took a ride yesterday, check out the ice

[steveinak]

had to make a delivery yesterday so took a ride down along Turnagain Arm it runs off of Cook Inlet and stopped by a buddies place where the boat was growing out of the snow. Tide was just starting to come in so all that ice would be floating in a few hours, high tide was listed at 28.1 feet of water and low water was listed as 0.1 !! Lot of water has to go somewhere !!

 

[Toolate]

Beautiful landscape there. I think we are so beaten down by the cold and snow that no one wants to comment... 28' tide? Where is that?

 

[restless]

Beautiful landscape my ass!!! That's one HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT if you ask me.

 

[Powderpro]

Great pictures Steve, thanks for posting them.

Toolate- Those pictures are of Cook Inlet, Alaska at Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage, Alaska.

 

[steveinak]

Great pictures Steve, thanks for posting them.

Toolate- Those pictures are of Cook Inlet, Alaska at Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage, Alaska.

Ya beat me to it Brian, i was at my buddies place where the boat is and it was nice and sunny, no wind and all i could think of what a nice day to be out in the backcountry on a snowmachine it would have been !!

 

[steveinak]

Big tides are coming march 2 & 3, 36' of water moving !!

 

[traditions]

Does that mean that there is a rise and fall of 30 something feet? How many wrungs on the ladders up there.

 

[steveinak]

Does that mean that there is a rise and fall of 30 something feet? How many wrungs on the ladders up there.

Yup thats it 36' between low & high water. I'd guess more than 36 rungs

 

[robbie]

Yup thats it 36' between low & high water. I'd guess more than 36 rungs

Bloody hell, that's a long way down if you miss the first rung?.

I think I'll stick with the tides in Newfoundland, averages about 1.2 meters.(4ft)

 

[Powderpro]

Ya beat me to it Brian, i was at my buddies place where the boat is and it was nice and sunny, no wind and all i could think of what a nice day to be out in the backcountry on a snowmachine it would have been !!

That's exactly what I was thinking looking at the pictures; what a nice day to be out in the snow on a snowmachine. I only get to see that area in the summer, so I really enjoy getting to see winter pictures.

 

[steveinak]

That's exactly what I was thinking looking at the pictures; what a nice day to be out in the snow on a snowmachine. I only get to see that area in the summer, so I really enjoy getting to see winter pictures.

Yeah all those nice mountains and valleys to play on !!! His place is about 1 1/2 miles in on the road that goes to the whittier tunnel, its a campground that he's living at watching it for the owner. He actually cleared off the land for the campground, its a inholding in chugach park. He's got to get out of there this spring so he bought some land in Indian where he'll be building a home and a shop for his business, he has the towing contract for whittier and girdwood and also tows from Indian to Moose Pass when he gets a call from the troopers. He's one of those guys that can work on just about any engine diesel or gas and fix it all.

 

[Bill_N]

Big tides are coming march 2 & 3, 36' of water moving !!
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The BIG halibut bite on the 9th..

 

[steveinak]

The BIG halibut bite on the 9th..

if you can believe the book !!