60 days working in the mountains...

Well I am now back in Vancouver after a summer fulled with mountains, lakes, snow, wildlife, lightning, sunshine, bushplanes, hiking, fishing, bush wacking and a lot of laughter...

I have been working for NOLS this summer. I started in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. 30 days of hiking. This area next to Yellowstone NP is quite spectacular, being around 9,000ft - 12,400ft in elevation made for an exciting trip. Having lightning storms roll in 10 days in a row, we perfected the art of lightning drills. Having endless lakes with crystal clear water made fishing an easy task. Tackling steep terrain, snow and boulderfields was an every day occurance. The Beartooths truley are an amazing place...

Frozen Lakes

Resupply by packhorse

My first fish on a fly rod!

The classroom

Upon getting picked up by bus after 30 wild days, I was handed a letter from the staffing office asking if I wanted to work a contract up in Alaska....tomorrow. So within 24 hours I was on a plane headed to Ancourage, and straight into briefing for the next trip. I hiked both in the Wrangells and the Chugach Ranges here is a snippet of this vast and amazing country...

The far distant "cloud" (to the left) down the valley is actually a glacier

Grizzly tracks not only fresh but frequent...

Resupply by bushplane next to the tonsina glacier - this plane is made out of fabric!

Classroom inside the 3 person tent - we got a lot of rain

All female Instructor team - high five!

Alaska is an awesome place to explore, it is consatntly moving with rock fall, glaciers and the wildlife...we saw a tone of wildlife including black bear, dahl sheep and even a wolf on the full moon (which is pretty rare to see). Oh and the blueberries just topped it off...endless supply!

Well until the next adventure...