Welcome to the Tatshenshini-Alsek River Expedition: an unforgettable river trip through North America’s largest wilderness area. To fully enjoy this adventure, please take the time to familiarize yourself with the information provided. We want to be with you every step of the way in your expedition preparations so please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or concerns.
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Notes from the River - A letter from Brian McCutcheon
The Tatshenshini-Alsek river and its forested slopes are green thread in a sea of mountains. Its watershed extends across the Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska and is an integral part of the world’s largest wilderness area. Each day as we float deeper into the wilderness the mountains get higher and higher.
Our rafts serve as the path of least resistance as we forge into territory perceived as impenetrable. Traveling down the Tatshenshini is also a celebration of one of the most significant conservation efforts in modern day America. A traditional trading route for the Southern Tutchone and Tlingit peoples, this corridor is now preserved for generations to come.
Generation is an apt word for the Tatshenshini-Alsek expedition. In 1991, I was fortunate enough to be a part of a grandmother-mother-daughter trip of a lifetime. This was the first time any of their family had camped and was part of a grieving process from losing their husband/dad/grandfather. It struck such sentiment with me, as I had funded my first trip to the Tatshenshini with an inheritance from my grandfather – my grandmother was later delighted when I sent her a photo album full of glaciers, icebergs and even wolves, in her late husband’s dedication.
So for me, the Tatshenshini is a home to a legacy of lives lived. It is about relationships with each other through time and with mountainous wilderness of wolves, sheep, mountain goats, moose, black bear, grizzly and rare glacial blue bears that await.
Brian McCutcheon founded Rivers & Oceans in 1986 and has been operating rafting and kayaking trips in British Columbia since the late eighties. In 2000, we changed to Rivers Oceans And Mountains as the addition of “mountains” better reflects the topography of the regions we visit. Our Tatshenshini trips utilize rafts as a vehicle of access into one of the world’s most incredible wilderness settings. ROAM Director, George Wendt, first rafted the Tatshenshini in 1977 and Brian has operated regularly on the Tat since the late eighties. When not out on the water, Brian is the Managing Director of ROAM from our offices in Nelson, British Columbia.
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