July 23rd & 24th... Their plane landed in Anchorage at 10:30pm on Saturday night and after grabbing luggage, off we went. A quick hour drive later, we were re-organizing gear, popping open a beer, and parking the truck at the Crow Pass trail head. We wondered up the trail a mile and a half or so without any headlamps with decent visibility until we crossed tree line. Found a nice little relatively flat spot and set up camp for the night. After a day of flying, an hour of driving and another hour of hiking at night, it was time for a rest. morning arrived all to quickly and we staggered out of the tent and continued to wonder up the trail to the pass where we had a great view of Raven Glacier about 3500' . I had more planned for the day so the top of the pass is as far as we went on the Crow Pass trail system but it does go all the way through to Eagle River for a good weekend trip. We meandered back down to the camp site, packed up and went back to the Girdwood coffee shop at the bottom of the hill for a latte and to meet up with a friend of mine. With coffee in hand the four of us piled into the pick up and hit the Whittier tunnel. My two friends went out on a glacier cruise of Prince William Sound for the afternoon while Moriah and I attempted to hike a trail in the rain to find the elusive Horsetail Falls. The entire afternoon it rained on the two of us hiking and the two out glacier cruising which is on par for Whittier but still, would have been nice to have a bit of sun! After being entirely drenched for five hours hiking we met up with the cruisers and hit the tunnel out and settled down at Mooses Tooth with another friend Joshua for dinner. Afterwards we grabbed my little jet boat and began to head north. We tried to get up into Hatchers Pass for the night but the fog spoiled our plans with a thickness that limited the view to twenty feet. I found a pull off near tree line and we pitched the tent for the second night. It lightly rained on us all night long and by morning I was a little ticked that the weather hadn't been nicer and considering I was dip netting the Copper River in nearly ninety degree weather the week before, a little sun wasn't too much to ask. I had planned on driving over the Pass and coming out down the road from Talkeetna but I found no point in doing so when morning arrived and the fog had not lifted at all. We opted to make the drive back down the hill and around to Wasilla before heading north.
July 23rd & 24th... Their plane landed in Anchorage at 10:30pm on Saturday night and after grabbing luggage, off we went. A quick hour drive later, we were re-organizing gear, popping open a beer, and parking the truck at the Crow Pass trail head. We wondered up the trail a mile and a half or so without any headlamps with decent visibility until we crossed tree line. Found a nice little relatively flat spot and set up camp for the night. After a day of flying, an hour of driving and another hour of hiking at night, it was time for a rest. morning arrived all to quickly and we staggered out of the tent and continued to wonder up the trail to the pass where we had a great view of Raven Glacier about 3500' . I had more planned for the day so the top of the pass is as far as we went on the Crow Pass trail system but it does go all the way through to Eagle River for a good weekend trip. We meandered back down to the camp site, packed up and went back to the Girdwood coffee shop at the bottom of the hill for a latte and to meet up with a friend of mine. With coffee in hand the four of us piled into the pick up and hit the Whittier tunnel. My two friends went out on a glacier cruise of Prince William Sound for the afternoon while Moriah and I attempted to hike a trail in the rain to find the elusive Horsetail Falls. The entire afternoon it rained on the two of us hiking and the two out glacier cruising which is on par for Whittier but still, would have been nice to have a bit of sun! After being entirely drenched for five hours hiking we met up with the cruisers and hit the tunnel out and settled down at Mooses Tooth with another friend Joshua for dinner. Afterwards we grabbed my little jet boat and began to head north. We tried to get up into Hatchers Pass for the night but the fog spoiled our plans with a thickness that limited the view to twenty feet. I found a pull off near tree line and we pitched the tent for the second night. It lightly rained on us all night long and by morning I was a little ticked that the weather hadn't been nicer and considering I was dip netting the Copper River in nearly ninety degree weather the week before, a little sun wasn't too much to ask. I had planned on driving over the Pass and coming out down the road from Talkeetna but I found no point in doing so when morning arrived and the fog had not lifted at all. We opted to make the drive back down the hill and around to Wasilla before heading north.
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