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14 nights in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, approximately 105 miles off trail. 5 grizzlies, 1 wolverine, 3 glacier crossings, a couple of waist deep glacier fed creek crossings…..Awesome Trip



















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Un named glacier near Iceberg Lake


Camp Night 1


Another un-named glacier


Crossed the glacier than climbed above the lateral moraine


One of five brown bears seen on the trip. This one, the first, was on day 2


Camp Night 2


Our first look at the massive Bremner Glacier


Crossing Bremner Glacier


Camp night 3 - The Tanna Lobe of the Bremner Glacier 2000 feet below

Just a little bit of brush to start day 4


Heading up to the un named pass


Headwaters of Monahan Creek


Camp night 4


Lower Monahan Creek


Another un named pass


East Tundra walking


Camp night 6

Hiking up an un named Glacier


Glacier on the back side of a pass we referred to "sketchy pass"


Camp night 7


Hiking up the Klu River Valley


Camp night 8


Klu River Valley


Upper Klu River


Tarn at the top of the pass


Coming down the backside of the pass (after a long decent on a moraine)


Camp night 9

Harry's Gulch - tedious sidehilling for sure


Near the pass at the end of Harry's Gulch


Camp night 10


Wolverine


Awesome walking here - headwaters of the East Fork of the Little Bremner River


East Fork of the Little Bremner River


After a waist deep crossing not far above the falls (there was no better place to cross)


Camp night 11


Looking down at the Bremner River


Getting ready for another glacier fed creek crossing - this one was about mid thigh


Looking up another un named valley


Confluence of the Copper River and the Bremner River


Camp night 13


Camp night 14 a couple thousand feet above Tebay Lakes


Pickup at Tebay Lakes

A few more

Just after getting dropped off at Iceberg Lake


On Bremner Glacier


This was taken near the top of "Sketchy Pass"


Near the top pass of Monohan Creek


Not sure where this one was taken


Bremner Glacier and Moraine


On top of the pass before Bremner






Crossing one of the numerous tributaries to the Klu River


Coming down the pass west of Bremner

Looks awesome. Which did you enjoy more Gates or Chugach ?

Both were good but the Traverse in the Chugatch was my favorite of the two as it was a much more challenging route. This route was more difficult than any of the trips I have done before including Brooks, the Wind River High Route and others.

Bush planes were cheaper too due to the shorter flights.

I started off around 40 pounds with 14 days of food, a bear can, bear spray, and a liter of water. On day 4 we had someone sprain an ankle so I took a little of thier gear so I carried maybe 50 pounds total. The Unaweep handled it like it was nothing. Great pack!