Manitoba

Gorgeous day skiing Manitoba, Kenai Mountains, near Summit Lake area.

Temps reached around 40 degrees, warming the snow to a delicious powder.

Upper Summit lake

Gorgeous BC Ski day at Summit Lake area. I parked at mile 47.5 along the Seward Highway, took the first skin track to the left through an old derelict ski resort with a couple cabins to the immediate ridge south of Manitoba proper.

Looking at the mountain massif just beyond Upper Summit Lake

Skinning through the trees

Jasper & Jack enjoying the fresh pow

100th Post; Boxing Day Ski Film

My parents were way to generous as usual with Christmas presents and Santa delivered a nice Canon FS200 digital video camcorder... 4 hours skiing at Hatchers, 3 hours in the studio with a beer, and this ski film is the result; enjoy!

1st XC Day at Hatchers

First day cross country skiing at Hatchers Pass; 24+ inches of snow with 40 mph winds made for interesting conditions on the hills, but great nordic conditions on Archangel Road.
Jacks ready to Ski Jour

Prince Jasper enjoying rolling in the pow

Jack mid-stride

Pack Raft Adventure Number Two; Winner Creek Trail to 20 Mile River

Another early start time from Girdwood, Alaska down the Winner Creek Trail.
We stepped off in light misty rain and low hanging clouds, occasionaly the precip would stop and a few clouds would lift revealing glaciers and peaks around the valley.

Fireweed still in bloom

Winner Creek Trail 7 miles to the Pass, plus 2 additional miles bushwacking to the 20 Mile River while dropping 2000ft elevation

Waterfall coming from unknown glacier above

More Fireweed

Almost to the pass

Winner Creek Pass, very interesting, several little ponds were on the pass, with creeks trickling in both directions North and South flowing

Just before the bushwhacking begins, this is the part where we saw several Black Bear paw prints going in all directions with an unidentified animal scat across the trail

Finally, after 2+ hours of bushwhacking we met up with the 20 mile River

Stream we'd been "hand railing" downhill that intersected with the River

Ready to paddle

45 minutes of Class 2 whitewater led to 2+ hours of casual "lazy" river floating in a typical Alaskan swift current

AK R&R Whistle Stop Train

Finally, the Seward Hwy, and we only missed dinner by 4 hours.....