The Black Rapids creek (river) and old moraine from a previous surge.

Walking back to the helicopter.

First sunset, nice warm weather.

Two weeks worth of camping gear, field equipment, and batteries.

Little by little everything goes out into the valley.

It takes about 1/2 hour for the R44 to get to our campsite up on the glacier and back to the airstrip. Plenty of time to make sure everything is packed up tight.

Looking up the Black Rapids Valley over the Delta River Valley.

Alpine Arnica

Once everything was packed up and ready to load the waiting became a bit boring.

Wild Sweet Pea

Another loadfield work, helicopter, r44, sling load

It took multiple sling-loads to get all of our equipment in.

The Lodge at Black Rapids. It's a nice place to stay, good food, fun people, comfortable beds (It's the building up top - not the boarded up log cabin, that's the old roadhouse).

Flying out over the Richardson Highway from the airstrip at Black Rapids. We had passed those bicyclists back in Delta Junction a few hours back.