Geospatial Summary of the Research and Recreational facilities within the Juneau Icefield area

Juneau Icefield Research Camp Facilities

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) and its parent organization, the Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research (FGER), maintains several research facilities around the expanse of the Juneau Icefield for the purpose of providing educational and expeditionary experience to students with training in Earth sciences, wilderness survival, and mountaineering skills. These camps are private facilities and are operated in accordance with a U.S. Forest Service Special Use Permit, which stipulates that the facilities can be used only for educational and research purposes by the Juneau Icefield Research Program. Thus all non-JIRP related visitation and use of these camps is prohibited.[1]

FFGR/JIRP Research Facilities Summary

Facility	Established	Reference	CT	Peak	Remarks
C-4	19XX		[CT 1]	Camp-4 Peak	Location Approximate
C-8	195X	[2][NM 1]	[CT 2]	Mount Moore	Major Facility
C-9	19XX		[CT 3]		on upper Matthes Glacier
C-9B	19XX	[2]	[CT 4]		Abandoned, loc approx.
C-10	195X		[CT 5]	Vantage Peak	Major JIRP Facility
C-10B	195X	[2]	[CT 6]	N/A	Virtual Camp, Ski-plane landing area
C-12	19XX	[2]	[CT 7]		Lower Goat Ridge, Abandoned
C-13	19XX		[CT 8]	Split Thumb	Location Approximate
C-14	19XX	[2]	[CT 9]		Location approximate, Abandoned
C-15	19XX	[2]	[CT 10]	Camp-15 Peak	Abandoned
C-16	195X	[2]	[CT 11]		Needs update
C-17	1953	[2] [NM 2]	[CT 12]	Cairn Peak
C-17A	196X		[CT 13]		At the end of the Lemon Creek Trail
C-18	19XX	[NM 3][CT 14]			Major JIRP Facility
C-18B	19XX		[CT 15]		on lower Vaughan Lewis Glacier
C-19	19XX		[CT 16]		Watchamacallit Glacier in the Gilkey Canyon near site 18B
C-25	19XX			Mount Nesselrode
C-26	197X		[CT 17]		On a nunatak on the north side of the Llewellyn Glacier
C-29	19XX		[CT 18]		On Cathedral Glacier Massif, west of Torres Channel
C-29B	19XX			N/A	At timberline and in alpine tundra zone near Cathedral Glacier terminus
C-30	1968		[CT 19]	N/A	Atlin,British Columbia

Notes

• FFGR/JIRP Research Facilities
• 
  Camp 17A (Awaiting photograph contribution)
• 
  Camp-17 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
• 
  Camp-10 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
• 
  Camp-25 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
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  Camp 8 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
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  Camp-18 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
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  Camp-26 (Awaiting photograph contribution)
• 
  Camp-30 (Atlin, British Columbia)

USDA/Forest Service(USFS) Remote Campsites

The United States Forest Service(USFS) maintains several "Camps" around the expanse of the Icefield for recreational purposes.[DA 1] These are modest cabins that recreational hikers can reserve[DA 2] for overnight accommodations.

Facility	Coordinates	Elevation	Reference	Trail	Trailhead	Length	Remarks
Upper Dewey Lake	59°26′36″N 135°16′14″W	3,097 ft (944 m)		Dewey Lake trail[NW 1]	59°27′09″N 135°18′56″W	0.0 mi
Eagle Glacier Cabin	58°34′23″N 134°45′04″W	190 ft (58 m)	[DA 3][DA 4]	Amalga trail	58°31′42″N 134°48′28″W	0.0 mi	Accessed from Glacier Highway MM27.2
Berners Bay Cabin	58°46′12″N 134°56′09″W	15 ft (5 m)	[DA 5]	Watercraft
Laughton Glacier Cabin	59°31′56″N 135°06′24″W	15 ft (5 m)	[DA 6][NW 2]	Trail
Denver Glacier Cabin	59°28′15″N 135°12′03″W	15 ft (5 m)	[DA 7][NW 3]	Trail

Notes

• USFS Remote Cabins
• 
  USFS Berners Bay Cabin
• 
  USFS Eagle Glacier Cabin
• 
  Upper Dewey Lake Cabin

See also

• Geospatial Summary of the Juneau Icefield
• Geospatial Summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield
• USGS Historical Topographic Maps for the Juneau Icefield area
• Juneau Icefield
• List of glaciers and icefields
• List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia/Yukon border

References

US Department of Agriculture/Forest Service(DA)

1. "Tongass National Forest - Home". usda.gov.
2. "Tongass National Forest - Camping & Cabins:Cabin Rentals". usda.gov.
3. "Tongass National Forest - Eagle Glacier Cabin". usda.gov.
4. "Tongass National Forest - Amalga Trail". usda.gov.
5. "Tongass National Forest - Berner3As Bay Cabin". usda.gov.
6. "Tongass National Forest - Laughton Glacier Cabin". usda.gov.
7. "Tongass National Forest - Denver Caboose Cabin". usda.gov.

Organizations/Club Newsletters/Blogs/Reports/etc(NW)

1. "Upper Dewey Lake". Yukon Hiking.
2. "Laughton Glacier". Yukon Hiking.
3. "Denver Glacier". Yukon Hiking.

Other

1. "About". Juneau Icefield Research Program.
2. Juneau Icefield Research Project (1949-1958), p. 16, at Google Books

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