I am back in Anchorage for the winter. My last trip in the Wrangells for the season was with Alonzo from Denali's backcountry crew. We flew into the toe of the Copper Glacier where we landed on the smooth river bar. We spent a few days exploring near the glacier. We hiked up a canyon with tall steep walls. At one point I could touch both walls of the canyon at the same time. The walls soared more than a hundred feet straight up. After exploring we floated down the Copper River in packrafts all the way back to the ranger station in Slana. Most of the float was pretty straight forward. It took two days of floating to reach Slana with only a couple of pretty rough sections, maybe class II+ or III.
I finished my season in Slana and now I'm back in Anchorage. I'm working until the end of November and Angela and I are planning a trip to Las Vegas for New Years with a week of rock climbing in Red Rock Canyon and a week in Joshua Tree. Then its back to Vegas and a flight down to Nicaragua. We will be in Nicaragua for a little over three weeks. We're planning to spend some time on the beach and maybe climb a volcano or two as well.
Here are a few photos from my trip with Alonzo.
The dropoff point near the Copper Glacier.
This is the canyon we explored.
The inside of the canyon. It was really hard to get a decent photo of the canyon.
Alonzo on the Copper Glacier.
Alonzo and I getting ready to put in on our first day of floating.
Looking south at Mt Wrangell and the Copper Glacier from our put in.
Nice view while floating down the river.
Floating the Copper River.
Gratuitous hero shot!
1 comment:
so jealous of you and your adventures!
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