Yakutat Sunsets

Yakutat Sunsets

We haven't seen too many lately but the ones we do see make it worth the wait!

Another night on Cannon Beach

Towah Creek full of salmon

I rode my bike out to the beach to camp for the night since I had the next day off! Hundreds of miles of beautiful, sandy beaches here. Never much of a task to find firewood either!

Camp 4 the night

Back to Yak

Esker

A few weeks ago I was sent out with 2 other rangers to do some maintenance on a backcountry cabin we have in the park. We were flown out in the plane you see here and dropped off on the beach at low tide. He was supposed to pick us up the next day but the weather was too rough so we stayed an extra day. I would have like to stay an extra week! It was beautiful, just across Yakutat Bay so about 30 miles from here. You can see the Hubbard Glacier from the beach, there were bear, and wolf tracks everywhere though we didn't spot any on this trip. It is amazing to be out here in true wilderness! There are no planes flying over, not even a highways within 200 miles. I have to say, I've gotten some pretty amazing opportunities this summer! I'm thinking seriously about returning here next year. Now I have several friends and good contacts so i could make the most of it if I were to come back fully prepared, and knowing what the possibilities are.

Here's some of that trip;

Huge icebergs get stranded on the beach when the tide moves out

I almost blew my back out trying to lift this one!






Creepin

St. Elias towering over everything else!

Beautiful dunes along the beach Sophie about to get eaten by the dragon

We waited half the day for the fog to lift on the beach so Les could come pick us up. I was hoping we'd have to call the flight off again..

but he made it.

There it is from the air

Livin in Yakutat

We went out to try and see the Northern Lights the other night. Clouds rolled in right before it became visible. We still got some good views though!

Sophie and I went on a hike/bike ride the other day and saw 7 bears! Yes 7. It was a pretty awesome day to say the least!

Had to take a dip on our only Sunny day in 2 months! The water is 54 degrees, not so bad.

Tryin to get that vitamin D

Oh yeahh!
Oh No!