Mountaineering & Ice Climbing

• Triangle Peak - My first true mountaineering experience

• Silvertip Peak - Attempt: Stormed off the peak

• Dragonfly creek - ice climb

• Castner Glacier (crevasse rescue practice)

• AvyI Class (Turnagain Pass - Chugach Mtns)

Rock Climbing

• Grapefruit Rocks - One of the few Fairbanks region rock climbing areas

Backpacking

• Dixie Pass - Solo backpack into Wrangell St Elias National Park

• Kesugi Ridge - A lovely 28mi trek in Denali State Park.

• Chena Dome - A solo, 33 mile ridge loop hike.

• Granite Tors - 2 trips: 1 full loop backpack in summer, 1 snowshoe up to the overlook

• Canwell Glacier - A trip to repair the lower hut

Skiing

• Mt Aurora SkiLand (Farthest North Ski area)

• Chena Hot Springs - 2003, 2004

• Hatcher Pass - 2004

Hiking

• Kennecott Mine and Root Glacier - One of my favorite places in Alaska

• Herbert Glacier - Short hike through Sitka Spruce to toe of glacier

• Mendenhall Glacier - A blue sky day in Juneau!

• Harding Icefield - A snowshoe along the Exit Glacier to view the icefield

• Exit Glacier - A short day trip to view the glacier up close

• Wickersham Dome - 3 separate hikes in differing weather conditions. Testing macro lens on alpine tundra plants

• Gulkana Glacier - 2006

• Tonsina River

• Murphy Dome

• Chena Hot Springs - 2005

• Donnely Dome

• McClaren Summit

• Landmark Gap

• Brooks Range/ANWR

• Angel Rocks

Mountain Biking

• Denali Highway

Denali

The Mountain. The National Park. The Region.

Hiking

• Mt Healy Short hike up to Overlook, and river hike at the end of the public accessible road.

Mountain Biking

• Sable Pass - 20 mile bike ride from Teklanika to Sable Pass (With elk, moose, ptarmigan, rabbit and bears)

• Teklanika River - A nice fall bike ride in the park, 2006

Rafting

• Nenana River - A fall paddle of the river

By road

• AEIC field work - Kantishna, AK

From the air

• AEIC field work - Purkeypile, AK

• Alaska Airlines flybys: Denali, Mt Foraker

Just some amazing photos of Denali from the road...

• Parks Highway MP106
• Parks Highway Spring