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2005 Kayak/Float Trip Photo Gallery

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Jim was with us last year for an October trip from the main camp. After hearing all about the wonders of our adventure trip from his friend John (who took the trip with me in 2003), he decided to get the abuse himself. Along for the ride is Sean, our occasional part-time guide. They shared a double kayak, while I carried gear in my forward cockpit. It was a good day to start out, although the storm would hit us that night. Since it was two guides and one victim... I mean client, we did some things we probably shouldn't have, like paddling through a couple tunnels. Please kids, don't try this at home. It was awfully fun though. Also look through the 2006 galleries for Jim and John's next trip with us. John in '03 wanted to get fishing right away, so we skipped the whole glacier part of his trip and went straight into Italio Falls. In 2006, both Jim and John were together again, so we paddled all the way to the glacier on a single day trip - on a spectacularly gorgeous sunny day.

Stopping for a potty break and some lunch.

Arriving at our campsite, with a spectacular view of the glacier in the background.

We spent a couple hours exploring the rocky outcropping we called home, before settling in for a dinner of beer battered halibut.
Just before the sun set, we had a mountain goat nearly come down into camp for a visit. It was a spectacular day, with thin overcast to knock the glare off the water. It was the last time we would see dry weather till after the float was over.

Day #2 started off foggy and damp. The winds would hit before lunch.

The far left face of the Yakutat Glacier, as it grinds against the mountain.

The middle section of the face comes out to a point, where the ice is the tallest and most active.

A badly needed potty break and hot soup for lunch. It was pretty miserable there for a while, but the wind died down after lunch and we were back out on the water (and ice).

A deep sink hole, where a large buried chunk of ice melted away under the gravel and silt.

The center of the glacier comes out to a point near shore, then the face curves and heads back into the mountains for a few more miles. It is a VERY wide face. This side of the glacier is dying faster than the left side, so it makes for some really interesting paddling. What looks like grounded icebergs is actually crevasses you can paddle through, with some sections of the glacier sloping down to below the water line.

The really cool ice cave... You can't capture that color of blue with a camera. Something you just have to experience.

Back at the campsite for night #2. An early start the next morning, paddling to the Italio Falls trailhead, followed by some great fishing as the salmon get trapped below the falls before building enough courage to jump. This particular trip held some of the best Dolly Varden fishing I have ever experienced.

The float trip stars the next morning. We ended up cutting our stay at the falls short by a night because of the heavy rains. It was a good decision, because it rained at least 6 inches while we floated the river. Funny, the fishing was really hot throughout the entire system.

The float comes to a wet end, but the rest of the days are perfect. High overcast, with the pinks, trout and char biting like crazy on the Middle Italio. We even caught a beautiful 17 inch rainbow trout (probably a juvenile steelhead) out of the Alder Hole.

The Middle Italio held mostly trout and char, with just a few pink salmon in the mix.

Just look at the spots on this chrome-bright sea-run cutthroat trout. This is a HUGE cutthroat!

The pinks were coming in heavy into the Akwe River, as the tide surged in. We weren't the only creatures fishing that day, but certainly the only humans within 20 miles!

OK, so Jim's trip came to an end. But... Sean and I immediately headed back out for some more trout fishing. Bamboo in hand, it was a wonderful end to a wonderful week. What a fat trout, fresh out of the ocean! We missed you of course Jim, but as you can see, we got over it pretty quickly... :-)

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