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

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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]

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FFGR/JIRP Research Facilities Summary
FacilityEstablishedReferenceCTPeakRemarks
C-419XX [CT 1] Camp-4 Peak Location Approximate
C-8195X [2] [NM 1] [CT 2] Mount Moore Major Facility
C-919XX [CT 3] on upper Matthes Glacier
C-9B19XX [2] [CT 4] Abandoned, loc approx.
C-10195X [CT 5] Vantage Peak Major JIRP Facility
C-10B195X [2] [CT 6] N/AVirtual Camp, Ski-plane landing area
C-1219XX [2] [CT 7] Lower Goat Ridge, Abandoned
C-1319XX [CT 8] Split Thumb Location Approximate
C-1419XX [2] [CT 9] Location approximate, Abandoned
C-1519XX [2] [CT 10] Camp-15 Peak Abandoned
C-16195X [2] [CT 11] Needs update
C-171953 [2] [NM 2] [CT 12] Cairn Peak
C-17A196X [CT 13] At the end of the Lemon Creek Trail
C-1819XX [NM 3] [CT 14] Major JIRP Facility
C-18B19XX [CT 15] on lower Vaughan Lewis Glacier
C-1919XX [CT 16] Watchamacallit Glacier in the Gilkey Canyon near site 18B
C-2519XX Mount Nesselrode
C-26197X [CT 17] On a nunatak on the north side of the Llewellyn Glacier
C-2919XX [CT 18] On Cathedral Glacier Massif, west of Torres Channel
C-29B19XXN/AAt timberline and in alpine tundra zone near Cathedral Glacier terminus
C-301968 [CT 19] N/A Atlin, British Columbia

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USDA/Forest Service(USFS) Remote Campsites

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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.

FacilityCoordinatesElevationReferenceTrailTrailheadLengthRemarks
Upper Dewey Lake 59°26′36″N135°16′14″W / 59.44323°N 135.27044°W / 59.44323; -135.27044 (Upper Dewey Lake Cabin) 3,097 ft (944 m)Dewey Lake trail [NW 1] 59°27′09″N135°18′56″W / 59.45241°N 135.31550°W / 59.45241; -135.31550 (Dewey Lake Trailhead) 0.0 mi
Eagle Glacier Cabin 58°34′23″N134°45′04″W / 58.57294°N 134.75118°W / 58.57294; -134.75118 (USFS Eagle Glacier Cabin) 190 ft (58 m) [DA 3] [DA 4] Amalga trail 58°31′42″N134°48′28″W / 58.52829°N 134.80783°W / 58.52829; -134.80783 (Amalga Creek Trailhead) 0.0 miAccessed from Glacier Highway MM27.2
Berners Bay Cabin 58°46′12″N134°56′09″W / 58.76999°N 134.9357°W / 58.76999; -134.9357 (USFS Berners Bay Cabin) 15 ft (5 m) [DA 5] Watercraft
Laughton Glacier Cabin 59°31′56″N135°06′24″W / 59.53220°N 135.10655°W / 59.53220; -135.10655 (USFS Laughton Glacier Cabin) 15 ft (5 m) [DA 6] [NW 2] Trail
Denver Glacier Cabin 59°28′15″N135°12′03″W / 59.47078°N 135.20088°W / 59.47078; -135.20088 (USFS Denver Glacier Cabin) 15 ft (5 m) [DA 7] [NW 3] Trail

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    2. "Tongass National Forest - Camping & Cabins:Cabin Rentals". usda.gov.
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