April 19-25, 2015- A few days around Umiat and then north to Inigok

We had a great flight from Fairbanks to Umiat and then hopped right into prepping gear and doing some work at local stations and remote cameras.  There were an abundance of ptarmigan in the area and we had some great weather to get the trip rolling.  We are at our Inigok camp right now hoping to head out sometime today, April26, to sites further north.  There are webcams we have deployed at Inigok available on the Umiat.com website- See below for some photos from the first few days of the trip.

Caravan charter from Fairbanks

Chatanika river just north of Fairbanks

Yukon river!

Eric prepping for a snow survey at the USGS Umiat climate station

Happy ptarmigan in the willows...

Built for the cold...

Working above the Colville river at the Umiat mountain cameras...

A radio repeater with bear fence

Gearing up the sleds

Ready to rock- enough science and survival gear for 5-600 miles and 2 weeks

Kunzville- near Inigok at sunset

Late night ride...