MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR SUPER CLUESDAY! Win a tent NOW!
Our epic journey begins on top of the peak identified in clue #4…
Gasp…gasp, shiver….shiver… let’s get going. It is freezing cold, high and hard to breathe up here. We’ve been climbing all night and are now going to turn around and follow our boot tracks back down, repeating the line of the first ski descent of the peak. Aside from being too numb to feel anything and bouncing over sustrugi so hard it chips our teeth out, the top part goes quickly and then leads to the business end of the descent – a beautiful, steep, open and exposed headwall. There’s no time like now, so you start down its flanks which are covered with dragon-skin rippled powder over ice. You’ve forgotten your camera, which is too bad as the face is so beautiful you could name a classic ski after it, or a small red-headed child.
Each turn brings you closer to terra firma, until at last you glide out on a vast open field of dazzling white. Thank god that’s over, but where do we go from here? Looking left and right, you decide to follow the sun as it slowly sets and start walking.
And walking. And walking. At the stately pace of early Antarctic explorers, you cover 15km per day for five days and six hours in an almost straight line. You wish you had brought your headphones and start to wonder if you are even still in the protected mountain zone you started in. Taking a breather you notice a natural arch and follow the flow of gravity around it.
The traveling surface is firmer now, but in a cruel twist of fate, it is also more broken up. On the bright side, you are slowly trending downward and moving faster, but on dark side, you still have two full days of travel at twenty-five miles per day to get there, wherever there might be.
Suddenly, the slope runs out and you can ski no more. You are confronted with a body of water so vividly colored that you pray that it was given the first name of the explorer who first discovered it. Wondering which way to go now, you hear the sound of large mammals and begin contouring around the water in that direction. Seeing nothing, you continue around a sharp point, when suddenly something about the view reminds you… today is April 15th. Taxes are due and you haven’t paid yours. Fearing your great adventure is now going to end up in a lonely prison cell, you turn and look back in the direction you have come so far from. Sigh.
With you mind on cell mates named Piston Bully and solitary confinement, your gaze drifts over towards the first man-made structures you have seen for weeks, including a BRAND NEW MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR TENT with your name on it! Perhaps there is a bright future…
Within a 20 meter diameter, where exactly are you?
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Continent – (your answer)
Zone/Region – (your answer)
Mountain Range – (your answer)
Specific Peak – (your answer)
Specific Location – (your answer)
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Continent: North America
Country or Region: USA – Alaska
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell St Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific peak or town: Mount St Elias
Exact location: Tyndall Fjord
CONTINENT: North America
ZONE/REGION: USA/Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve (ALASKA)
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Saint Elias Mountains
SPECIFIC PEAK: Mount Saint Elias
SPECIFIC LOCATION: Dragon lake
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – Alaska, USA, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (the peak straddles the US-Canadian border)
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountains
Specific Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Specific Location – Ross Green lake
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – United States of America
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountain Range
Specific Peak – Mount Saint Elias
Specific Location – Yakutat bay
Continent: North America
Country: United States
Mtn Range/Zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Peak/Town: Mt. St. Elias
Specific Place: Malaspina Lake
Continent: North America
Country: USA
Mountain Range, City or Region: Wrangell St. Elias NP
Peak: Saint Elias
Exact Location: The jail at Valdez
CONTINENT: North America
ZONE/REGION: USA/Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve (ALASKA)
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Saint Elias Mountains
SPECIFIC PEAK: Mount Saint Elias
SPECIFIC LOCATION: YAKUTAT bAY
Continent – North America (Mt. Robson)
Zone/Region – United States (Steve McKinney is a hero from my youth)
Zone – Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Specific Peak – St. Elias
Specific Location – taan fjord, head of the Malaspina Glacier
#1: North America
#2: United States
#3: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
#4: Mt. St. Elias
#5: Hanna Lake
Still there, although nf might be able to see it with binoculars
Continent – North America
Country/Region – United States
Range/Zone – Wrangell-St. Elias Nat’l Park & Preserve
Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Location – kennicot river
Continent: North America
Zone/Region: United States
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific Peak: Mount St. Elias
Specific Location: Ultima Thule Lodge sauna
1. Continent: North America
2. Country/Region: USA/AK
3. Mtn range/Zone: Wrangell-st elias natn park and preserve
4. Peak: Mount Saint Elias
5. Cape St. Elias lighthouse, suckling point
CONTINENT: North America
ZONE/REGION: USA/Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve (ALASKA)
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Saint Elias Mountains
SPECIFIC PEAK: Mount Saint Elias
SPECIFIC LOCATION: Yakataga State Game Refuge SIGN
1. Continent: North America
2. Country: USA
3. Zone: Wrangell St. Elias National Park
4. Specific Peak: Mt. St. Elias
5. Exact Location: Clay Bluff Point
Ski off of St. Elias, hit a big field, travel a long ways, follow gravity until it brings you to a body of water…
#1: North America
#2: United States
#3: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
#4: Mt. St. Elias
#5: Mouth of the Seal River
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – United States of America
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountain Range
Specific Peak – Mount Saint Elias
Specific Location – Midtimber lake cabin
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – Alaska, USA
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountains
Specific Peak – Mount Saint Elias
Specific Location – Valdez, Alaska City Jail
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – USA
Mountain Range – Wrangell St Elias Range
Specific Peak – St Elias
Specific Location – Mc Carthy Shriffs office
Continent: North America
Country: USA
Mountain Range, City or Region: Wrangell St. Elias NP
Peak: Saint Elias
Exact Location: The jail at Yakutat
Continent: North America
Country or Region: USA – Alaska
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell St Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific peak or town: Mount St Elias
Exact location: Icy Bay Lodge
Continent: North America
Zone/Region: United States
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific Peak: Mount St. Elias
Specific Location: Bering Glacier field camp
1. Continent: North America
2. Country/Region: USA/AK
3. Mtn range/Zone: Wrangell-st elias natn park and preserve
4. Peak: Mount Saint Elias
5. Exact location:Bering Glacier camp on the edge of Vitus Lake
Continent: North America
Country: USA
Mountain Range, City or Region: Wrangell St. Elias NP
Peak: Saint Elias
Exact Location: The Fort at Yakutat
Clue #1 – Continent: North America. (Mount Robson)
Clue #2 – Country: USA. (Steve McKinney)
Clue #3 – Zone: Wrangell St. Elias National Park
Clue #4 – Mountain: Mt. St. Elias
Clue #5 – Exact location: Point Manby
Continent: North America
Zone/Region: United States
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific Peak: Mount St. Elias
Specific Location: Cape Yakataga, airstrip, next to the windsock
Continent – North America
Country/Region – United States
Range/Zone – Wrangell-St. Elias Nat’l Park & Preserve
Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Location – bering sea
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – United States of America
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountain Range
Specific Peak – Mount Saint Elias
Specific Location – Mouth of Caetani River
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – Alaska, USA, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (the peak straddles the US-Canadian border)
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountains
Specific Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Specific Location – Bremner River
Continent: North America
Zone/Region: United States
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific Peak: Mount St. Elias
Specific Location: Midtimber Lake cabin
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – Alaska, USA
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountains
Specific Peak – Mount Saint Elias
Specific Location – Valdez, Alaska Snowcat Shed
Ohhh! I think we have a winner!
Continent – North America
Country/Region – United States
Range/Zone – Wrangell-St. Elias Nat’l Park & Preserve
Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Location – vitus lake
Continent – North America
Zone/Region – Alaska, USA, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (the peak straddles the US-Canadian border)
Mountain Range – Saint Elias Mountains
Specific Peak – Mt. Saint Elias
Specific Location – Miles Lake
CONTINENT: North America
ZONE/REGION: USA/Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve (ALASKA)
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Saint Elias Mountains
SPECIFIC PEAK: Mount Saint Elias
SPECIFIC LOCATION: Yakutat Ranger Station
Continent: North America
Country: United States
Mtn Range/Zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Peak/Town: Mt. St. Elias
Specific Place: Mouth of the Seal River
Continent: North America
Zone/Region: United States
Specific mountain range or zone: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Specific Peak: Mount St. Elias
Specific Location: Berg Lake cabin
Are you into camping RonE? :) I hope so as you’ve got a MHW tent coming your way.
Continent: North America
Country: USA
Mountain Range, City or Region: Wrangell St. Elias NP
Peak: Saint Elias
Exact Location:Eagle River
Woo hoo! You betcha.
CONTINENT: North America
ZONE/REGION: USA/Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve (ALASKA)
MOUNTAIN RANGE: Saint Elias Mountains
SPECIFIC PEAK: Mount Saint Elias
SPECIFIC LOCATION: Malaspina Lake
1. Continent: North America
2. Country: USA
3. Zone: Wrangell St. Elias National Park
4. Specific Peak: Mt. St. Elias
5. Exact Location: Foot of Bering Glacier (by Bentwood Island)
Was it Berg lake or Timber lake?
Damn!!
This was a hard one Andrew…Nice job Ron E!!!
Good job RonE!!!!
It was the Bering Glacier Camp on the SE shore of Vitus Lake. I’ll put up the details in a momoment.
I think NFrancios was so close that I’m going to see about getting a runner-up prize as well.
RonE and nfrancois, can you guys send me an email at amclean@xmission.com to work out the details?
Nice job everyone! That was augered in there.
Andrew
Thanks guys…that was serious fun!!!! next time…
congrats Ron E
Thank Andrew, that was fun!