8Wb6zfS-zPdetAAiPl-XMcvvLyEkvazgfvXgGqUuJ5TwtjRIjYAuRajKHsvni94wy_8BgKAK6d2QdcfIOTgVUZcz/s400/HPIM4064.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Closer view of the Bird Peak Southwast face. The route goes up the right hand side screen slope and then follows the ridge to the summit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LeOCJ_njI-AYI6vmYhvqsvtVweVMneBYZqLWpk4UZPPdis5zqpKWFUzLzGpvAIlYTshsz_AYzoaisi4aRsQyvPStXHUbH-XRnuKZLxdho-Y_Slmjobdu7muSvnyfMiUYJKcl3syRz6L4/s1600/HPIM4052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LeOCJ_njI-AYI6vmYhvqsvtVweVMneBYZqLWpk4UZPPdis5zqpKWFUzLzGpvAIlYTshsz_AYzoaisi4aRsQyvPStXHUbH-XRnuKZLxdho-Y_Slmjobdu7muSvnyfMiUYJKcl3syRz6L4/s400/HPIM4052.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Looking back down at point 4800 from the Bird Peak summit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip56mPGwWQKYJ8X9gp2HHfETAqBjspBeCurmrt7RwYECgNYFJVmOjyBjd5Ck73iMha_QOaHugNNr30ohDaYhkhWaeHfKl_YaUSpL-GLnoHcGkhY0y2ue3X9D0i0FMWRCEUQjcEu9D0GOUe/s1600/HPIM4060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip56mPGwWQKYJ8X9gp2HHfETAqBjspBeCurmrt7RwYECgNYFJVmOjyBjd5Ck73iMha_QOaHugNNr30ohDaYhkhWaeHfKl_YaUSpL-GLnoHcGkhY0y2ue3X9D0i0FMWRCEUQjcEu9D0GOUe/s400/HPIM4060.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Bird Peak summit cairn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXl2bvn7C_MknaL9dEG2wojoJeNh1hIYqnC8QhWSg5HbEc_UZpx3NbFKT14UE5EY221oMjbcJ6g11MMr_p_gliOmS8Dhw382EJKycG4TIglsMJGPnwF-W6cuR4yb4_hb2Q0AhD8MayDah/s1600/HPIM4059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXl2bvn7C_MknaL9dEG2wojoJeNh1hIYqnC8QhWSg5HbEc_UZpx3NbFKT14UE5EY221oMjbcJ6g11MMr_p_gliOmS8Dhw382EJKycG4TIglsMJGPnwF-W6cuR4yb4_hb2Q0AhD8MayDah/s400/HPIM4059.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Point 4800. Turnagain Arm in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6KD62epwss8T1-uinAN9Zqun2URUcNpRzhsOjWJbF3pNzqtX3j1y5Kh0sXzz_tPqBk_2CP53NptgNyQPdwWBrKLnfcZ8BgDr1q0FmfWR7Xk3xTYe-balHVm0HPMUadv4z_9KC1VD01Gn/s1600/HPIM4061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6KD62epwss8T1-uinAN9Zqun2URUcNpRzhsOjWJbF3pNzqtX3j1y5Kh0sXzz_tPqBk_2CP53NptgNyQPdwWBrKLnfcZ8BgDr1q0FmfWR7Xk3xTYe-balHVm0HPMUadv4z_9KC1VD01Gn/s400/HPIM4061.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Grassy slopes at 2600 ft on the Nest Peak southern ridge. Bird ridge and Turnagain Arm in the distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWQ_R49c0Ap5nGKzHm114DFbr2OJTHRXExQ4F0VY7W2-Fj9NCeuKnXO_s5u6GiSwgL-ZdkWAWL1wD2j_XiinCJM3d-aa-V384J2jOK_SSjMqfuh3ifW5u-91NI0EZ4vveJF_G_nsQ5dcW/s1600/HPIM4073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWQ_R49c0Ap5nGKzHm114DFbr2OJTHRXExQ4F0VY7W2-Fj9NCeuKnXO_s5u6GiSwgL-ZdkWAWL1wD2j_XiinCJM3d-aa-V384J2jOK_SSjMqfuh3ifW5u-91NI0EZ4vveJF_G_nsQ5dcW/s400/HPIM4073.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
East to South panorama of Bird Peak (left hand side), Pengiun valley, Penguin ridge, and Penguin Peak (right hand side). <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">After missing out on some earlier opportunities, I decided to play hookie and take advantage of the nice weather. So far this summer, my climbing had amounted to a number of nice climbs but no new summits due to weather, snow conditions and technical difficulties. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">On June 23rd I went from the Crow Pass trailhead above Girdwood into the Raven Creek and Paradise Valley drainages to climb Paradise peak and Delgga Mountain as shown on the map below. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Paradise peak is a simple walkup. On Delgga, I decided to climb the East ridge proper and had to to some low level 5 scrambling with lots of exposure. On the way down I used some southfacing scree couloirs to assist my descent. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Crow Pass with Raven Glacier and Rook Mnt in the background</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWo4UHsK7MKB4Y0EMn-E1wCAYzrkvxsqlkbaRf5OzEShE2sqT2il1glIHhyNVbqMn19RnAr2nyAWE2dA64mynQO-5CTHk03oys0xj7nnUMJ7sBtqjgT0l-_ow4eZIdSws_DgjxUz9SE8m/s1600/Crow+Pass+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWo4UHsK7MKB4Y0EMn-E1wCAYzrkvxsqlkbaRf5OzEShE2sqT2il1glIHhyNVbqMn19RnAr2nyAWE2dA64mynQO-5CTHk03oys0xj7nnUMJ7sBtqjgT0l-_ow4eZIdSws_DgjxUz9SE8m/s400/Crow+Pass+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Panorama from Paradise peak looking Northwest</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IehWhTWHk5IxqRIHNZ6sRg5qotA_NpiLMYm6b4Viy2QBeZ0UjqkkRoQ0Zn-udtUj83GrymrPJgkGakbqhX738ieXzv5rg8fgbOc6GPCudw6E3MFTs3oaEVAw0LAtWLeXgUiRfgWYQHEP/s1600/Panorama+From+Paradise+Peak+looking+NW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IehWhTWHk5IxqRIHNZ6sRg5qotA_NpiLMYm6b4Viy2QBeZ0UjqkkRoQ0Zn-udtUj83GrymrPJgkGakbqhX738ieXzv5rg8fgbOc6GPCudw6E3MFTs3oaEVAw0LAtWLeXgUiRfgWYQHEP/s640/Panorama+From+Paradise+Peak+looking+NW.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Panorama from Paradise peak looking Southeast<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuOxiH_jOYCTKRTS2a_FKw2U6yDivaNh5D2XZl3QLm9NdWQfeO0EV24-9Zdxl10HGOsSsTO1vXhw-u394qf_ZQiVmZ9D0z01tQoZB7SpcuuMP1omS1rBuEE6MV_3UuPE5nzzpWjs0mgiB/s1600/Panorama+From+Paradise+Peak+looking+SE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuOxiH_jOYCTKRTS2a_FKw2U6yDivaNh5D2XZl3QLm9NdWQfeO0EV24-9Zdxl10HGOsSsTO1vXhw-u394qf_ZQiVmZ9D0z01tQoZB7SpcuuMP1omS1rBuEE6MV_3UuPE5nzzpWjs0mgiB/s640/Panorama+From+Paradise+Peak+looking+SE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Panorama from Delgga Mnt looking West into North Fork Ship Creek and Camp Creek drainages</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf699m6dBjIdUaMMJJkJJo6kt2X03PqPYyzHGWUYiMJxqEf6SNujn_p3sBeMudy7nGuV4rGy_qVvSPm6sPkuCB3fg3C-4Ko8l03SvlmRgXh8Lx2ws72Z6AJx4WrFmmjTmz_iyX-V2seAG0/s1600/Panorama+From+Delgga+looking+West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf699m6dBjIdUaMMJJkJJo6kt2X03PqPYyzHGWUYiMJxqEf6SNujn_p3sBeMudy7nGuV4rGy_qVvSPm6sPkuCB3fg3C-4Ko8l03SvlmRgXh8Lx2ws72Z6AJx4WrFmmjTmz_iyX-V2seAG0/s640/Panorama+From+Delgga+looking+West.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Paradise Peak (5477 feet) from Delgga Mnt</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHo0CVLjt2MPJ9l79egQFsqI-5I3NbofOIx42gtbclZJ_U8oJ8b-wafo-A-EhrVMWqGpQwlpF-fwXLjG6DacQTspVurcsuw1IEnbQ1q12v3yIm38z5cLwNv7YMy_uLsHF7F3Jm37tXHHFV/s1600/Paradise+Peak+from+Delgga+Mnt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHo0CVLjt2MPJ9l79egQFsqI-5I3NbofOIx42gtbclZJ_U8oJ8b-wafo-A-EhrVMWqGpQwlpF-fwXLjG6DacQTspVurcsuw1IEnbQ1q12v3yIm38z5cLwNv7YMy_uLsHF7F3Jm37tXHHFV/s400/Paradise+Peak+from+Delgga+Mnt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Delgga Mnt (5510 feet) from Paradise Peak </div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwPEJUM4Skykeir4ECirr1g3WHVcteftkeS7klIcUg83qcpgmWK2ZJj_YlOrFem37rJjQc1gRNa9AQUnHUjQpFRMmQWQ5gD_8vTuq5HZxdA644GiK6HvceiHv14S2nMTlVtF-vh6pTlWA/s1600/Delgaa+Mnt+from+Paradise+Peak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwPEJUM4Skykeir4ECirr1g3WHVcteftkeS7klIcUg83qcpgmWK2ZJj_YlOrFem37rJjQc1gRNa9AQUnHUjQpFRMmQWQ5gD_8vTuq5HZxdA644GiK6HvceiHv14S2nMTlVtF-vh6pTlWA/s400/Delgaa+Mnt+from+Paradise+Peak.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Panorama from Crow Pass overlooking Raven glacier, Summit Mnt and Rook Mnt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXjXDm8DvXCoD07k13Xfx8ZZ3KmMI5RVLdxtlWWV_kjBwXP9u_NEd5QCaO-OrG-riDeZJq5jf2p-J4laaQqsrcO68J81jkxuH75VHKJoTqjOhQIDuFTR2Y0AcPhbWs5mIWnK8sWpfouD_/s1600/Raven+Glacier+from+Crow+Pass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXjXDm8DvXCoD07k13Xfx8ZZ3KmMI5RVLdxtlWWV_kjBwXP9u_NEd5QCaO-OrG-riDeZJq5jf2p-J4laaQqsrcO68J81jkxuH75VHKJoTqjOhQIDuFTR2Y0AcPhbWs5mIWnK8sWpfouD_/s640/Raven+Glacier+from+Crow+Pass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-68090878123931802032011-03-27T17:40:00.019-08:002011-03-29T11:13:23.661-08:00Nancy Lakes Cruising<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Having tested the conditions around Nancy Lakes (just off the Parks Highway North of Wasilla) the previous weekend, I decided to go for a longer skate ski on the snow-machine trails around the Nancy Lakes State Park area on Sunday, March 27th, 2011. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The total trip, outlined below, was just over 30 miles. Skiing on the snow machine trails works great and there are not that many snow machiners this time of the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I skied the Nancy Lakes Parkway from the winter access at mp 2.2 to the end of the road at mp 6.6, then followed the summer trail to Red Shirt Lake. From there I skied across Red Shirt Lake, Cow lake, West and East Butterfly Lakes, Bucklet Lake #1, Candlestick Lake, Echo Ponds Nos 1, 2 & 3, Lynx Lake, Little Frazer Lake, Charr Lake, Owl Lake, James Lake, Chicken Lake, Big & Little Noluck Lakes, and Tanaina Lake, before finishing back along the Nancy Lakes Parkway to the trailhead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Skiing the lakes area can definitely be recommended. Especially this time of the year when most of the snow machiners have gone home. It is almost like crust skiing. And there are almost endless trails in the area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking South across Red Shirt Lake. Superb skiing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkERQU__0A2gvdittN-et6fBTFV-ViXT8H-ZjBcWeboEKwypN9_zXB21VeJ11fx0NRfzU-76U7Qb-zk6bKyM7sqTTo56IzoYEuORAu_sJ2jhz9MjZyeysZ8DaesMejcPamB8d6PbvH8HJ/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkERQU__0A2gvdittN-et6fBTFV-ViXT8H-ZjBcWeboEKwypN9_zXB21VeJ11fx0NRfzU-76U7Qb-zk6bKyM7sqTTo56IzoYEuORAu_sJ2jhz9MjZyeysZ8DaesMejcPamB8d6PbvH8HJ/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Connector trail to Big Lake trail system South of Cow Lake. Most of the trails are very wide and great for skating. Some of the Nancy Lakes portages are single track which makes for a nice change. Perhaps some day we could do the Oosik Classic ski race here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy903_fCcAip5OfAxUX0ocVOYmB7B9w-FWIhk5293eav2WowS_276gGeHvHXuEEqQEE_2wRKeYhwof7uaPLhjIzH30a8ozmM3FNyaPJgW1i8ySqv7kQeac1vNyIQHsHVlqAIpbco_-eOKn/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy903_fCcAip5OfAxUX0ocVOYmB7B9w-FWIhk5293eav2WowS_276gGeHvHXuEEqQEE_2wRKeYhwof7uaPLhjIzH30a8ozmM3FNyaPJgW1i8ySqv7kQeac1vNyIQHsHVlqAIpbco_-eOKn/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-85287401719836286102011-03-26T23:00:00.037-08:002011-03-29T11:42:02.339-08:00Indian to ArcticOn the spur of the moment and with a good weather forecast, Per Arne and I decided on Friday evening to ski the Arctic to Indian trail the next day. To simplify the logistics, Per Arne started at the Arctic (North) end and I skied from the Indian (South) end. We met at the middle and exchanged car keys. <br />
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I have done the Arctic to Indian traverse many times before, but always as touring with a group of people. This time I decided to make it a workout. Going fairly light but with back-country skies, I used 3:45 on the roughly 20 mile traverse. Rode Multigrade wax gave good grip all the way except the last hills up to the Arctic Valley trailhead. A blue-bell day, about 25 degrees F at the start, and 2 inches of fresh powder at the pass made it a fantastic traverse.<br />
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<div align="center">Map of the Arctic to Indian traverse</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGa3eoVl2s8tC-tS7Q4Xqqg2yi_JSBsBbPWfa7S3VyQxN5DnvwVyTMzi4Biu0f-SNz5_CrkGaoxSFxmHJrvIDo8nnNlhl290JO0p5MUc_QA3s6eNtX_qGaTRaCYYKGBrKY-NnSDG_e5cuX/s1600/Indian2ArcticTraverse.BMP" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGa3eoVl2s8tC-tS7Q4Xqqg2yi_JSBsBbPWfa7S3VyQxN5DnvwVyTMzi4Biu0f-SNz5_CrkGaoxSFxmHJrvIDo8nnNlhl290JO0p5MUc_QA3s6eNtX_qGaTRaCYYKGBrKY-NnSDG_e5cuX/s640/Indian2ArcticTraverse.BMP" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Looking up Indian valley early in the morning. The mountain in the mist is Avalanche Peak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha88-VDaT3QMC-AnzSIFBlyxcWaOdIHwjLXD0O5njTRMqWzOIc11fNtkTGGIoFybc17hVutl61LKt2auHVkk59-06jbhljrJeH930kyBMrJCnUf964SemwTc3lkTJkcMHbZI41-riYMvBb/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha88-VDaT3QMC-AnzSIFBlyxcWaOdIHwjLXD0O5njTRMqWzOIc11fNtkTGGIoFybc17hVutl61LKt2auHVkk59-06jbhljrJeH930kyBMrJCnUf964SemwTc3lkTJkcMHbZI41-riYMvBb/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">View of Turnagain Arm from high in the Indian Valley.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YQ8UbyeD89OWzZcfhgSydHgPwm5LNtKpRKJ9rlCxvAgEg0DR2Kl1DtWJxGxecLH26gOH5SKWuragVT04mp5P6onou-E6Bi8fG5JCwhfn8qj-VLrndHpy6nEIbciJAHOLrBjGMTi9FfTB/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YQ8UbyeD89OWzZcfhgSydHgPwm5LNtKpRKJ9rlCxvAgEg0DR2Kl1DtWJxGxecLH26gOH5SKWuragVT04mp5P6onou-E6Bi8fG5JCwhfn8qj-VLrndHpy6nEIbciJAHOLrBjGMTi9FfTB/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Powerline Pass with Homocide Peak on the left and Avalanche Peak on the right. One of my favorite crust-ski gully is the right-hand gully leading down from the low-point on Powerline Pass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cSBNAeUYp4cJZgBAECvfvo2YFYaQudHFyhkQwHD7K3ainM7SMBuJhasUOs6eYeRU7q6xa7HEBlTF35tjvpkFXAGb37wRwo3BzsNQMMeTVYHe9zEwOWpCVPauMHr1XMj0pr7bfptqqNI4/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cSBNAeUYp4cJZgBAECvfvo2YFYaQudHFyhkQwHD7K3ainM7SMBuJhasUOs6eYeRU7q6xa7HEBlTF35tjvpkFXAGb37wRwo3BzsNQMMeTVYHe9zEwOWpCVPauMHr1XMj0pr7bfptqqNI4/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Halfway across I met up with Per Arne for a brief rest stop and exchange of car-keys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tNHVhp5JnBqLjV-1Yi_mrOz2NN4ABcewEMkvIew3hvhkQBm5AUpU04TKy3I0xL-m3Ezt50Y4AJhBmucYG46unZV_JjQATSK59RMY5_ltYZ4aQMNV91GXkO_VVW0LUmcmcgGQac9vHI0K/s1600/Ski+Touring+March+2011+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tNHVhp5JnBqLjV-1Yi_mrOz2NN4ABcewEMkvIew3hvhkQBm5AUpU04TKy3I0xL-m3Ezt50Y4AJhBmucYG46unZV_JjQATSK59RMY5_ltYZ4aQMNV91GXkO_VVW0LUmcmcgGQac9vHI0K/s400/Ski+Touring+March+2011+004.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-83786315145200451672010-09-15T12:53:00.141-08:002010-11-26T10:27:58.040-09:00Bolivia September 2010Condoriri to Huayna Potosi Trek & Volcan Sajama Climb<br />
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I had wanted to return to Bolivia ever since we climbed Illimani in 1998. When Geir Ulstein suggested we climb Bolivia's highest mountain, Volcan Sajama, I was quick to concur. I spent three days acclimatising in Peru before meeting up with Geir in La Paz. We then continued the acclimatization with three days of trekking from Condoriri to Huayna Potosi in the Cordillera Real. Then, after two days of rest in La Paz, we headed West to the Sajama National Park for our main objective. Unfortunately, I picked up some stomach bug in La Paz and never made it higher than 5700 m (18700 ft) on Sajama. Geir did much better and successfully summitted Sajama on a 10 hour long summit day. Lots of penitentes made it a long summit day.<br />
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This first picture shows a panorama of the Eastern part of the Cordillera Real rising above the Altiplano with Ancohuma and Illampu on the left and the Condoriri group on the right. We would trek up to the Condoriri basecamp and then head West to Refugio Huayna Potosi over three days of great trekking at elevations between 14700 and 16700 ft.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Trailhead at the small village of Tuni, elevation 14740 ft.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPA-wWjt4PdvziFDtNhSAtMCv_uwqOe3mdkNuuAh1qGdHIsUngAfud9BIT4TYLtrlfttlnjiBSvb9Xtx6ovE4b5kWY6aHWbL1IpKBUs4b-M-QayI_0Zl4HqdL7IQnbUYMaZ7PQWWvpsJo/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+24+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPA-wWjt4PdvziFDtNhSAtMCv_uwqOe3mdkNuuAh1qGdHIsUngAfud9BIT4TYLtrlfttlnjiBSvb9Xtx6ovE4b5kWY6aHWbL1IpKBUs4b-M-QayI_0Zl4HqdL7IQnbUYMaZ7PQWWvpsJo/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+24+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lots of Alpacas and Llamas, and they weren't particularly shy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz72uOLfZl11ZX2sazotoX-sDe6K0QNXUdWX6_iAhV2Ahzj6-ghACMXGkOVUglOQThn2mWT391x7q_Rs-mnJgxPaMigs4vT6KBYVd9vSOoSuClEYIpUxTwsT5D6oBs_PsCJUtO6mcTD1J_/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+26+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz72uOLfZl11ZX2sazotoX-sDe6K0QNXUdWX6_iAhV2Ahzj6-ghACMXGkOVUglOQThn2mWT391x7q_Rs-mnJgxPaMigs4vT6KBYVd9vSOoSuClEYIpUxTwsT5D6oBs_PsCJUtO6mcTD1J_/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+26+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Aren't they cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lrhDzGbkX2tRKi9hxwxQzez70r9FRJPfz9wlWAS7-llwbnGdl2YR6wajBQqLzvR8hUCevxlhipVdoB2BSkLvcGtymkWcV9HrqyJq43ies8saDphvyhPjUaaxsEGMyaWZySIqRFJaYxwx/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+28+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lrhDzGbkX2tRKi9hxwxQzez70r9FRJPfz9wlWAS7-llwbnGdl2YR6wajBQqLzvR8hUCevxlhipVdoB2BSkLvcGtymkWcV9HrqyJq43ies8saDphvyhPjUaaxsEGMyaWZySIqRFJaYxwx/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+28+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Condoriri (<span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;">18530 ft, 5648 m</span></span>) makes an impressive backdrop on the first day of trekking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpXK-b8bf6drhrpfgo4oatl1e_QHaCSqObdzltwYEEjGilcr4R-Z4HamT48F1p0JjssFXYvI_gQg1Z3Tyi5x7U4UfbD5o4z1YaCBvuvZBEwA03s9W1bBOIPOkFyxSLvEtAn_d4tqiGCnP/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+30+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpXK-b8bf6drhrpfgo4oatl1e_QHaCSqObdzltwYEEjGilcr4R-Z4HamT48F1p0JjssFXYvI_gQg1Z3Tyi5x7U4UfbD5o4z1YaCBvuvZBEwA03s9W1bBOIPOkFyxSLvEtAn_d4tqiGCnP/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+30+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The Condoriri group at sunset with basecamp in the foreground. This area has lots of great trekking, camping and climbing. I will have to return someday to spend some more time here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ94H5Dt1q0DOzjkIdjSiF7cjRvhdSkRJACY1O5a0d_qjpjMxsjSCsaco-mJCAdrCy0e2MLUHcUPYya6w-0PGgNyaNsSSwS9ryiKVtG8TodLQcXB8_p_kK7xhMLP29DSMXCBNHvO6EnvgR/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+33+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ94H5Dt1q0DOzjkIdjSiF7cjRvhdSkRJACY1O5a0d_qjpjMxsjSCsaco-mJCAdrCy0e2MLUHcUPYya6w-0PGgNyaNsSSwS9ryiKVtG8TodLQcXB8_p_kK7xhMLP29DSMXCBNHvO6EnvgR/s640/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+33+-+Small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Condoriri summit pyramid. The normal route follows the facing ridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYUK9cAVTDvoPZLh0IjGZK5VwZE65NF5V0QvVy3yRrXH8DF12zgjNerJWgDeppAiGfdxmok4MFJHDepRnXta5ISG61WEbo0IH8zbgEib3J1cF_ofsxp3CMgE8VCiHDsCPwN6npQyvSaXZ/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+34+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYUK9cAVTDvoPZLh0IjGZK5VwZE65NF5V0QvVy3yRrXH8DF12zgjNerJWgDeppAiGfdxmok4MFJHDepRnXta5ISG61WEbo0IH8zbgEib3J1cF_ofsxp3CMgE8VCiHDsCPwN6npQyvSaXZ/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+34+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glacier with normal route leading to Pequeno Alpamayo (5370 m, 17620 ft)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm6pBTKEt2XJ3hPP5FRygTUqFj2WPy3Q0E2ThdGlHm1nYufHHxKRwB8sbmtW2ucQZKV9BtcVfI9fH9HuMm43y5rbzxTO-hcF6VXPKgkqk1Wel1_fzNBAzZeWx4rWHvuGC9BK1Qw8zdFX4/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+36+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm6pBTKEt2XJ3hPP5FRygTUqFj2WPy3Q0E2ThdGlHm1nYufHHxKRwB8sbmtW2ucQZKV9BtcVfI9fH9HuMm43y5rbzxTO-hcF6VXPKgkqk1Wel1_fzNBAzZeWx4rWHvuGC9BK1Qw8zdFX4/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+36+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Panorama looking back at the Condoriri group from the West.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb3JaiEbIEbZpR3NUlMUqJ-mwYYdzK7q5YpO19rFa4GjWiNDTqvDg4xfwBqnDiBfClz5gXgb8fR14FFosLxGIUmSsbqCXeJ7JC3CaXi03z8cbAZp_bvPyM7B8RIrvJAK275o9zcpkRDdZ/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+45+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb3JaiEbIEbZpR3NUlMUqJ-mwYYdzK7q5YpO19rFa4GjWiNDTqvDg4xfwBqnDiBfClz5gXgb8fR14FFosLxGIUmSsbqCXeJ7JC3CaXi03z8cbAZp_bvPyM7B8RIrvJAK275o9zcpkRDdZ/s640/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+45+-+Small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Locals enjoying the scenery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhHRb30weyKjbWDD0ksUr6UP2cj15oUsAlfmbC5ThloFb8ndVsUdnYfSpKUtRtjUqlj2H5bvL9WWAyOCTS0egFIvWHSMoPod4OsvHewdjBNnLHujyDv3dGRmuUznSWKdh7-tymllA23Ba/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+38+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhHRb30weyKjbWDD0ksUr6UP2cj15oUsAlfmbC5ThloFb8ndVsUdnYfSpKUtRtjUqlj2H5bvL9WWAyOCTS0egFIvWHSMoPod4OsvHewdjBNnLHujyDv3dGRmuUznSWKdh7-tymllA23Ba/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+38+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Between Condiriri and Huyana Potosi we crossed 3 valleys and 4 passes (up to about 5100 m, 16700 ft). This shot shows the arid conditions climbing out of one of these major valleys.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Lunch at an abandoned farm house along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOgN7B1txMFTMUpsvKo8TDmUYqOfZhe9bgL5hIwllPERSSn7UpcpV6ehshLsaNwR63Nzl-0nGG1JZcTLXJaSfczpWgUgtupE_I6F3iKGe_-pTcjJMlTjmGwO-OzJOm0QXEevS77jN41r1/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+41+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOgN7B1txMFTMUpsvKo8TDmUYqOfZhe9bgL5hIwllPERSSn7UpcpV6ehshLsaNwR63Nzl-0nGG1JZcTLXJaSfczpWgUgtupE_I6F3iKGe_-pTcjJMlTjmGwO-OzJOm0QXEevS77jN41r1/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+41+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Second night camp-site at sunset. Wide open and beautiful. As soon as the sun sets it gets very cold. Luckily it didn't blow too much while we were there.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The three day trek ended at the Huaya Potosi refugio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkfaxmDfjKej3h2SY_DWD8cNcz2uxVb-qR6lf7GDPp9tN_NxYXaIQfqXVd8Rtzd1rtqKhiwTbU_tvDcjkgKi7iXOm1WrqfJ5vS0LaFmUPIrKENHuMy7bK5c0zzDhAJ9q8tNwvxJO-y3H4/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+50+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkfaxmDfjKej3h2SY_DWD8cNcz2uxVb-qR6lf7GDPp9tN_NxYXaIQfqXVd8Rtzd1rtqKhiwTbU_tvDcjkgKi7iXOm1WrqfJ5vS0LaFmUPIrKENHuMy7bK5c0zzDhAJ9q8tNwvxJO-y3H4/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+50+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Huyana Potosi (19996 ft, 6094 m) - the normal route goes up the scree slopes and glacier in center and the accesses the right hand ridge. Look closely and you can make out parts of the trail up the normal route.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Geir (right) and Dr. Hugo (Dr. Hugo Berrios Martin is the founder of Refugio Huayna Potosi).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BhZl8cZtyKqvKZvppqiegQwFa5oc9cjxUStbJmHal7Csr0l7kjZ0fOr5DLJupEnbImpY3AywqiMqCh3crQ2F3fyZ0l3w7Q82t7ESVc5tigdD56yGIJlUe1IQQ5RDXQBU-uLRg3Wro36K/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+52+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BhZl8cZtyKqvKZvppqiegQwFa5oc9cjxUStbJmHal7Csr0l7kjZ0fOr5DLJupEnbImpY3AywqiMqCh3crQ2F3fyZ0l3w7Q82t7ESVc5tigdD56yGIJlUe1IQQ5RDXQBU-uLRg3Wro36K/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+52+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Illimani (6492 m, 21300 ft) in the sunset as seen from downtown La Paz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDKy5crnFYA7KKTkINPTLtOwgrYafj99SySo7sbYZl-MouGZkURsusvHWhhzcvnr-jNbmq1F33ECOI6ACVc_BIsWyztvaRz-4VEsx_VtVrEKb40Ba48xBadmcIjYPebBRWzp7XHU2kAt5/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+55+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDKy5crnFYA7KKTkINPTLtOwgrYafj99SySo7sbYZl-MouGZkURsusvHWhhzcvnr-jNbmq1F33ECOI6ACVc_BIsWyztvaRz-4VEsx_VtVrEKb40Ba48xBadmcIjYPebBRWzp7XHU2kAt5/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+55+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Volcan Sajama rises above the desert. Sajama is Bolivia's highest mountain at 6530 m (21424 ft). It was the main objective of our trip.<span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"><span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Impressive volcano even though a lot of the ice-shield has melted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJws8m7EyA_RsaFmSSYdeApjz5vmjjjhrpLYiuLRj86HszIR_AaPYJD7mPCJetILpAggj2SiaFpXicVtVxWuB82fXo2jD5AGSCxDKpPOas8WXDs6eIdSuqd6lntLOvDzPObFCbHN3HFGI/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+58+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJws8m7EyA_RsaFmSSYdeApjz5vmjjjhrpLYiuLRj86HszIR_AaPYJD7mPCJetILpAggj2SiaFpXicVtVxWuB82fXo2jD5AGSCxDKpPOas8WXDs6eIdSuqd6lntLOvDzPObFCbHN3HFGI/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+58+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Volcan Sajama seen from the town of Sajama.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTqcFFxTDVFEOnxK8Ql_iAzjqKaFkKoCDlol0IYANAtR6w9Hd1rCtTzayJhiRc2tuw4Tmeox5asW4e5T4vV1480oz5ExFMha4Ug10NqwiHbafUqFx7Z0MF-hW_SQucIWoAvjjekczg94c/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+59+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTqcFFxTDVFEOnxK8Ql_iAzjqKaFkKoCDlol0IYANAtR6w9Hd1rCtTzayJhiRc2tuw4Tmeox5asW4e5T4vV1480oz5ExFMha4Ug10NqwiHbafUqFx7Z0MF-hW_SQucIWoAvjjekczg94c/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+59+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Hiking in to basecamp with Pomerape (6222 m) and Parinacota (6132 m) in the background. These fine volcanoes straddle the Bolivia-Chile border. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Sajama in the sunset as seen from basecamp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW_rk2FpmYhhCZM0OKkqwttKZf1wkHyI94p7jW9udxEPJWQl1T-LjJOM-CEubcFgB5vfQ-FpBUDHHJHeevqfTK653yKrg7wL_X2NYj2MWOYH7ERusk4EGDlru35xdkRu-npWl1a3Ugt4n/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+62+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW_rk2FpmYhhCZM0OKkqwttKZf1wkHyI94p7jW9udxEPJWQl1T-LjJOM-CEubcFgB5vfQ-FpBUDHHJHeevqfTK653yKrg7wL_X2NYj2MWOYH7ERusk4EGDlru35xdkRu-npWl1a3Ugt4n/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+62+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Heading up the very loose screen towards highcamp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5jGbfIoqb7nP46NJhRqcCgiJw2xG30T_Tnr-wahpbphWYVfpLkkLQpumljILQPGAb6Pz21HjcuD7gs_K0J1moMq69H_UzJKf6TVNQVStoM8tgfofJd0SREsqn1hUL220AH7MWqTBTHJU/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+63+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5jGbfIoqb7nP46NJhRqcCgiJw2xG30T_Tnr-wahpbphWYVfpLkkLQpumljILQPGAb6Pz21HjcuD7gs_K0J1moMq69H_UzJKf6TVNQVStoM8tgfofJd0SREsqn1hUL220AH7MWqTBTHJU/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+63+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Highcamp on Sajama at about 5500 m (18050 ft).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fEuYEBiacLLYURF5tvYd48avFua4f-A4Y0tfhPJIHp1qlkK44FRLmQEf0untXPuOBMUDtR5exGroFfWEKUA2zWXODe0xEi_JLO296Hmy6DX47viuWHbnaweM6MTxYGusPD67HsCFThoK/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+64+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fEuYEBiacLLYURF5tvYd48avFua4f-A4Y0tfhPJIHp1qlkK44FRLmQEf0untXPuOBMUDtR5exGroFfWEKUA2zWXODe0xEi_JLO296Hmy6DX47viuWHbnaweM6MTxYGusPD67HsCFThoK/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+64+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The slopes leading to the canaleta and the glacier edge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP37wY7ob0FmXtsx8eqRZy668Ure8VTjkQ7Dc6-tg5EHW9YOhFGzHJDpaXCFfPv5nJN0hdqd6CK6KNVS2TDVfJ2N94PSSxMn604dRlpMoJAWlwBYSOiObP1-CFKZYu4gj_kJHsYr86CxpD/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+66+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP37wY7ob0FmXtsx8eqRZy668Ure8VTjkQ7Dc6-tg5EHW9YOhFGzHJDpaXCFfPv5nJN0hdqd6CK6KNVS2TDVfJ2N94PSSxMn604dRlpMoJAWlwBYSOiObP1-CFKZYu4gj_kJHsYr86CxpD/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+66+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Geir returning after successful summit attempt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiYGvyyDCpw5gEFG9XwNwsp9BRq6G6LVpx088J8Z6RJqEB88SZA_ZPcewQT9YcfgFvpOOyYjhICIhfA1JtZu0WIyXrbybExb1OoX9qdOtGjJEUcZwckEA9W4oQwQd6HVshwshPCk8ytt0/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+68+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiYGvyyDCpw5gEFG9XwNwsp9BRq6G6LVpx088J8Z6RJqEB88SZA_ZPcewQT9YcfgFvpOOyYjhICIhfA1JtZu0WIyXrbybExb1OoX9qdOtGjJEUcZwckEA9W4oQwQd6HVshwshPCk8ytt0/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+68+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Heading back out with Sajama in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zkxM3MEu6S1tiT6grAzntFOc0JXmRI1RxayLNZ8h-nI2523T-04M5QmX5PQQmbyeW3bBWSSq5hKDPvkvyQX4glJgjbprRr-ZWo1fuojPdjZ0GsXVZPZw_EqX1JU2csg0s5Bph3duo2o6/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+71+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zkxM3MEu6S1tiT6grAzntFOc0JXmRI1RxayLNZ8h-nI2523T-04M5QmX5PQQmbyeW3bBWSSq5hKDPvkvyQX4glJgjbprRr-ZWo1fuojPdjZ0GsXVZPZw_EqX1JU2csg0s5Bph3duo2o6/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+71+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for transportation. From here we headed down to the village of Sajama for hot food and a beer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKwja-25h2Ky3_M9EqvC6hoe5xdp3tESGzdeMg32HEiFaBG381OUZBq7CglsKw3uqaqRaZFkdygXtIgI2qpb3yVNKanW93Fkc6ikFixtOXb6No75B1jaJ76HMEeke_nDwyu19o4jcWBMl/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+72+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKwja-25h2Ky3_M9EqvC6hoe5xdp3tESGzdeMg32HEiFaBG381OUZBq7CglsKw3uqaqRaZFkdygXtIgI2qpb3yVNKanW93Fkc6ikFixtOXb6No75B1jaJ76HMEeke_nDwyu19o4jcWBMl/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+72+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Heading back to La Paz the next day. The Sajama National Park is basically a desert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbj1gSzXdAM_o4ba6Uag6FS6gZjJj9_xUSGJh6eURpkzeEvpCyTaTvALHRyjwm0cn5Rr5tzZoWNVkB2hMd69KqXGb9C7YaTb4PLwQQD4P2oYZsYXq3I6SlrJ1uQDfJAMLGK1Ld7aGKPGI/s1600/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+74+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbj1gSzXdAM_o4ba6Uag6FS6gZjJj9_xUSGJh6eURpkzeEvpCyTaTvALHRyjwm0cn5Rr5tzZoWNVkB2hMd69KqXGb9C7YaTb4PLwQQD4P2oYZsYXq3I6SlrJ1uQDfJAMLGK1Ld7aGKPGI/s400/Peru-Bolivia+September+2010+74+-+Small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Returning to La Paz with its congested traffic and pollution. Huayna Potosi can be seen rising over the smog of El Alto outside La Paz.<br />
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<span id="goog_1794613054"></span><span id="goog_1794613055"></span>Trond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-84153043286112581942010-09-04T21:53:00.000-08:002010-09-04T21:53:52.015-08:00Ram Valley - Pleasant and Not So Pleasant PeaksRam Valley and Falling Water Valley<br />
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The Prudhoe Bay road provides easy access to the Ram Valley and Falling Water Valley in the Eagle River drainage. Summer 2010 was perfect for completing all the peaks along the Eagle River north of the Ram Valley. These include Peak 5331, Mt Significant (5456 ft), Peak 5320, Pleasant Mountain (6463 ft), Raina Peak (6798 ft) and Peeking Mountain (6925 ft). Of these, Pleasant Mountain was by far the least pleasant of the group with terrible scree and sketchy scrambling. <br />
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I had noticed these nice ridges above Eagle River last fall when I climbed Mt Significant. The weather earlier this summer had not been conducive to climbing the higher of these peaks. Low cloud cover and poor visibility forced me to stay low, and come August, I had only climbed the 5000-footers in this drainage. But then a couple of nice days in early fall allowed us to visit the more interesting 6000-footers.<br />
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August 8th, Adam Lewis and I headed up Ram Valley to climb Pleasant Mountain. The clouds broke apart just long enough for us to see the summit and where to go. Why anybody named this Pleasant Mountain is beyond me. The upper part of the mountain is bad scree and involves sketchy scrambling without any protection. On the way back down, we studied the Raina Peak and Peeking Mountain route. These two mountains promised to be more pleasant than the mountain we had just climbed.<br />
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So when the weather once again offered another great Alaska day for climbing on September 3, Toby Schwoerer, Adam and I headed up Ram valley with the intention of climbing Raina and Peeking. And even though the clouds swirled around us on the summits, we enjoyed fantastic hiking and climbing on these two peaks. Raina and Peeking are real pleasures compared to Pleasant Mt. Just over 6 hours roundtrip made for a great late summer outing. We were three happy climbers heading back to town. At least we had gotten our addiction satisfied for a little while. Unfortunately, I had brought a camera with dead batteries - the other guys brought no cameras at all - so this blog-post uses some photos I took earlier in the summer.<br />
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This first photo is from June 2010 from the ridge leading to Mt Significant. In the near background is Peak 5320. Directly over the top of my head is Peeking Mt. and to my right is Raina Peak (the middle summit of Raina being the tallest).<br />
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Typical climbing conditions this year. Lots of fog and clouds obscuring the summits. Here are Raina (left) and Peeking (right) as seen from the summit of Pleasant.<br />
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Ram Valley with Mt Pleasant in the background.<br />
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Upper reaches of Ram Valley. Bombardment pass is left center. Korohusk peak (7030 ft) is sticking its summit into the clouds.<br />
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Looking down onto the Ram Valley rock glacier with Cumulus Mt (5830 ft) in the background.<br />
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From the summit of Mt Pleasant looking East into the headwaters of Peters Creek. Bellicose Peak (7640 ft) hiding in the clouds (left side of picture).<br />
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Coming down the gully from Pleasant Mt. The scree was good for coming down but really hard work to get up.<br />
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Successfully down. Our tracks are clearly visible in the lower scree gully.<br />
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Adam with Raina Peak in the background. Raina and Peeking turned out to much more pleasant than Mt Pleasant itself. The ridge between Raina and Peeking is non-technical and has a decent trail leading to the summit of Peeking. There is only one short section descending from Raina to the saddle between Raina and Peeking that is a little scrambly, otherwise it is a simple walk-up.<br />
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Panorama of the upper Ram Valley. Pleasant Mt. on the left, Korohusk in the middle and Cumulus on the left.<br />
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Hope we still get some good clminging days before the snow start flying.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
TrondTrond Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182905421709737104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491719823306237.post-14422178572155183022010-07-05T20:35:00.000-08:002010-07-15T22:21:08.729-08:00HurdygurdyHurdygurdy (5965 ft) July 5th, 2010<br />
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So what is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdygurdy">Hurdygurdy</a> anyway? For us peakbaggers in Alaska, Hurdygurdy is a peak in the South Fork Eagle River drainage, part of the peaks named after musical instruments and terms. I found just the right weather window on July 5th to fit in an 8 hour roundtrip to climb Hurdygurdy.<br />
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Approach to Hurdygurdy in the South Fork Eagle River valley above Eagle lake.<br />
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Gorgeous hidden valley leading to Hurdygurdy ridge.<br />
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Rock bands protecting the upper part of Hurdygurdy (people smarter than me should continue to the ridge and follow the ridge rather than trying to breach the rock bands ... I ended up doing some sketchy scrambling and snow gullies without proper tools or protection).<br />
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Upper Hurdygurdy from false peak to the West of Hurdygurdy.<br />
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Cantata, Calliope, and Flute glacier (right to left) from Hurdygurdy summit.<br />
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Eagle peak from Hurdygurdy summit.<br />
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Eastward looking panorama from Hurdygurdy. Left to right: Eagle peak, Organ Mt, Flute glacier, Calliope, Cantana and Triangle peaks.<br />
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