Photo credit- Jim Harris
I first heard about the Revelation Mountains while reading a book on climbing in Alaska. For some reason they just stuck in my head as a place I wanted to visit. Maybe it was my Religious upbringing and the mystery around the book of Revelations these mountains were named after. There have only been a few expeditions to the area, most of which were climbers and most visits were thwarted with terrible weather. There is very little info or photo’s available on the range, but Google Earth and topo maps reveal the possibility that this isn’t just a ‘climbers range’.
Photo credit- Jim Harris
Four years ago Darrell Finlayson and I attempted an expedition there, but we couldn’t fly in due to poor weather. I couldn’t let go of this place and the belief that the ‘Revs’ really had potential like that of Baffin Island, which is some of the best couloir skiing on the planet. This winter I found a new pilot and a better way to approach and decided to give it another go.
The crew of Andrew McLean, Jim Harris and Courtney Phillips signed on for the fairly expensive expedition to explore the question marks we had of this far western edge of the mighty Alaska Range.
Trip photo’s HERE
Thanks to Mountain Hardwear, Black Diamond, Scarpa, Backcountry.com, Rob Jones and Joe Schuster for piloting and making the trip possible.