Posted by dan
on Thursday, 12 January 2012
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Alaska Photo of the Month: January 12, 2012
Is 3 in-a-row a record? Anyone?
So let's begin the new year with a shot from summer in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Even though our Alaska days are now growing longer by the hour and we're having a spectacular winter, we all long for the warmth of midnight arctic sunlight and yearn to shed a layer or two of winter garb.
I took this photo last August as our team rounded the corner of upper Arrigetch Creek and caught our first glimpse of the famed Arrigetch Peaks. We spent the next 6-days hiking on a carpet of autumn-drenched tundra past the peaks and through the valleys pictured. The fact that we enjoyed 11-straight days of perfect weather did nothing less than gild the entire experience. Our adventure into the Arrigetch and down the Alatna River was, as one of our guests so aptly described it, purely "transformative!"
As you begin to think about your summer vacation plans, I'll let this particular guest sum up his experience traveling with Alaska Alpine Adventures.
So let's begin the new year with a shot from summer in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Even though our Alaska days are now growing longer by the hour and we're having a spectacular winter, we all long for the warmth of midnight arctic sunlight and yearn to shed a layer or two of winter garb.
I took this photo last August as our team rounded the corner of upper Arrigetch Creek and caught our first glimpse of the famed Arrigetch Peaks. We spent the next 6-days hiking on a carpet of autumn-drenched tundra past the peaks and through the valleys pictured. The fact that we enjoyed 11-straight days of perfect weather did nothing less than gild the entire experience. Our adventure into the Arrigetch and down the Alatna River was, as one of our guests so aptly described it, purely "transformative!"
As you begin to think about your summer vacation plans, I'll let this particular guest sum up his experience traveling with Alaska Alpine Adventures.
"The word I keep coming back to is "pivotal." There was something about the physical exertion, the mental challenge, the mind-blowing Alaska landscape, the natural serenity - it all just combined to have a very positive and transformative effect on me. I now find myself wanting to seek out similar trips and embrace similar challenges. And this trip is staying with me far more than most trips I've ever done, almost like some tangible asset that is now mine and mine alone, having been conveyed to me by the experience itself."
With praise like that, why not try and repeat the magic? So, we're going back to the Arrigetch Peaks region this coming August on two different trips. The first is a is our amazing 12-day combination backpacking & kayaking (suitable for novice paddlers) adventure going from August 8-19, 2012. The second is a 10-day pure backpacking trip going from August 18-27, 2012. Space is now very limted on both of these guaranteed trips.
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other than a monthly Alaska pick-me-up!
Dan Oberlatz
Alaska Alpine Adventures, LLC
1-877-525-2577
www.AlaskaAlpineAdventures.com
Alaska Alpine Adventures, LLC
1-877-525-2577
www.AlaskaAlpineAdventures.com
Blog posted from Arrigetch Peaks, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, AK, USA View larger map
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