Tag Archives: Delta Range

Thayer Hut

After finishing the last (night) shift of the project “Repave Denali Park Road”, my ladyfriend Phoenix drove my car north to meet me.  I transitioned to day shift without sleep and we drove the Denali Highway, hiked to the Thayer Hut, and spent two nights enjoying the wonderful weather and amazing aurora. Item Peak, fromContinueContinue reading “Thayer Hut”

Three Days, Three Mountain Ranges, 42x Zoom

I convinced a couple of Fairbanks AK Alpine Club members to slog up the Castner Glacier for a weekend. We woke up in a ping-pong ball and didn’t attempt any mountain, but the trip offered gorgeous views of the Matanuska area Chugach peaks, the Wrangells, the Alaska Subranges: Hayes and Deltas

Triangle: The Nature of Success in the Mountains.

The Alaska Alpine Club holds a yearly tradition that serves as a graduation course of sorts for the spring mountaineering class. The students meet at 7AM sharp in front of the Patty Center at UAF, drive three hours south, and ski up the Castner Glacier to spend a weekend in the cold practicing mountaineering skills.ContinueContinue reading “Triangle: The Nature of Success in the Mountains.”

RE-Forgiveness

The ice formation that lives far up Bear Creek, known as “Forgiveness”, is somewhat of a legend in the Fairbanks climbing community. In the unlikely year it forms, the line drips its way down from a thicket of alders at the edge of the canyon over steep, chossy rock for a few hundred feet. The topContinueContinue reading “RE-Forgiveness”

The Weekend after the FE Exam: Skiing Michael’s Creek and Attempting Item Peak

So, it’s been one week since I took the FE exam, an 8 hour intensive exam that is more important to engineers than their degree, and totally unknown to non-engineers.  You have to have a special calculator, one reference book (they provide) and even a special pencil (they provide).  I watched a few people have theirContinueContinue reading “The Weekend after the FE Exam: Skiing Michael’s Creek and Attempting Item Peak”