Skiff Tour and Surprise Mountain Climb at Chenega Glacier, Alaska
View from the skiff of the adventurous hikers, breaking new ground and looking just epic. One of the best parts of expedition cruising is the flexibility to discover new adventures and to take advantage of opportunities that present themselves. Today was one of those days. I took out a fun contingent of guests for a glacial skiff tour. We started off with a beautiful waterfall, and then were shocked by a mountain goat mom with a tiny kid, only thirty feet above us. Usually when I see mountain goats they are hundreds, or even thousands of feet high. They appear as little dots of off-white amongst the cliffs. Today was one of the closest, and most intimate encounters in my nine years of guiding here in Alaska. Wild mountain goats on the almost sheer side of the thousand foot cliffs. Next we drove into a cave, just because we could. The high tide definitely helped, and the photos turned out pretty cool. Deep inside a cave. I always think back to my days on the tall ship Tole Mour, d...