Glacier Ski Whittier Preliminary Corn Plan

Kruser required a preliminary corn plan, so here it is:

Drive to Whittier (Whittier bound open on 1/2 hr, Portage bound on the hour), and park just on the Whittier side. Cross the tank farm and ascend the Leonard Glacier. 4 miles & 4300 ft vertical to the summit above the Leonard and Lowell Glaciers.

Weather forecast for Western PWS calls for mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain on Friday.


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PWS

RR, PT, and yours truly launched from Whittier bright and early. The stiff breeze and chop gave way to brilliant sunshine and calm waters of Prince William Sound. We dropped the shrimp pots in Passage Canal, and headed to the rock fishing grounds.

Watching the eagles, sea lions, and dall porpoises in the sunshine made the trip all the better, and the rock fishing was good. RR and PT had the touch. I even managed to do a little catching.

Exhausted, we returned to the pots near Whittier and pulled them from the canal in a gale while being pelted with giant raindrops. Quite a shock after the sunshine of Prince William Sound. I guess it always is $#1++ier in Whittier.

No lunch break when there's fish to be caught!

The good Captain RR

1825

Born in the spring of 1825, the sapling sprouted and grew. And grew and grew and grew into the great grand daddy spruce of Montagne.

The sad autumn of 2008 saw his demise. A violent wind, perhaps stronger than any that this 184 year old had endured, brought him down. Grand Daddy Spruce was laid low.

My good neighbor, Hugh Mc, taught me to cut a slice from the old tree. Hugh did most of the cutting. I did the sanding, polishing, oiling and counting.

Counting rings, marking each five. Starting in 2008 and counting back to 1825.


We grieved for the grand tree.








He'll still provide some comfort, but in a different way.