A long way
Views along the drive north, most of the time I was either driving or sleeping
Once in whitehorse we met up with the rest of the team and bought provisions for our two week trip down the alsek, we then headed to the put-in at haines junction. We loaded rafts and headed to haines AK to deal with customs. Everyone else wanted as much weight in their raft as possible so Christen and I had a light load in our 14 ft 1983 avon adventure bucket boat, I figured if we really needed weight wee could just fill the boat with water.
Our putin on the Dezadeash river
Looking back at the flatwater to begin the trip
It was flat but breath taking
Our first nights camp at serpentine creek
Beautiful flowers
Confluence of the Dezadeash and Kaskawulsh
My pops cooking some bear bait
Our first few days were great, with amazingly warm temps and little darkness. On our 3rd day it got COLD and windy.
Camp 2 cold, rainy and windy
Christen making dinner that night
My mentor in paddling, slim. Always having fun and a smile on his face
Getting ice for cocktails
My lovely lady taking in the ice wonderland
Our furry friends
Christen, my mom, and I on the accent
Camp looking up at goatherd
Camp looking out on lowell lake
My dad on our lunch stop
amazing
This encompasses having a great time with my dad and one of the reasons that I go on these trips
Steve Sandborne on lowell lake
Wanted to see more of these guys
Approaching turnback and our heli portage
Lots of unloading and re rigging
Turnback at 50k or so=way too high
These cool puffballs were everywhere
We had a great few days after the portage down to the confluence of the Tatshenshini
Beautiful camp at walker glacier, we did a layover here as well
My dad and I on the glacier
Group shot
Bocce ball
We headed down to alsek lake the following day and the weather turned for the first time in a week and we got much colder temps, wind and rain
Fresh tracks
Alsek lake
Gutting salmon at our takeout at drybay
Our shuttle
Coast range
This was one of the most memorable trips I have ever taken, I cannot wait to come back and run turnback at more reasonable flows. If you ever get the chance to go, do yourself a favor and go for it.
-Tom
Looks like a great trip. Awesome pictures.
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