2012 Atlin Floats and Wheels Flyin' & Campin'

[Backcountry Tundra]

Well...weather looks great for the week-end, BUBBA's chilli is cooling off in the garage, all is packed! Flying to Atlin first thing in the morning and will be welcoming you guys on wheels & floats with some nice goodies from our great sponsors!

Float flyers, when you get within 10 miles, switch to aerodrome frequency for Atlin (123.2) and we will let you know where to park on floats. If you do not reach us, use normal airfield/water procedures for uncontrolled aerodrome. We will try our best to provide field advisory and to marshall you to your parking!

I will be reachable by e-mail or at the phone number provided above 250-651-2226, leave a message.

Have a great & safe flight

Cheers, BCT

[Abe]

You all have fun up there at Atlin and the rest of us expect some photos of the fun you're all having.
Enjoy!!

Cheers,

Bill

[NimpoCub]

Dammit, I ain't comin'.
Been waiting for my bud to show up, he developed a prob, and now the forecast for central BC is clouds & rain for 2 days. It's probably doable, but I don't want to "bear" the wx here to get to your good wx. We'll be up there later exploring, but won't make this weekend. Hope to see lots of pix posted!

[Backcountry Tundra]

We had a great time today, although wx in BC appears to be cruddy, we had 8 BC guys coming up, a lad from Nevada, Alaska, Yukon, etc! Weather is for the best this week-end!

Cheers, BCT

[GeronimoDriver]

Hopefully it is good up the Taku tomorrow. It has been low in Juneau in the mornings with improving trends through the day all week. Hopefully we will see ya'll in the evening, around 7ish.

[Backcountry Tundra]

This morning was nice a clear, low laying fog here and there but mostly good. Same goes for last night, it lifted up quite a bit. One fella from JNU made it in just fine this am...You guys from JNU/HNS/SKAG should be just fine! We are having a great time here, visiting, telling lies around the campfire and admiring the nice birds kicking around

Cheers, BCT!

[GeronimoDriver]

Woke up to HEAVY rain this morning but the wxcams look good. I wish I could leave sooner but I gotta wait for my wife to get off work! See ya tonight.

[Backcountry Tundra]

Its been clear, sunny and warm here all day with a 10kt wind from the south. ROB just came in last night after his AK trip...that 185 is a "bute"...They just took of 5 mins ago...Arizona bound!

Cheers, J-M

[M6RV6]

J-M
Sad to say, I'm just not going to make it, my replacement got held up on his job for a week and will not get here until the 5th!!
My best to all and post a picture or 2
Don't have to much fun.
Wish I was There.
GT
Will plan on next year!!

[shorton]

Dammit, I can't make it! I got home about noon today (Sun) and it don't look doable to get over the ridge to Atlin.

Hope you guys have a great time and if the weather opens up the invitation to come down and fish still stands.

Shane

[Rob]

Its been clear, sunny and warm here all day with a 10kt wind from the south. ROB just came in last night after his AK trip...that 185 is a "bute"...They just took of 5 mins ago...Arizona bound!

Cheers, J-M

Hey J-M,

Thanks again, and sorry for the 'late' arrival Outbound WX was much of the same, clear to central WA. Met a couple guys who had been stuck in Smithers for 4 days

You guys have a great thing going up there. I am home now, but not settled in yet. Will put up a couple pics when I get settled in.

Nimpo, was looking forward to seeing you there.... Maybe next year?

Take care, Rob

[dirtstrip]

I look back at the Nov. 28, 2011 date this thread was originally started. (At least that's when you made it official here.) I am in total appreciation of the amount of time it takes to organize and prepare for something of this size. I don't know when the idea was first put out, maybe only weeks before over a cup of coffee with friends. How long did you kick this around with others before deciding to go ahead? I am sure it took an enormous amount of your time and thank you for doing it. It is now become a big one on my "Sure look forward to getting there list". I am also looking forward to seeing photos.

[NimpoCub]

Hi Rob.
Yeah, I was really cranked for quite awhile about getting up there. Couple of things kept me away, but it's on next years list for sure. BIG thanks to JM for all the work to put it together & make it so inviting. We've done it here @ Nimpo for 16 yrs, and now we're rotating locations around the Province, which is a bit more of a challenge organizing remotely.

In the near future a couple of us are going to poke around between Dease Lake & Atlin for a week 'er so, exploring hunting spots. Clear wx will make it even better!

See ya (& many others) next year when JM has a better grip on the wx!

[Cub180]

What a great weekend. Thanks to all those that organized and helped out with the event you guys did a great job. We arrived home this afternoon to some nice warm weather in Fort St John.

[Backcountry Tundra]

GeronimoDriver...was great to meet you and your wife...You have a nice machine, hope you can fly it to Sitka in coupe of weeks... Nice track on the spot...I can claim half of it anyways!

Rob, I'm not too worry about you flyin in bad wx.... 100 feet is a huge step up from that night time 8 footer!

Cub180, you guys know how to party and steal the show at the raffle draws I'm glad you made it back allright! I flew out later this afternoon, just after Geo got back from his fishing trip with his son...they had a wicked time. We are going to meet in Skagway for the 4th of July.

I will get a post going for photos and videos...it was really a great turn out for a first time event, 45 machines, 8 float planes & 2 choppers! We had a great fly out into the icefield and Taku River.

Check out the photos soon!

Cheers, J-M

[geopilot]

JM
Great job with the Flyin!!! I will post some photos with my NEW GOPRO camera when I get back home. Refueled at Skagway. 500' ceiling through White Pass. We are chillin' in Haines right now. The adventure continues... Had a great time and met some nice people.
John

[GeronimoDriver]

Thanks JM! We had a great time. Hopefully I'll see you in Sitka! (http://www.seakaa.org/Page_7.html)
I met up with John today in Haines as he was getting ready to depart on the next leg of his adventure... It sure was a nice day to fly here.

Here is a link to some of my photos from the Fly-In.
https://picasaweb.google.com/100681949420542998293/Atlin2012