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Owner and guide Carl Donohue.

 

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Ramblings - a backpacking blog

Epic tales, rants and insights - hardly "just another weblog"!

Welcome to the Alaskan Alpine Treks blog. You'll find photos, videos and articles relevant to backpacking in Alaska's great wilderness. The blog is a great place to offer some information that might be helpful or simply of interest for those folks Alaska-backcountry bound. Your commentary is always welcome here, so please feel invited to add comments, ask questions, etc. Most of all, enjoy it!




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• Recent Articles

  • Image of the Month: February 2012
    

    Hey Folks, From my trip to Denali National Park and preserve over the New Year, here’s Mt. Margaret and Jenny Creek, near the Savage River. Not too many people get to see Denali like this, so it was a real treat to spend some time there. Wonderful trip. Here’s to a great year. Cheers Carl [...]

  • Pebble Mine and Protecting Pebble Creek
    

    Proposed Pebble Mine potentially affects all of us who visit the Alaska Peninsula and watch and photograph the coastal brown bears of Katmai National Park and Lake Clark and even Kodiak.

  • Wrangell – St. Elias Trip.
    

    Winners of the free Wrangell – St. Elias National Park trip for 2012.

  • Brown bear photo
    

    A male brown bear, Ursus arctos, approaches up river, fishing for spawning sockeye salmon, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

  • Image of the Month, Jan, 2012; Lunar eclipse
    

    Full moon, lunar eclipse, Anchorage, Alaska.

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