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Backpacking: Basecamp or hike back to Kennicott, world class glacier scenery |
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| Prices: |
3 Days: $1,080 per person for 2 people, $950 per person for 3+ people |
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2008 Alaska Backpacking |
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Blackburn
Basin
Glacier Hiking The Fosse Donoho Lakes Hidden Valley Traverse Nikolai Ridge Root Glacier Overnighter Chitistone Valley Skolai Wolverine Wolverine to Skolai The Goat Trail Nizina Glacier Glacier Creek Chugach Mountains Iceberg Lake Tana Glacier Traverse Fan Glacier Bremner Glacier Traverse Outer Areas Twaharpies Traverse Chisana Gold Rush! Tonsina Plateau Traverse |
| Stats: | Total Distance: 8 - 13 miles | |||||
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This
trip lands at the Fosse airstrip and highlights the upper Blackburn
Basin, but cuts out the hike back down the Kennicott Glacier to
Kennicott.
Get
ready for big views of Mt. Blackburn, Ahtna and Rime Peaks, Goat
Hair Mountain, and other ice-covered mountains and ridges. This
is as big as it gets. We have the option of finding our way onto
the Kennicott Glacier, and conditions permitting we can establish
camp our second night on the Kennicott Glacier at the base of Packsaddle
Island. For those looking for an easier way to experience this area
we tend to remain camped on land alongside the Kennicott Glacier
and explore into the mountains above us for bigger and different
views. This also includes a day hike that allows us to look into
Hidden Valley and down at spectacular, iceberg-filled Hidden Lake. |
 Hikers on Packsaddle Island, a peak near the base of Mount Blackburn |
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