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Couple trips for 2024 recently came together. Headed to the Big Island for my 50th and then to Peru to hike around the Sacred Valley and the Inca Trail early June.

Turning 50 YO in March, time to go BIG!

Usually Starbucks Via but a couple months ago we tried Gastro Nome Instant Coffee pouches. The coffee pouches dissolve so you don't end up with any packets to dispose of. Coffee flavor was pretty good but the pouches didn't 100% completely dissolve and left a bit of white residue in the mug...

Within Stillwater there is great little slot canyon that can be accessed from Anderson Bottom, definite must do IMO. You can see it in the image below at center left. It and many other hikes are described in Kelsey's River Guide.

Ideal conditions for a 4-day backpack down the Paria Canyon from Whitehouse to Lees Ferry last week. High temps in the low 80Fs, ankle deep water, spring water everywhere, and after day 1 we seemingly had the canyon to ourselves. Night 1 we camped just below Buckskin Gulch @ mile 8, night 2 near...

Beautiful and greatly varied three day -23 mile backpack loop in the Mentasta Mountains, Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Plus a couple bonus pics from the Nutzotin Mountains. Kids are happy to be into the alpine and to have left most of the mosquitos behind them. Camp 1...

Hoping for a couple of international trips in 2022. Getting ready to book plane tickets to Cusco in June for some exploration of Inca ruins and to do the Ausangate>Lake Sibinacocha trek. Over the summer I would love to backpack Kesugi Ridge here in Alaska and also the Tombstones in the Yukon...

2021 ended up being pretty decent. We floated the Grand Canyon over 16 days in April and over the summer we spent 4 days in the Wrangell Mountains on a family backpack and then my son and I spent 8 days back in the the Wrangell's on a Dall Sheep hunt.

Khopra Danda>Khayer Lake trek in Nepal was exceptional (I've posted pics on this forum). This coming summer we're planning on treks in Peru (probably Ausangate>Sibinacocha Lake) and Tombstones in the Yukon Territories, Canada.

Hi- Looking to visit Havasupai with the family in March of 2022. Tourism is currently suspended until Feb 1, 2022 with no set date for a reopening. It looks like I can reserve campsites from their Cancellations/Transfer list now though. Just wondering if anyone thinks Havasupai will actually...

Funny, pretty sure I chatted with Maureen at Deer Creek while she was soaking her feet from the hike! My family and I were a part of a rafting trip who hiked up from the river. Deer Creek Patio is quite the spot!

I'm optimistic that 2021 will be more conducive to travel for us. In 2020 we had to cancel our planned trek in Peru and we haven't left Alaska since July 2019-which seems crazy! I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday, so 2021 is looking up. April- Floating the Grand Canyon over 16...

As soon as the kiddos (aged 13 and 10) school gets out in late May we're headed to Peru for 2.5 weeks. Our general plan is to acclimate in Sacred Valley outside of Cusco for a few days https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/32714785. Then tackle a 9 day trek to Choquequirao Ruins and eventually to Machu...

Yukon River canoe trip, from the outlet of Lake Laberge to the Little Salmon River. 100 miles over 6 days. Epic family adventure in the Yukon Territories. First grayling of the trip. Great fishing in the first 30 miles of the river. Brats and Grayling for dinner. Land of the...

I'm not sure what the conditions of the caves are like right now but assuming you can access them ice grippers would be nice. If you need to borrow some let me know I have a bunch. I'm not a whitewater rafter so I can't comment on what class the river will be at. But that time of year the...

In the winter when the lake is frozen you can walk/ski/skate across the lake to access the caves. Come summer time and when conditions are calm it is easiest to sea kayak across the lake starting from the near the Visitors Center. During warm days katabatic winds come off the glacier and can...

Grandma is in town from Pennsylvania and she was brave enough join us for a hike to the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves. Grandma looking out over the Mendenhall Glacier close to the entrance to the ice caves. Entrance to the caves. Poor grandma bonked her head off the overhanging ice (should...

Oh geez, I was guessing it would blow in popularity but not that quickly!

Awesome trip report. The Beehive Traverse has been on my shortlist for a couple of years now. It has now risen to the top. The grandparents are flying up to watch our kids and we're heading down late March to do the traverse with Steve. Can't wait!

After having a blast in Nepal last year we're hoping to go back to the Himalayas for a trek with friends in Leh, India. Also would like to pull off a canoe trip down the Yukon River from Lake Laberge to Carmacks.