I took the weekend to do some scouting in a section of AK you can only get to by boat or plane. I don't get my resident license until next year so this year is dedicated to scouting hard.  I spent 4 days in bear country and a couple evenings up high in the alpine country glassing sheep and goats. I brought a camera this time so I figured I would share some pictures. I hope you enjoy.   Boy was my 10 year old dog tired after all those miles and skree scrambles. :-)

Sunset night 1. Around 11 pm. Hammock camping in 30 degree weather is actually pretty comfortable if you do it right. 

Mid day a top a ridge. Lots of goat and sheep sign. Spotted some nice ones.   

Morning glass on the bay.

Glassing for bears on day 2. Saw 9. Mostly sows with cubs. There are definitely a couple big boys around though.

The alpine Azaleas are blooming up at about 3,000 feet. 

Spent some time fishing. Catch and release. Grayling.

Day 3 Hiking through some heavy bear sign hoping for a look at a few. shooting some arrows at stumps and squirrels. Picking out my peak for glassing for sheep and goats.

Getting up to the top of the peak involves about a 200 yard scramble over skree and some pretty technical bouldering/sketch climbing... Careful is the name of the game on this adventure. The view from the top is pretty stunning. I stayed up there for several hours just taking it in and glassing for goats and Dall Sheep.

Another shot from the same peak.

Back at camp.  A 10 year old pup all tuckered out. He must have put on 50+ miles over the 4 days. Lots of food lots of water and long naps in the evenings. .

My favorite pocket knife. .

Much to my surprise I did not see any brownies. Nor did I see any sign of them. The amount of black bear sign I saw makes me hopeful for the upcoming season. I spotted some trophy moose. I will be putting in for the goat/sheep draw for this area as well next year. There are some good animals in these mountains!

Thanks for taking a walk with me.

Msturm

Thanks for the pics, looks like fine country. 

Thanks for sharing. I will get to Alaska someday to venture around. I had to cancel my trip this year. Im sure your dog had a blast too.

Beautiful country and great pics! Sometimes I miss the summer times while I lived up there but, do not miss the long winters. :-)

AWESOMEEEE looking country    Thanks for sharing

awesome pics , thanks for sharing

What gorgeous, inspiring country!  Thanks for the photo journey!

Just fantastic ............

Living the dream!
Thanks for sharing,keep them coming please!

Good Stuff Mike!  Thank you!

    Great pictures !!!!! Took awhile to find the grayling .
Thanks for sharing . Bruce

Outstanding , I think I could fit in well in that country...

,,,Sam,,,

Great post! Thanks for sharing!

You're a lucky man. Very nice pic's.

Wow !!!! Thank you for sharing

More...more, go for another walk....lol

You just reminded me of how much I miss it.  There is nothing quite like it, to me.  Thanks for sharing.