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Seriously inspiring, awesome how you captured the sense of the place. Thanks for sharing, man.

What kind of video equipment were you rocking, if you don't mind my asking? I've had an itch to try and document more and have just started trying to sort out the logistics and usefulness of electronics in cold-fuck nowhere.

Between us we had 2 goPro's,a Canon G12 and a small Sony HD SSD video camera thats a couple of years old.We would have all electronics in our sleeping bags at night.

How long were you guys out there for? I've been wanting to hit up Haines for a long time! Maybe next year!

Was the $400 flight to drop you off and pick you up?

Thanks for the info Wilkez! Looks like an amazing experience.

Super nice! It is really itching in my whole body.
Gotta get out soon!

Was there ever any wind there? Video makes it look pretty windless. I have a buddy that wants to do an AK trip and the plane dropoff into the high glacier area is exactly my dream. Being able to combo incredible gravity drops + kite that type of area would ... well ... its THE dream for me. I'm not going to talk him into making that exploit if the wind potential is not there. Wouldn't need nuclear - just nice solid 15-20mph(24-32kph) type winds. Much more than that & the snow gets F*cked.

Thanks! Amazing stoke. I'm pretty positive that as well done as everything is - doesn't come close to doing justice to being there.

I know of a bunch of people that have kited up there on the glaciers. Not sure if they were kiting for the sake of kiting, or just using them for access on long approaches, but there is wind. Like any mountainous area, it's pretty unpredictable, and winds can be viscous there. I don't know enough to say if it's a worthy destination strictly for kiting purposes, but if I was going and had the gear I'd certainly bring it. If you're serious about it, call the guys at the heli ops up there, and see if you can track down Drake (the pilot that does all the glacier drops in the area).