Tom is back flying again. A couple of weeks ago we took a day trip up to Bettles.
The next day we headed out to the Chena State Rec area for an afternoon ski.
We skied to the remains of the Lower Chena cabin, which saw its demise just a few weeks earlier. A group of fire fighters from one of the military bases were responsible. Yes! That's right, fire fighters. They had stoked the wood stove and hopped on their snow machines to visit their buddies in the cabin a few miles up the trail. When they came back there was nothing left but the roof and the picnic table... Poor fellows will never live this one down...
Over spring break we headed up to Healy to get out of town for a few days. Still gorgeous weather, we skied out the Stampede Road for a few miles. Our friend, Ben Huff, had just been out on this trail a few days earlier with Ned Rozell, Ed Plumb and the family of Chris McCandless. Keep your eye out for the story in Outside Magazine!
A spectacular view of Denali from here - but not sure if you can make it out in the photos!
The trail/road was a bit drifted in spots - mini moguls!
Wolf tracks in the wind blown crusted snow.
I'm fairly sure these are lynx tracks - looking for dinner...
The Alaska Range in the distance.
And then the next day to ski in Denali Park. We had stopped here for a snack and hot tea. As we enjoyed our lunch, the young bull moose in the distance came closer and closer, eventually deciding to head straight toward us on the trail....We shooed him away and he skirted around us, wading through the deeper snow. Its no wonder the moose like to follow the trail.
Hope you all are doing well. Happy Spring!
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