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Ilene Price

Our First Week of Columbia Glacier Sea Kayaking Day Trips! Come Join Us in Valdez, Alaska!

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Your guide!
Your guide!

Hello! This is Ilene. I’m so excited to be back in Valdez, Alaska, after an adventurous winter of ski touring and hotspringing in Idaho and Colorado, and scuba diving and sea kayak guiding in warmer climes. Now I’m back amongst the iceburgs, Sea Otters, Arctic Terns, and glaciers of my favorite place in the world. . Prince William Sound, Alaska! I (and my fellow kayak guides) will be posting photos and updating this blog frequently, so check us out throughout the summer to follow our adventures, and post some comments! We love to hear from you!

While the new kayak guides were on their training trip, I held down the fort (somebody had to work around here!) and had a full week of Columbia Glacier day trips. Here are a few photos from the week. Enjoy them, and we hope to see you soon!

Happy paddlers & glassy conditions
Happy paddlers & glassy conditions
Lunch with a view!
Lunch with a view!
Iceburg reflected in Columbia Bay
Iceburg reflected in Columbia Bay
Iceburg reflected in Columbia Bay
Iceburg reflected in Columbia Bay
Columbia Glacier & The Chugach Mountains
Columbia Glacier & The Chugach Mountains
This could be you!
This could be you!
Black-Legged Kittiwakes
Black-Legged Kittiwakes
Beautiful waterfall and Sitka Spruce forest
Beautiful waterfall and Old-Growth Sitka Spruce Forest
We love kayaking!
We love kayaking!
Jump shot!!
Jump shot!!

I couldn’t resist capturing this moment:

Proud parents capture their daughter's expert jump shot!
Proud parents capture their daughter’s expert jump shot!
Sharing a joyous moment, overlooking Columbia Bay
Sharing a joyous moment, overlooking Columbia Bay
First time standing next to an iceburg!
First time standing next to an iceburg!
Enjoying an afternoon snack of seaweed!
Enjoying an afternoon snack of seaweed!
Have you paddled this close to an iceburg before?
Have you paddled this close to an iceburg before?

SO, COME KAYAKING WITH US. . . . OR ELSE I’LL COME AFTER YOU!

Raaarrrrrrrr!!!!
Raaarrrrrrrr!!!!

 

Lee

Beautiful Days at Columbia Glacier

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I’ve just been out to Columbia Glacier for the first day trips of the season. The sun was shining, there was lots of ice to explore, and a wonderful time was had by all!

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Admit it. . . you wish that you were in this kayak!

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Happy paddlers! Big icebergs!

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Ice that has been left to hang out on the old terminal moraine of Columbia Glacier.

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Along with navigating through lots of ice in Columbia Bay, we also have the opportunity to paddle along the shoreline in Heather Bay, where old-growth Sitka Spruce forests give way to rushing waterfalls like this one.

Posted by Ilene Price on 5/18/2014