Summer '07 in Brief part 2

Posted by Madden Driver Coghlan

Jackson, WY
-three days of climbing in the Tetons
-several campers crank out a 15oft three pitch climb on our last day
-running lights, blinkers, and jack all break on our trailer
-take trailer to get serviced and find out that the axle is broken...

Jackson, WY to Boise, ID
-cram all our gear into the two vans and head for Boise
-stop in Idaho Falls to pick up the new trailer
-almost die at the hands of a low flying crop duster

Boise, ID
-crash the Shaine residence, turn the back yard in a refugee camp
-apparently the house still smells like the combined odor of 19 fifteen year olds
-Kate and Matt are introduced to the good and the bad of my co-workers

Eagle Cap Wilderness, OR (8 days backcountry)
-8 day trail service project in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
-incredible region, very diverse climates in a small area
-one group evacs the backcountry early due to a camper/toilet paper/ear incident
-leave the backcountry one day early due to forest fires

Into the Canadia!
-on average the Canadian rockies are less tall than their American counterparts, but they are much more impressive...more glaciers, lower tree line...and fewer Americans around

Kananaskis, AB (3 days backcountry)
-Kananaskis Wilderness is in the heart of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
-spend two nights at the same camping area
-day hike up to Haig Glacier where the Canadian Olympic Nordic team and many other train

Mt. Robson, BC (5 days backcountry)
-Mt. Robson is the tallest of the Canadian Rockies at 12,972ft tall
-5 days trip around the base of the mountain
-included a day hike to Robson Glacier, a swim in Berg Lake, and trip to Emperor Falls

Long Drive Back to Bemidji!