Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Barometer 30.0, temperature 60 degrees. Ceiling 5000' overcast, visibility 10 miles. There is quite a bit of smoke in the air. Light rain, winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 56 degrees, barometer 30.1. Visibility 10 miles, ceiling 6000' overcast with light rain. Slight south wind.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 44 degrees, barometer 30.1. The smoke has disappeared - for now. Clear on all quadrants. Winds slight from the north.

Iniakuk Lake Life and Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 66 degrees, barometer 29.9. Visibility 10 miles, ceiling 6,000 broken. Smoke is quite thick. Southeast wind at 10 knots just kicked up.

Our first guests of the season flew out yesterday.  We had great fun.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 50 degrees. Barometer 29.9. Visibility and ceiling restricted due to thick smoke that rolled in last night. Visibility 4 miles. Winds calm.

Iniakuk Lake Life and Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 60 degrees, barometer 29.9. The smoke rolled in last night obscuring the Alatna Hills, but a north wind at 3 knots has left only a haze. Ceiling and visibility excellent.

The pollen is thick along the north beach and floats in giant streamers across Iniakuk Lake.

The coffee's on - join us.

Iniakuk Lake Life and Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Temperature 60 degrees, barometer 29. 9. Visibility and ceiling hampered only by smoke haze. North wind at 10 knots.

Our nights are filled with the trumpeting of swans, honking of geese and liquid chirp of Tree Swallows.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Good morning. Temperature has dropped to 40 degrees. Barometer 29.9. Visibility and ceiling limited only by a persistent smoke haze. Winds calm.

Made It In! Iniakuk Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska

Finally. A Caravan charter with 2400# of freight plus a bit more on the schedule, then three Beaver flights into Iniakuk and here we are. Trumpeter Swans on the lake, tree swallows nesting, fresh, strong coffee. A perfect day in a perfect place.

Temperature 50 degrees, it rained hard around midnight and there is a bit of fog around the lake, otherwise visibility is good. Barometer 29.9. Come see us.

Iniakuk Lake Ice Conditions, Brooks Range, Alaska

Almost there.

Iniakuk Lake Ice Conditions

And wait.

Iniakuk Lake Ice Conditions, Brooks Range, Alaska

And we wait.

Iniakuk Lake Weather, Brooks Range, Alaska

Instead of thrashing, crashing, blowing from one end of Iniakuk Lake to the other, then funneling on out Tobuk Creek, the ice this year has decided to tinkle and linger.

We are re-re-re-scheduled in for June 21, eleven days past due. The temps are scorching and yet, the ice, unreasonably thick, just bobs around the lake without a care.

Summer Season 2013 on Hold

Well boohoo. The long winter's night has produced thick ice, thin snow, no spring then blistering temps and back to nature cooling down.

We were scheduled in on June 10 but the ice is holding fast. It's such a short, intense summer season. Every day counts.