Sunrise over the Tanana
Along the Richardson Highway north of Delta Junction. We were on our way from Fairbanks to the Delta Mountains - Eastern Alaska Range.
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Mt. Hayes
Morning light on Mt. Hayes - looking over the mostly frozen Tanana River.
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Ready to go
CJ, ready to head up the Castner Creek
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Black Cap and White Princess
Black Cap and White Princess from the Castner Creek.
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Over the Frozen Castner Creek
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Up the Creek
Jenn snowshoeing up Caster Creek to the toe of the Glacier
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Windcrust
The windcrust snow was whomping heavily as we skied up the Castner Creek.
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Climbing the Toe
A short steep hike gains the toe of the Castner Glacier.
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On Glacier
Stepping out of the Creek
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Snowy surface
The Castner Glacier is partially vegetated with a lot of willows and alders. It makes for interesting skiing when the snow is soft. Black Cap and White Princess are off in the distance with some lenticulars starting to form.
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White Princess
A hint of a lenticular cloud developing mid-day.
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A Cave
Ice cave on the south side of the terminus of the Canwell Glacier
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White Princess Through the Ice Arch
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Through the channel
Remnants of an ice cave on the Castner Glacier. Now it's just a giant arch.
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White Princess through the Ice
Looking at White Princess in the Alaska Range through an ice cave in the Castner Glacier.
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Layers
Glacier ice and strata of rock
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Ice in the Mountains
Peering out the edge of a small ice cave in the Castner Glacier westward into the interior of the Alaska Range.
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Descending from the Cave
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Lynx Tracks
Lynx tracks traversing a moraine on the Castner Glacier into the Castner Creek drainage.
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Clouds Develop
It suddenly got very windy as the clouds formed over the range.
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Over the Castner Glacier
Black Cap in the Shade, the Castner Glacier in the light
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Hike in and hike out
We wound doing a 4 mile ski/snowshoe up the north side of the creek and traversed the toe of the glacier to the southern end.
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