..... And with that verse in the back of my mind, I agreed to join 4 Toronto Section members on an expedition to the St Elias Mountains in mid-June, 2005. The objective: South Walsh, supposed to be the highest unclimbed peak in North America. Snow and ice conditions eventually caused us to drop the South Walsh objective in favour of a few other unclimbed peaks in the vicinity of our camp. And so we spent 10 days skiing around, enjoying the scenery and bagging a few minor peaks. We made our escape on the last available day before weather prevented any further flights for a full week. I then traveled to Skagway to see the sights and find the start of the Chilkoot Trail, visited Carcross, White Pass.... Also walked back and forth around Whitehorse, hiked the local trails, looked for gold nuggets.... didn't find any... The following pictures will give a bit of the flavour of the trip. Click on the thumbnails for larger images....

Kluane Lake at midnight			Kluane Lake and Sheep Mountain
Our ride into the camp after 5 days of waiting for good weather			Our home on the ice with South Walsh in the background
Mt Logan from one of our first ascents. It's about 35 km away!			Dave McCormick on minor summit with Mt Lucania in background
Ski group (Ted, Paul, Willa and my shadow) at Mt Walsh col			Peak 3433 - one of our first ascents
Part of the Donjek Glacier near our camp			The escape vehicle - Andy Williams, from Kulane Lake
Some of the St Elias Range from the air			Rivers of Ice - where glaciers meet