Reservation Made!

With the help of Uncle Randy's friend "Moose" in Fairbanks we have switched gears a little bit and we now have our reservation for the puddle jumper. Instead of flying into Lake Clark we are now flying to Kansas Creek Strip (click for picture on the wood river near the landing strip) in the Denali area of Alaska, south of Fairbanks. I have a lot of different route options but no matter how we go about it we will start and end at Kansas Creek, so we can set up a base camp near there and do day trips each direction, or we can do a multi day circuit up through the mountains behind the landing strip, over, down, and follow the river back up. We can even decide when we get there and see the the surroundings, just pick the path that interests us most and have at it.

Our reservation is complete! We have a reservation for 9 people to fly into Kansas Creek on morning of 25 June and the planes will return to pick us up on the afternoon of 29 June, so 5 days on the ground. We will be taken in on 4 person planes, 1 pilot and 3 passengers to each plane and everybody is limited to 40 lbs or less of gear. That's important so keep it in mind as you start to get ready. The total cost for 3 planes round trip is only $3600, less than half of what Lake Clark was going to cost us. Right now we are 8 confirmed which means the price is $450 per person if we go up to 9 people the cost is a mere $400 per person round trip. We can add another plane if we go over 9, the max is 3 passengers per plane with 40 lbs gear per person. I made a $600 deposit so we are all set. We will be flying out of Fairbanks, so buy your tickets into Fairbanks not/not Anchorage. Our air taxi is reserved with Wright Air Service.

I will post a basic gear list and a group gear list soon. If anybody is in the market for a Bear can this is the trip to justify the purchase with. The area is full of bears, moose, caribou, and dall sheep (mountain sheep). Here is my list of who is attending as of right now, if anybody is having second thoughts or if anybody else wants to come let me know asap:

Doug

Gary

Jeff

Mike

Randy

Rob

Seth (Jeffs friend)

Zachariah

Maybe's:

Ben

Greg

Hunter

Chris