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and Goingoutside.com
You have just entered my paddling page, if you want to learn some new canoeing tricks I hope I can help you with that here on my site.
Don't leave without these things, they are very important to have on a canoeing trip.
| FOLDING TOOL | Such as a Swiss army knife or a Leatherman tool. You will need this to fix broken equipment, cut branches for a shelter, cut wood for a fire. This item will always be used and if you don't have at least a knife you might not make it. | |
| STOVE | As
any well experienced paddler will tell you the best way to enjoy the
outdoors is to live off the land just like our ancestors. That means you
eat fish you catch and you do all your cooking on a wood stove. The only
acceptable wood stove that is light enough for paddling is the
Trailstove. There are some other ones that have a battery operated fan, crazy if you ask me. What if the batteries run out? What if one of the moving parts jam? You don't want any kinds of batteries, motors, pressure valves, etc… when you're paddling. | |
| STEEL WIRE | Steel wire is such a good thing to have handy, you never know when you'll need it but you know that you always will need it for something. | |
| LAMP | Light is a very important thing to have wherever you are since you can't see without it. | |
| DUCT TAPE | It's a good idea to pack a roll of duct tape. You can fix everything with duct tape, make sure you always have some with you. | |
| COOKING POT | A light weight pot with a lid or some other type of similar water container is a quite important thing to bring to be able to boil water in case of an emergency. |
Make emergency snowshoes
Making a pair of emergency snowshoes to get to safety is extremely simple. It's surprising how many people try to get to safety in knee deep snow and drop from exhaustion.
Find two stocky branches about 3 feet long with plenty of small branches and plenty of green, preferably from a fir tree but other trees will do if there are no firs in the area.
Tie one branch to each foot at the front end of the branch. Thread the string through something on the front of your boot otherwise your foot will slip out of the binding. Make sure your foot can swivel enough to walk, the snowshoe should drag on the snow slightly in the back.
That's it, you're ready to go!
Kotzebue, AK
Kobuk Valley National Park is encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges. The park povides protection for several important geographic features, including the central portion of the Kobuk River, the 25-sqaure-mile Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, and the Little Kobuk and Hunt River dunes.
Sand created by the grinding action of ancient glaciers has been carried to the Kobuk Valley by both wind and water. Dunes now cover much of the southern portion of the Kobuk Valley, where they are naturally stabilized by vegetation. River bluffs, composed of sand and standing as high as 150 feet, hold permafrost ice wedges and the fossils of Ice Age mammals.
CONTACTS
Email - WEAR_Webmail@nps.gov
Fax- 907-442-8316
Write to
PO Box 1029
Kotzebue, AK 99752
Phone
Headquarters - 907-442-3890
summer Visitor
Information - 907-442-3760
TRAVEL BASICS
Operating Hours,
Seasons
Information Center Use: daily, summer: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00
p.m.; "occasionally", winter: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Parklands Use: Open
all year long. Closed most Federal Holidays.
Getting There
PLANE - Commercial airlines provide service
from Anchorage or Fairbanks to Nome and Kotzebue. From either location,
visitors may fly with various air taxi operators. There are scheduled
flights to villages and chartered flights to specific park areas. Summer
access may include motorized/non-motorized watercraft, aircraft, or by
foot. Winter access may include snowmobiles, aircraft or by foot.
Weather & Climate
Expect high winds throughout the year
and short, mild, cool sunny summers. Experience 24 hours of daylight for
one month and a long, severe, harsh, extremely cold winter with about one
hour of daylight by December 1. The area recieves 10-12" precipitation
annually. For back country hiking/camping, wear plenty of warm clothing,
dress in layers, and use rain gear. Wear sturdy hiking boots and waders
for wet terrain.
Accessibility
There are no trails or roads within the park.
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