Last month we introduced the kiddo to the wonderful world of packrafting.
And last week, we had three generations out in the rafts, paddling among the ‘bergs.
Archive for the ‘Denali’ Category
Packrafting: Startin ‘em early (and a bit later)
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Sunny Weather Goes Up In Smoke
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009As I was biking home from work today, my lungs were burning, my eyes were squinting, and my nostrils were flaring. Was I hammering? Nope, I was inhaling the acrid smoke that has descended over Anchorage in the past few days. Our long stretch of amazingly dryweather has triggered an outbreak of forest fires around the state. It figures, the sunny skies were too good to last.
I was curious. Of all the fires around the state, which fires are actually contributing to the fact that I can’t even see the Chugach from a few miles away? Is there any hope that the winds might shift? o Or a rain shower will knock down the haze?
Before Mt. Redoubt erupted, NOAA and the Alaska Volcano Observatory had models predicting which way the ash cloud would go. And after it erupted, there were maps showing where it actually went. I thought those were really cool and useful. I thought I could find something similar for forest fire smoke.
So far, this is the best map I have found for smoke (there are plenty of maps out there if you want data on the fires themselves). You can play with the real-time interactive map here.
Tokositna Loop Ski
Friday, March 28th, 2008|
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March 28: Three years ago, Linda and I skied and camped on the Curry Ridge Rider trails near Trapper Creek. Ever since then, I have wondered if it would be possible to ski a big loop up and around the Tokositna River using those trails. When I recently read that the CRR had just finished creating such a loop, I couldn’t wait to ski it. Tim Kelley also has some good pictures of this trip (and many, many others).
Windy Pass to Sanctuary River in Denali National Park
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006|
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Sept 2-4: After a summer of generally miserable weather, Linda and I were treated to sunny weather and beautiful blue skies on Labor Day weekend. We went to Denali National Park to hike over Windy Pass and packraft the Sanctuary River.
Ski Train 2006
Saturday, March 11th, 2006|
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On March 11, Linda, Cory, Lou, and Phil took a trip on the Curry ski train. The snow conditions weren’t great, but it was still a fun trip.
Hiking Peters Hills
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005|
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Labor Day weekend 2005 was forecasted to be rainy. But we thought we could squeeze in a short overnight hike before the rains came.
Alaska Scenery & Wildlife
Monday, July 25th, 2005|
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From June 2 to July 25, we had a constant stream of visitors. In fact, there were only three days in that entire 2 month period that we did not have family or friends visiting Alaska. It was a lot of fun. Here are some of my favorite scenery and wildlife photos I took while playing ‘tour guide.’
Kesugi Ridge
Sunday, July 24th, 2005|
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One of our goals for this summer was to knock the Kesugi Ridge trail off of our ‘to do’ list. When the weather for July 22-24 was forecasted as sunny, we knew exactly where to spend the weekend.
Tangle Lakes
Monday, May 30th, 2005|
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Memorial Day weekend 2005. The forecast for Anchorage, Kenai, & PWS was for cloudy w/ rain. So we loaded up the car and headed to the only place that had a sunny forecast…Tangle Lakes on the Denali Highway.
