Hi there,
Sounds like quite a trip<i cant add much to your plans except to suggest the Queen Charlotte Islands area for Kayaking,camping and hiking..
For Kayaking, I would choose a town on Alaska'a Inside passage, lots of protection from the ocean, hundreds of miles to kayak, islands to explore, wilderness mountains to explore. Check out the national forests around, I know the Tongass maintains many cabins strategicly placed around the islands. Reservations are first come first served.
You could base yourself out of one of the many Alaskan Island towns: Ketchikan, Sitka (where I'm at), Wrangell, etc. all would be good base towns.
Thanks so much for your advise.
Meanwhile ticket has been booked 19June to Anchorage - 17 July from Calgary.
Inside Passage looks very nice. Also Queen Charlotte Islands seem great although I am afraid that I will have difficulties in getting this into my schedule as well. However, I will certainly keep it in mind!!
I am currently looking for good mountaineering trips (intermediate). They are really extremely expensive but also very interesting.
The hiking seems to be quite a different story from New Zealand, Patagonia & Europe due to the vastness of the area which will diminuish drastically your possibilities of rescue when hiking alone. So I guess I will do merely the multi day tracks that are there. Any recommendations for trails/tracks?
I have found the following trails. Which ones of these or others would you recommend considering my interest in mountains & glaciers & being alone (with tent & very good boots, have to rent/buy crampons, experienced hiker, beginner in climbing, intermediate in glaciers, beginner in wilderness camping):
Around Fairbanks
- pinnel mountain trail (27 miles)
Denali:
- have to choose units: which ones? around wonderlake camping? Or I might go on a mountaineering trip in Denali.
Around Anchorage:
- crow pass trail (26miles)
- iditarod trail (26 miles)
Kenai:
- exit glacier (1day)
- resurrection pass trail (39miles)
Wrangell
- dixie pass trail (24 miles)
- sanford dodina plateau (2x 15miles)
- skookum vulcano (1 day)
- goat trail (30 miles)
- bonanza trail (28 miles)
- donoho peak (14miles)
Glacier Bay
- mount edgecumb trail (13.5 miles)
- chilkoot trail (33 miles)
- laughton glacier trail (8 km)
Queen Charlotte
- deer mountain trail (11 km)
Jasper:
- Skyline trail (29 miles)
Banff:
- assiniboni trail (35.8 miles)
- bow valley trail (40km)
So many possibilities!!!
Many thanks in advance for your advise!
mj
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