Members
Mike M.
Henry
Cynthia
Chris
Dick
Nikhil and wife

Trip planning site for the Chicago Kayak Club's 2006 Trip to Alaska
 

Tasks
Kayak Rental
Drysuit Rental
Flares and Bear Spray
Determine Tent/Camping Sites
Car Rental
Skills Assessment
Group Planning Worksheet
Maps/Charts

Passage Canal. 
Passage Canal is 12 miles long , two miles wide and leads into the open waters of PWS

Depending on the number of people and weather, paddle to and camp at either Decision Point, Squirrel Cove, Logging Camp or Poe Bay.

Decision Point is at the end of the Passage Canal, about 12 miles.  It is  a small cove called Decision Point State Marine Park, one of several designated points in PWS where the State of Alaska maintains some tent platforms and an outhouse.

Into Blackstone Bay there is a a jut of land near the Ripon Glacier. The locals call this 18 mile beach, referring to it’s distance from Whittier  (this would be day two)The rule of thumb is not to paddle up to a glacier when the tide is rising, otherwise the ice flow will trap you in

Remarks about Squirrel Point the landing and launching beach is exposed to an East winds which could prove nasty in a hard blow. Plus beach offereds no tent sites and the tent platforms are far up the hill.

 

Marine Forecast
 

Resurrection Bay
Marine Forecast