{"id":61044,"date":"2015-03-13T12:53:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T19:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=61044"},"modified":"2015-03-13T12:53:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T19:53:33","slug":"back-in-the-saddle-again-anchorage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=61044","title":{"rendered":"Back in the saddle again: Anchorage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey CLM-ers. As it turns out, I’m back for round 2–my internship has been renewed for the 2015 season, and I’m excited to start! I’ve decided to be a bit more blog-friendly this go around, so I thought I’d start the season off right and share some wintery travels.<\/p>\n

This weekend trip is a perfect example of how both challenging and rewarding wilderness travel can be in ‘the last frontier’. Especially when you’ve never traveled 20+ miles on cross-country skiis, let alone one. But with a good reliable group and expedition savvy, even my blistered heels\u00a0and snow-encrusted self made it successfully to Tolovana Hotsprings. The lovely little site is a couple hours ~NW of Fairbanks, and boasts 3 hot tubs and 3 rentable cabins. That, and a layer of fresh snow, and a great group of people (shout out to CLM-Fairbanks, great trip with fellow-intern Katie!!) made it quite a magical outing.<\/p>\n

\"Topo<\/a>

Topo map of my backcountry ski.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Finally!<\/a>

Finally! I had to go above Fairbanks to find it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"My<\/a>

My first time on classics in nine degree F weather.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The water was ~120 degrees F<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Home<\/a>

Home sweet cabin<\/p><\/div>\n

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As far as the office goes, I’ve now converted over to the NRCS from AKNHP to study map units in the hopes that I can help assign and define eco-site descriptions to\u00a0new projects\u00a0this season. That, and of course, help them whittle down their stack of “the ghost of season-past” field notes into database form.<\/p>\n

Hopefully we’ll get another jot of good snow, but if all else fails, bring on the green things. I miss them too!<\/p>\n

–Charlotte<\/p>\n

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