33 Days Across Wrangell St Elias NP, AK: The Southern Spiral (NSR)

**sqikunst** · 08-20-2011, 12:22 PM

Trip of a Life time!!! Great read and brilliant Pictures!!!

Z · 08-20-2011, 03:49 PM

How did I miss this? Unreal. So jealous. Way to be awesome.

**skifishbum** · 08-20-2011, 03:59 PM

bump 4

Originally Posted by Z

How did I miss this? Unreal. So jealous. Way to be awesome.

could it be
clutter or
quality shizz has no longer become what tgr forums and the front page of the new post is about ????
bro

**skifishbum** · 08-21-2011, 12:40 PM

Cream
rises to
the top
bump

**The Gnarwhale** · 08-22-2011, 12:02 AM

Thanks for the bump!

Two years ago right now we were out there hauling packs and drinking untreated water from glaciers.

Here's some recent stoke: my words and pics in the new Powder Mag, the one on stands now..

**skifishbum** · 08-22-2011, 07:00 AM

Bump 4
STOKED 4 u
AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THE GOODS
ski ya soon
BRO

**postski** · 08-22-2011, 08:24 AM

Hypnotizing, mindblowing, prizewinning, whatever the words, I can't come up with the adequate description. Stunning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**lionelhutz** · 08-22-2011, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale

Thanks for the bump!

Two years ago right now we were out there hauling packs and drinking untreated water from glaciers.

Here's some recent stoke: my words and pics in the new Powder Mag, the one on stands now..

Fuckin' Awesome.

And of course a thank you to skifishbum for the annual bump of the greatest TR stored on these servers.

**skifishbum** · 08-22-2011, 12:29 PM

Bump for
Id like to think the bumporama weekend had some other purpose than post whoring

**Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer** · 10-05-2011, 03:07 PM

Bump again - Man this was an awesome TR - had to read again.

**The Gnarwhale** · 10-05-2011, 06:59 PM

fwiw, I there's a very similar but slightly improved version of this here: http://perpetualweekend.com/2010/02/...national-park/
more pics + bigger pics. not recomended for a slow connection.

**lionelhutz** · 10-06-2011, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale

fwiw, I there's a very similar but slightly improved version of this here: http://perpetualweekend.com/2010/02/...national-park/
more pics + bigger pics. not recomended for a slow connection.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'm going to have to read this again. Fuck. Now I'll hate my job all day long.

**zartagen** · 10-06-2011, 04:29 PM

Wow. And I thought my week of backpacking in Alaska back in '06 was cool. This makes me want to return more than ever. Absolutely amazing.

**vt_ski** · 10-06-2011, 07:14 PM

Thank You. That was beautiful.

**stalefish3169** · 10-06-2011, 08:15 PM

Incredible!

**Crampedon** · 02-25-2012, 01:31 AM

I am bumping this amazing thread up tonight, I remembered I had it bookmarked. Thanks again for sharing it with us!

**Nasty** · 02-27-2012, 01:44 PM

Thanks for bumping this. What a great adventure. This is literally in my back yard. I have a cabin on ten acres in the Wrangell St Elias Nat Park. Ive done a few outings but nothing like this. Now I feel lame so I should probably do something this summer. Just FYI if anyone is planning a trip the weather is much dryer in June/July. Plus the days are longer.

**The SnowShow** · 02-28-2012, 06:20 AM

Epic..thanks

**Imz** · 02-28-2012, 04:24 PM

missed this through multiple bumps- looks like an amazing adventure!

**Meanfruit** · 02-28-2012, 05:10 PM

Read this morning, and read it again after work. Epic stuff.

**akdusty** · 07-22-2012, 04:16 PM

This should probably go to the top... again

Z · 07-25-2012, 01:46 PM

I could re-read this everyday.

**wendigo** · 07-25-2012, 01:53 PM

You might find this entertaining http://thingstolucat.com/logan-traverse/

**The Gnarwhale** · 07-26-2012, 09:17 AM

Luc Mehl is a hard, hard man. His jaunts make this trip look like a lark and reading his TR's have made me re-think ways to pack light.

That Logan traverse is incredible! Also, check out the Alaska Wilderness Classic race that Luc both organized and won a few weeks ago. His route overlapped with our Southern Spiral route. Luc and his partner Josh traveled ~130 bushwacky miles in 4 days.