Community Trips
Started our 5 day trip in the Chandalar Shelf. We start at the Chandalar air strip and start walking southeast. Not the easiest walking, but we have been in worse. Batteries died a few minutes into the hike.
We started a day hike, starting down the valley. But about 10 minutes into the hike we see a bear climbing out of big valley up the hillside toward us, so we turn around and hike up the ridge behind the tent instead. Nice views, though we do get a little rain/hail storm in at the top.
No bears today, but we did find a mother moose and her calf. Mama was not too happy about Kiana, so we give her lots of room. Next time we'll go around the east side of the ridge.
Packed out about halfway back to the car, then took an afternoon hike up the hill behind the camp. Spectacular afternoon. One bear while backpacking, but no issues. Saw another cow and calf moose.
Made our way out. Stopped for some blueberry picking about halfway back.
We had five wonderful days backpacking on the Chandalar Shelf. We backpacked in the first day to a nice shelf slightly above the valley. It rained that night, but stopped sometime overnight. On day 2 we wanted to hike further down the big valley, but about 20 minutes into the hike noted a bear moving up out of the valley toward us, so we turned around and went up the hill behind...
From Wiseman to Anaktuvuk Pass
