The Alasakan Dream!

Looking into Upper Dewey and the Ocean

At 3:02 p.m today myself Christen and Dave stared at each other with the same look in our eyes not knowing if we were going to catch our train back to Skagway at 3:25 p.m. We still had a ways to go on the trail. Earlier that day we rode the White Pass Yukon Train (mainly for tourism) to be dropped off in the middle of no where to hike to Lottin Glacier. We only had 2+ hours to hike to the glacier and make it back to the train. We power hiked to the magnificently huge glacier and snapped a few shots and turned back the direction we came from. When we took our short break at 3:02 we knew that the rest of the trip would be a full on run. As we set off to go Christen bent over and started taking off her boots. I asked what she was doing. She said, "I can run faster with out them." I stuffed the boots in my pack and off we went with the barefooted girl. She ran fast and we made it to the train 2 minutes before it got there.

Christen running back barefoot!

There is always something adventures about running to catch the last train after a hike. If we had missed the train we would of had a 15 mile hike back to Skagway!

Lottin Glacier

Just two days ago at 9:00 p.m me and some other friends decided to hike to Upper Dewey Lake. Its only 4 miles but everything over here is straight up so its a very strenuous long 4 miles. We left the trail head after 10 p.m. I guess only in Alaska could you hike until 12:30 when there is still light. When we arrived at the lake we found one of the cabins that were built in the early 1900's empty so we piled inside for cover from the wind and spent the night.

Me filling up the Nalgene for the best water in the world! No joke!

Upper Dewey and the sun rising

The next morning was so beautiful. The sun was poking over the jagged mountains and made for some good photos. Christen and Casey Fromm left at 5 am to go to work and I stayed to push further up the trail. I hiked a few more miles and found a large waterfall gushing out with snow all around. I made it to the top of the waterfall and didn't want to mess with the unstable rocks so I traversed over the the snow, flipped my backpack around and rode all the way down! It was riot.

Waterfall and my tracks sliding on my backpack.

Alaska has been amazing so far, I've really enjoyed every thing up here. The people are chill, the scenery is breathtaking, the Church is strong, plus this place is perfect for training. I will be running the Yukon River Trail Marathon in August 2. (Thanks to my brother-in-law Luke who has put together my training plan and worked out some of my injuries.)