August 12th, the Furthest North open water swim in North America! Located in Sitka, Alaska.
Men's and women's age group and Relay divisions will be awarded trophies and ribbons.
Solo or relay 10k, 5k and 1k open water swims in Sitka Sound, with a water temperature range in the mid 50’s. The course will start at the Mount Edgecumbe High School ramp on Japonski Island. The course will then take the swimmers north out of Sitka Channel and westward along the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historic Site and loop back to the Mt. Edgecumbe ramp to finish. A turnaround point in course will be available for those swimming the 5k and 1K distances.
Sanction pending with USMS.
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Lake list expanded a bit over the weekend. Medvejie as you mentioned would be a must. Indigo is another 1.5 miles beyond, mostly off trail but I understand locals do in fact hike that route. Sitting above Medvejie is the easier hike/swim of Bear Lake and its little cousin. Then there is 870ft deep Redoubt Lake. Sounds fascinating and picturesque. Makes me think of 745ft deep Loch Ness in Scotland :)
It'd be difficult to do some of these swims in the context of someone else (or entity) assuming liability unless a float plane was arranged (huge expense). They are all swims I'd be interesting in doing informally or on my own.
Blue Lake has been studied a fair amount including year-round daily water temperature data. Surface water temps (2 ft depth I think) in the months of July Aug and Sept were all above 50 F for 2008 and 55 to 60 F in 2005. Medvejie and Redoubt are similar in elevation to Blue Lake, Bear and Indigo are higher. Blue Lake Study PDF
Interactive map centered on Bear Lake, showing Indigo, Medvejie and Blue:
www.mappingsupport.com/.../gmap4.php
Bear Lake in early September
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Indigo Lake in late July
farm1.staticflickr.com/.../248501012_ca88c1341b_z.jpg
Redoubt Lake in early May
farm4.staticflickr.com/.../5774594495_7ebe742fe3_z.jpg
Lakes of Baranof Island here: flickr.com/photos/northtoalaska/sets
Medvejie Lake early August
www.nawwal.org/.../12988a.jpg
Lake list expanded a bit over the weekend. Medvejie as you mentioned would be a must. Indigo is another 1.5 miles beyond, mostly off trail but I understand locals do in fact hike that route. Sitting above Medvejie is the easier hike/swim of Bear Lake and its little cousin. Then there is 870ft deep Redoubt Lake. Sounds fascinating and picturesque. Makes me think of 745ft deep Loch Ness in Scotland :)
It'd be difficult to do some of these swims in the context of someone else (or entity) assuming liability unless a float plane was arranged (huge expense). They are all swims I'd be interesting in doing informally or on my own.
Blue Lake has been studied a fair amount including year-round daily water temperature data. Surface water temps (2 ft depth I think) in the months of July Aug and Sept were all above 50 F for 2008 and 55 to 60 F in 2005. Medvejie and Redoubt are similar in elevation to Blue Lake, Bear and Indigo are higher. Blue Lake Study PDF
Interactive map centered on Bear Lake, showing Indigo, Medvejie and Blue:
www.mappingsupport.com/.../gmap4.php
Bear Lake in early September
farm6.staticflickr.com/.../5368439613_c705d9d50b_z.jpg
Indigo Lake in late July
farm1.staticflickr.com/.../248501012_ca88c1341b_z.jpg
Redoubt Lake in early May
farm4.staticflickr.com/.../5774594495_7ebe742fe3_z.jpg
Lakes of Baranof Island here: flickr.com/photos/northtoalaska/sets
Medvejie Lake early August
www.nawwal.org/.../12988a.jpg
