Ricks and his wife began their kayak trip in april in alaskas glacier bay, and concluded in september in southern puget sound. Readers will acquire a unique insight into the skills necessary to kayak solo for 1,300 miles along the northwest pacific coast from washington and through british columbia to southeast alaska. Our trip totaled 87 days and we paddled roughly 1,000 miles. Its been said that a person doesnt take a trip, but rather a trip takes a person. Journey through the inside passage will chronicle the progress of two intrepid adventurers paddling handmade wooden pygmy kayaks from alaska to seattle. This route runs from olympia, washington, past vancouver island and up through glacier bay national park in alaska. Inside passage kayak skagway tours and shore excursions.
We encountered incredible views, whales, wonderful people, perfect days, harsh wind, bad weather, bears, wolves, glaciers and a. Wildlife encounters along the inside passage it was just another one of the hundreds of stellar sea lions that i had seen so far on my kayaking. It is without question the most scenic and challenging paddling trip in north america. Revised with route updates, map improvements, and stunning color photography, kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers in planning paddling trips on the rugged pacific artery. I had been paddling north americas inside passage, along the coast of western canada and alaska, for 45 days, alone in a sea kayak. Start your inside passage kayak when you meet your guides and hop on the fast ferry to haines, a beautiful zip through the northernmost part of the lynn canal. We are in the prime jumping off place for all sorts of alaskan adventures. It is a complete throughtrip guide to sea kayaking the entire 1,300mile length of the inside passage along one select route with some alternate variations. We understand the fascination, which is why weve made a list of the best kayaking books. In 1996 ricks and his wife, maren van nostrand, came close to making an offer on their first house, but instead decided to undertake an adventure of a different kind together kayaking from alaskas glacier bay down the coast of western. The inside passage is something of a holy grail for contemporary sea kayakers.
This is the list of gear we took on our inside passage kayak trip. If your favorite sport is kayaking, you probably spend a good amount of time pondering about traveling, technique and kayaking adventures. Voices of the inside passage in our rapidly changing world and its climate, the various voices of the inside passage need to be heard. Your sea kayaking exploration begins just outside of haines, along the shores of the chilkat peninsula and chilkat state park.
In the first few weeks, what were some highlights or favourite areas along the inside passage. Miller is the author of kayaking the inside passage 4. A two week long, 2014 sea kayaking adventure in alaskas prince william sound. Paddling north is a compilation of sutherlands first two of over 20 such annual trips and her daybyday travels through the inside passage from ketchikan to skagway.
The first complete guidebook for kayakers paddling the ip, it identifies campsites, water locations, hazards and more. In this directory, youll find howto handbooks, destination guides, nonfiction books and fiction novels because. Dec 07, 2011 the inside passage stretches from seattle, washington to skagway alaska. Millers most popular book is kayaking the inside passage. In an era of testosteronecharged adventure tales, byron rickss homelands. This book is a must for anyone paddling the inside passage. Kayaking the inside passage a paddlers guide from puget sound, washington to glacier bay, alaska book.
I have chronicled the trip in my latest book, alone in the passage. Roberts book is a very detailed and practical account that has made planning our own trip so much more achievable. She is currently deep in the throes of completing her debut memoir inside about her 1,200mile solo sea kayak expedition to alaska. An explorers guide to sea kayaking the inside passage, is part kayaking travelogue and part long distance kayaking howto guide. Revised with route updates, map improvements, and stunning color photography, kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers in planning paddling trips on the rugged pacific artery that runs along the western edge of north america. May 03, 2005 kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers both in planning and in carrying out paddling trips on the rugged pacific artery that runs along the western edge of north america. This is a chronicle of my solo sea kayaking journey from san juan island in washingtons puget sound to skagway, alaska via the inside passage and the pacific coast of canadas british columbia and southeast alaska. Miller has 77 books on goodreads with 1521 ratings. We encountered incredible views, whales, wonderful people, perfect days, harsh wind, bad weather, bears, wolves, glaciers and a journey too large to ever fully capture here. Expedition kayakers brett friedman and sarah greenwood set out on an 18 day kayaking journey through alaskas inside passage and encounter a 1,400 pound coastal brown bear in their camp.
Jul, 2019 camping on islands while kayaking through the inside passage. Exploring the inside passage by kayak is a paddlers guide for kayaking the waters of the inside passage from the san juan islands of washington state to skagway, alaska. Kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers both in pl. We offer kayaking tours to two areas of british columbias wild and remote coast. Alone in the passage brings together in one place, all of the. To see the book and read some excerpts click on the title above. Paddle the serene waters of the inside passage by day, relax in luxury by night aboard british columbias original sea kayaking mothership. We are located in petersburg, alaska right in the heart of alaskas inside passage. Kayaking the inside passage by robert miller was useful, but we felt it was more a description of the authors experience than a well researched report of the water and weather of the area. The inside passage took me in a kayak from anacortes, washington, to juneau, alaska. From here, the launch beach is just a 5 minute walk from the dock, where your guide will walk you through everything you need to know about kayaking and the area. Kayaking the inside passage is a wonderfully introspective adventuretravel memoir.
A paddlers guide from olympia, washington to muir glacier, alaska by robert h. From port townsend, wa to port hardy, bc was 18 days. From alaska to seattle, its north americas only rainforest. The only thing that really made me nervous about the warnings was they talked about they were having trouble with bears destroying kayaks and kayak gear. If you are not particularly interested in paddling the inside passage, but would like some useful tips on expedition kayaking, check out my book, tactics for long distance sea kayaking. The inside passage is a popular tourism destination. Click here to see more information on sea kayaking the inside passage, along with hundreds of photos and videos, check out the website for my 2012 inside passage sea kayaking adventure at the following link.
Field notes from a solo paddle in alaskas inside passage. A paddler s guide from olympia, washington to muir glacier, alaska by robert h. An unmanned stake light was established on portlock point in 1890 to help vessels make the transition between swanson channel and trincomali channel on their way between vancouver and victoria. An indispensable companion for an incredible journey, newly updated and in color the inside passage is something of a holy grail for contemporary sea kayakers. We sought out small islands to camp on, little worlds all our own. The inside passage stretches 1,200 miles from puget sound north and west, between vancouver island and the british columbia.
Stories from our 90 day kayaking trip through the canadian and alaskan inside passage and glacier bay national park. Inside passage, washington report this is the second leg of the journey days 3544 ketchikan to petersburg, ak the main natural and man made. In the summer of 2012 i completed my second, solo, inside passage kayaking adventure. Experience the raw beauty of the lynn canal up close and personal on the inside passage kayak, an exclusive opportunity to explore these northern inside passage shorelines by paddle. Books an essential bibliography for the inside passage. The coastal mountain ranges and islands offer wildlife viewing and opportunities for boating, fishing, kayaking, camping and hiking. We eventually set our sights on kayaking the inside passage, a coastal route along the inland seas and open ocean from washington to alaska. A paddlers guide from olympia, washington, to muir glacier, alaska.
We eventually set our sights on kayaking the inside passage. May 28, 2019 revised with route updates, map improvements, and stunning color photography, kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers in planning paddling trips on the rugged pacific artery that runs along the western edge of north america. Wildlife viewing in the region ranges from birding to whale watching and bear viewing. Howling wolves, grizzly bears, soaring eagles and killer whales are becoming drowned out by increasing marine traffic and expanding industries powered by urban demands. Many consider it the sea kayaking equivalent of the appalachian trail, though it doesnt offer the support that the most famous of all trails offers. Bc kayaking tours vancouver island and the inside passage.
Alaska passages one day adventures offers alaska whale watching, alaska glacier tours, and sea kayaking. It is a complete throughtrip guide to sea kayaking. But the takeaway of the book, the line that stands out for me is when she says. A solo adventure along the inside passage by sutherland, audrey, yamamoto, yoshiko isbn. If you have read alone in the passage you already have the information from this book. The book chronicles the threemonth long adventure of a sea kayaker as he explores the 1,250mile route completely alone. No experience required a kayak journey through the. It took me through glacially carved landscapes and impenetrable forests, narrow channels and wide ocean passages, barreling fronts and mixmaster waves. During the summer of 2019 we kayaked the inside passage through canada and alaska. A kayak journey from vancouver island to alaska through the inside passage that took place from junejuly 2010. The inside passage took me in a kayak from anacortes, washington. Not that both doors were broke in half by bears two weeks earlier and the rangers live on a float house with no access from the land. A complete chronology of my 20072008 inside passage kayaking adventure is now available from amazon books in both paperback and digital kindle format. Ply the waters of lynn canal in a tandem kayak, watching for wildlife such as eagles, sea lions, seals, dalls porpoise and humpback whales.
This active tour takes you to the shorelines of haines, just south of the port of skagway, for one of the most breathtaking shore tours skagway has to offer. The area we were most excited about was the misty fjords national monument wilderness area. On top of that, kayakers should know that this book has wrong information and sometimes inaccurate maps. The information in this book is well researched and accurate. The inside passage is the only place in the world where a kayaker can paddle over 1,200 miles along an ocean shoreline, be protected from ocean swells for essentially the entire time, be exposed to some of the most beautiful mountain scenery anywhere, and remain within the protections of a first world democratic country. An explorers guide to sea kayaking the inside passage. A paddlers guide from olympia, washington, to glacier, alaska. In spring 2010, with her world scaled down to an 18foot sea kayak and the 1,200mile ribbon of water known as the inside passage, susan conrad launched a journey of the sea and soul that took her both north to alaska and inward, as she discovered the depths of her own strength and courage. A paddlers guide from olympia, wa to muir glacier, ak susans mostly solo experience reads like a rite of passage, a personal challenge destined to turn her life around from its gritty beginnings and events she would rather have never experienced to a positive new awakening.
Jul 01, 2016 from port townsend, wa to port hardy, bc was 18 days. Kayaking the inside passage second edition bookshare. She not only completed this 850 miles in 85 days but returned for twenty more summers to again kayak through alaskas inside passage. Kayaking the inside passage will aid kayakers both in planning and in carrying out paddling trips on the rugged pacific artery that runs along the western edge of north america. In 1996 ricks and his wife, maren van nostrand, came close to making an offer on their first house, but instead decided to undertake an adventure of a different kind togetherkayaking from alaskas glacier bay down the coast of western. I have put together this book for paddlers who would like to learn some new long distance sea kayaking and camping skills but do not necessarily need information on the inside passage. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In a book that is sometimes invigorating and sometimes maddeningly attenuated, ricks recounts the fivemonth journey from alaskas glacier bay to washingtons puget sound that he and his wife made by. I witnessed her hard work and persistence in both paddling the inside passage and writing this book. New edition of a solo kayak adventure will charm and. A paddling guide from olympia, washington to muir glacier, alaska robert h. Her memoir is a tale of both her inner and outer journey while paddling 1,200 miles of challenging ocean waters and attempting to synthesize 50 years of living which has its own unique challenges. No other paddling guide covers the entire length of the inside passage.
Carrie flipped in steep waves just outside of port hardy. Robert h miller an indispensable companion for an incredible journey, newly updated and in color the inside passage is something of a holy grail for contemporary sea kayakers. Her debut memoir will detail her entire epic journey on the inside passage. Much thanks to the folks at alder creek, snap dragon and kayak academy who spent hours talking with us, answering questions and giving us great advice and suggestions we wanted a comfortable trip. This book is designed to provide mid to advanced level paddlers with proven techniques on how to plan and successfully execute a long distance sea kayaking trip. Miller is the only comprehensive guidebook to throughpaddling the inside passage. One womans journey through the inside passage is a plucky adventure memoir of the sea and soul told by a woman on a big adventure in a small boat along the coast of western north america. No experience required a kayak journey through the inside. Robert miller has traversed these waters for decades and created this inimitable guide to kayaking the entire 1,300 mile length of the inside passage along one select route with some alternate variations.