Tory Dugan and I flew with Matt Keller of Blue Ice Aviation to the upper Science Glacier. We skied Mt Fafnir the next day, but my altitude sickness dissuaded us from our proposed journey to Mt. Gilbert Louis. We elected to ski down the Science and head to Audubon.
Summit of Fafnir, deciding what to do.
Day skiing up a peak near the gap between the Science and Nelchina glaciers, visible just above Tory.
Above the west face of Audubon. We didn't see a good way through the bergschrund.
Headed towards Cashman Pass via kite around midnight.
I skied the right margin of the shady tooth above while Tory waited below.
Cashman Pass. Tory decided to double carry but I stubbornly decided to carry the rest of our stuff in 1. Managed to skin the whole thing with almost 100lbs on my back. A dumb decision but it worked out.
Final ice to the finish line, the Valdez Airport where Tory's truck was waiting.
