Glacier Bay Escape Guided Sea-Kayaking Adventure

Glacier Bay Escape Guided Sea-Kayaking Adventure

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5 days/4 nights

4 days easy to moderate sea kayaking and hiking.

3 nights camping, 1 night inn

$1990 + tax (6-10 members) $2190 + tax (3-5 members) $150 internal airfare

June 16-20
June 21-25                                                June 30-July 4
July 7-11                                                   July 14-18
July 21-25                                                 July 28-August1
August 4-8
August 11-15
August 18-22

*While emphasizing adventure, this trip's leaders, author & adventurers Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin, will also help participants experience the sacredness of this land and build a community of sharing and reflection. $1895.00

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Each of our trips has been rated "1" to "4" according to what conditions can be expected on the trip, with "1" being the easiest and "4" being the more challenging trips. Keep in mind that even easy trips may become difficult if weather conditions are adverse. On all trips, guests help carry personal and group gear and, on sea kayaking trips, help carry their boat up and down the beach (65-80 pounds for two-four people). Most of our trips travel to remote wilderness locations with no facilities of any kind, and evacuation may be prolonged and difficult. More specific information can be found in each trip's detailed itinerary.

Level "2" to "4" trips entail travel to remote wilderness locations without facilities and walking over uneven and sometimes slippery terrain.

LEVEL 1: Easiest

LEVEL 2: Easy to Moderate

LEVEL 3: Moderate

LEVEL 4: Moderate to Challenging
(Some trips are rated at level "4" due primarily to the length of the trip in remote wilderness, or because a specific skill level is assumed, not because they are extremely physically demanding.)

Glacier Bay Escape Guided Seakayaking Adventure This sea kayaking adventure visits a hallmark of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage: the dramatic, scenic tidewater glaciers of Glacier Bay National Park.

We cruise into spectacular Glacier Bay National Park and travel back in geologic time to an age when ice fields and glaciers covered much of North America. We will witness the rebirth of a new land as retreating ice and calving glaciers make way for new plant and animal life. Glacier Bay is best seen from a quiet non-obtrusive sea kayak. Our paddling will be mixed with short hikes on shore. The views are unbelievable and we also hope to see a variety of wildlife. The itinerary is relaxed enough to allow ample time for viewing the wildlife and scenery, hiking, relaxing, and beach combing. Begins and ends in Gustavus.

DETAILED ITINERARY:

Day 1 -Meet in Juneau, Alaska, and fly to Gustavus. Overnight at our quiet cozy inn. Dinner and pre-trip meeting.

Day 2 -Board a boat for a spectacular ride into the West Arm of Glacier Bay National Park. The scenery changes dramatically as we leave the lush forests of Bartlett Cove behind and enter a land still under the influence of the Little Ice Age. We'll be dropped off in the remote upper West Arm, where we'll unload gear and have a kayak lesson.

Days 3-4 - Explore the pristine upper fjords of Glacier Bay by kayak and on foot. Keep your camera ready for dramatic scenery and awe-inspiring mountain peaks and calving glaciers (you'll listen to them thunder, crackle, and pop as huge icebergs topple into the sea!), and wildlife that may include brown bears, mountain goats, humpback whales, orcas, sea otters and a variety of sea birds. A flexible itinerary allows for a fabulous hikes and serene paddles. You may explore Reid, Lamplugh and John Hopkins Glaciers, each with its own stunning beauty and personality.

Day 5 - Following a morning hike or paddle, a charter boat transfer takes the group back to Gustavus, Fly to Juneau and depart.

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