80223 Slims River
The Slims is a vast, meandering, glacial river - outflow from the massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in Yukon's amazing Kluane National Park. Trails and hiking routes run along both sides, and these provide access to many extended backpacking trips into fabulous wilderness. It is prime wildlife country: Dall Sheep, Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, and much more. And that river can be tricky. Not deep, it nevertheless features lovely stretches of quicksand, in reality glacial silt. We quickly learned that hiking the shoreline was not a good idea. One day I hauled my partner out of a silty wallow she had stepped into, using a long stick I found. She was halfway to her knees and sinking, and we were laughing so hard we nearly peed our pants.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, August 1999.
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80223 Slims River
The Slims is a vast, meandering, glacial river - outflow from the massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in Yukon's amazing Kluane National Park. Trails and hiking routes run along both sides, and these provide access to many extended backpacking trips into fabulous wilderness. It is prime wildlife country: Dall Sheep, Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, and much more. And that river can be tricky. Not deep, it nevertheless features lovely stretches of quicksand, in reality glacial silt. We quickly learned that hiking the shoreline was not a good idea. One day I hauled my partner out of a silty wallow she had stepped into, using a long stick I found. She was halfway to her knees and sinking, and we were laughing so hard we nearly peed our pants.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, August 1999.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.
© All rights reserved