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Donjek Glacier hike

the adventure of a lifetime (so far)

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Burwash Creek stream crossing Laurence's turn. This is much harder than it looks with very fast water streaming away the gravel under your feet and boulders smashing your shins as they get carried by the stream.	Changing back into hiking boots That's was freezing cold glacier run-off water.	End of Burwash Creek mining road Time to start bushwhacking!
Burwash Creek break time This is next to a century old prospector's cabin.	Burwash Creek Resting on the Taiga - mounds of small grassy knolls.	Crossing the Burwash Uplands Taiga Traversing many kilometers of ankle-breaking tufa mounds of grass.
Cold morning on Burwash Creek Cooking breakfast while trying to warm up.	Kluane Park boundary Creek beds comprised half the route. Here we finally approach the park boundary well into our 2nd day!	Finally inside Kluane Park First and last day of hike is actually outside of the park proper.
Up Burwash Creek to Hoge Pass Carefully watching our steps; we're about 100 feet above the creek bed here navigating sheep trails.	Two sheep They like to watch... and laugh.	Break time in Hoge Pass Fresh snow on shin deep mud. Slow progress as usual.
Filtering water on Hoge Creek The water was very tasty!	Descending Hoge Creek A classic alluvial fan which is obvious to the geologically inclined.	Adjusting heavy pack Nice laundry airing out there.
First glance of Donjek Glacier A very awesome sight.	Steep climb out of Donjek River bed Mostly we were either climbing or descending. Both are hard on the knees.	Lunch along Donjek River tributary Drying out some gear during a rare break in the rain that day.
It rained often We got sun and rain and rain and sun.	Donjek River valley Not much of a trail to be seen. More tough slogging ahead.	Double rainbow over Donjek Glacier When the rain moved out, we got beautiful rainbows. The vistas were amazing.
Donjek River valley Mosquito central! We were eaten alive here and quickly moved inside the tent.	Wolf scat Little bones were prevalent in wolf dung.	Donjek Glacier toe (150+ feet) Laurence composed this amazing shot.
Toe of Donjek Glacier This was the first time I saw a glacier up close in the deep wilds of Canada.	Crossing Chert Creek Nevermind that the water was ice-cold and our lower legs were numb. This was a shin-basher. Boulders were crashing down the stream into our legs. Ouch.	Crossing Chert Creek Here you can get an idea of how fast the water was flowing. That is some fast dirty glacial water. Look at it cascading over the rock in the foreground.
Looking ahead on Chert Creek The easy ascent side of Atlas Pass lies ahead.	Three amigos A timer shot of the three of us at one of the most spectacular vistas. We had just ascended all the way up from the river bed you can see in the far-off distance.	Huge wolverine! The little brown dot in the middle is not a rock. It's a wolverine taken with a huge telephoto lens. We were concerned that it would raid our campsite that night.
Camping in the high alpine Now that's what I call a room with view.	Traversing ice Trekking poles were hugely helpful.	Very steep scree slope in Atlas Pass You can barely make out part of our trail in the scree.
Break time in Atlas Pass This was the mountaineering part - two km of steep scree slopes - every step was scary. Here Laurence takes a well deserved break.	Dinner break after descending Our fourth meal that day and we were ready for it after a long descent out of Atlas Pass.	Dinner break after descending This was a very steep descent; hard on the quads and toes.
Sheep skull with horns & fur Recently enjoyed by bear or wolf.	Sheep on steep rock face along river It climbed up a sheer rock face. We were sure it would slip and fall to its death but it didn't.	Bushwhacking through the Taiga brush There is no trail!
Precarious tent site: Granite Creek The only flat spot we could find.	Part of Donjek Glacier toe The toe of the glacier is ~15km long.	Donjek River Valley A panorama of our approach to the glacier.

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