bEAR GLACIER
2008 CALENDAR AND TIMES

Provided the weather and sea conditions are reasonable, we can take you into or out of Bear Glacier everyday from June 1st through the end of September. So any days in these months are suitable for overnight camping/kayaking/rafting trips. However, vessel entry from the ocean into the river mouth at Bear Glacier is tidal dependant so the times that we take you in or out are restricted to near high tides, the times of which change daily, so you will need to e-mail or call us to find out the departure times for the day you'd like to go in. This also means that not all days are suitable for day trips into Bear Glacier as one of the high tides may be late at night. The following days are suitable for day trips:

BEAR GLACIER DAY TRIP DATES

June 2008	July 2008	August 2008	Sept. 2008
Mon 9th	Mon 7th	Wed 6th	Fri 5th
Tue 10th	Tue 8th	Thu 7th	Sat 6th
Wed 11th	Wed 9th	Fri 8th	Sun 7th
Thu 12th	Thu 10th	Sat 9th	Mon 8th
Fri 13th	Fri 11th	Sun 10th	Mon 22nd
Wed 25th	Sat 12th	Mon 11th
Thu 26th	Sun 13th	Sat 23rd
Fri 27th	Wed 23rd	Sun 24th
Sat 28th	Thu 24th	Mon 25th
Sun 29th	Fri 25th	Tue 26th
	Sat 26th	Wed 27th
	Sun 27th
	Mon 28th

The day trips are usually between 10 and 12 hours in length including the water taxi ride. Water taxi travel time is 45 minutes each way.

Start the trip with a scenic water taxi ride, which takes you into the mouth of the Bear Glacier drainage. From there, we'll hike through fields of native Alaskan flora and then across terrain that shows the succession of plants as the ecosystem develops over time, and also features fascinating geological phenomena created by the receding glacier. On the lake shore, we'll stop to eat a packed lunch, and we'll explore the lake by pack-raft and paddle back to the boat.

Please note that we do recommend doing the overnight trips, as there is so much to see and explore. The kayaks are cached near the lake so you won't have to waste precious paddling time loading and off-loading kayaks.