A Journey on Alaska's Copper River

At the end of summer, I spent a week rafting down Alaska's Copper River, following the abandoned tracks of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway. Along the way, I encountered rushing rapids, colossal glaciers, inquisitive bears, and some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen...
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:18 The Copper River
2:50 To Spirit Mountain
3:44 Storms and glaciers
4:47 The Copper River Railroad
5:37 Sand dunes and rapids
7:05 Miles Lake
7:52 The Million Dollar Bridge
9:01 The Copper River Delta

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Absolutely gorgeous and my envy is immeasurable -R

[@scenicroutestothepast]

Glad you enjoyed it! If only the Copper River Railroad had lasted long enough to be absorbed by Amtrak...

[@Colorful_Cascadia]

Very excited for this new style of content! Been watching toldinstone for a while and always craved more.

[@hawkinz101]

Love the new videos! I was one of the last babies born in Cordova (my younger siblings were delivered in Anchorage), but I grew up more in Texas and I have wanted to go see that bridge for years! Thank you for the history lesson that hit close to home. If you ever find yourself back in Alaska, Cordova is a beautiful town worth the trip!

[@aegis29]

I can definitely appreciate the historical context for this. It's wild to think about a railway in such a remote, beautiful place like this.

[@netpackrat]

I grew up in Cordova; thanks for the great video. As I understand it, the "Abercrombie Rapids" that exist today aren't really the same as the historical rapids. When the railroad was built, both Miles and Childs glaciers nearly met, and the bridge was built in the gap (which was the only place it could be done). The Abercrombie rapids were the place where the river was constricted by rock on one side, and Miles glacier on the other. When it was still possible to drive out there, I drove my Jeep up part of what was the original riverbed there, which is now high and dry.

[@garylape1939]

Loved the story. I graduated from Cordova HS in 1958 and really had no understanding of this incredible story. Many times we drove the 49 mile gravel highway out to the Million Dollar Bridge. I have been back to visit many times with family members.

[@netpackrat]

My dad served on the Cordova city council with a Doug Lape, who he spoke highly of. Unfortunately you can't drive to the bridge anymore, as you've probably heard, since the DOT failed to protect it from the river.

[@seandantable]

No kidding, some of the most beautiful scenes North America has to offer!

[@willdroke9119]

Love this new style of content. I spent a lot of time in prince william sound working on a salmon seining boat in college. Most beautiful place I have ever been to. These videos are bringing me back. Cheers!

[@owlguy97]

Thank you for giving me EVEN MORE reasons to visit this wonderful place, Alaska invokes such a unique emotion in me, and it's rare to find video that can really convey that

[@acolyte1951]

the mountains stand impressively next to the river.

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

I have relatives from the area and I've visited Cordova and the million dollar bridge a few times. always around when the salmon are running and the bushes are filthy with berries, which of course means the black bear are out in force gorging on both. It's always raining, sprinkling, or misting in my experience. I can only recall a few times I've seen it sunny for a few hours. although I've never stuck around for winter personally, relatives tell me stories and show me pictures of the colossal amount of snow they get and the corridors they've cut into it to get around. child's glacier sure has receded alot since I last visited. last time I was there a huge section calved off and you could practically surf the wave that went under the million dollar bridge.

[@RickLowrance]

Awesome. I'm glad you returned alive. Alaska is on my bucket list. A lot easier on the wallet than Europe.

[@Ramser03]

Garrett, this video is amazing. Your narration was perfect and the video you captured is breathtakingly beautiful. Please make much much more! Also the song was gorgeous, it made me feel something deeply.

[@ComfyTV]

youre a true poet

[@bobkeleher3455]

This video and the accompanying video are great. Heading into them I was expecting the departure from antiquity to be disappointing, but the strength of your presentation and narration style made both videos as enjoyable as the original channel. Very well done.

[@talonerickson7098]

Love the new channel, and especially love that you're sharing Alaska (my home!) with the world! I could watch this type of content endlessly. Keep up the great work :)

[@bryanharwood1710]

Good work on your video editing and audio. I like that you didn't add music. 👍

[@emcotec1463]

Already in this first video its hard to even see all the work thats gone into this Artwork, really nice content.

[@MagnaMater2]

Oh, this is very beautiful. - Liked and subscribed :)

[@ademardechabannes]

Another vantage point to receive your goodness! Deeply appreciated!

[@raymondsilva8093]

This was beautiful.

[@yaseminyilmaz1648]

such a beautiful place

[@jethrotertiusthethird2439]

hell ya! new channellllll!!!!!!!!!!

[@tysonjankowiak]

This was such a cool video, this channel will be so great !

[@ChibiButo]

Very comfy video.

[@Monaco_mechanical]

Love your stuff since your humble beginnings. I hope this grows asap

[@Harold710]

Very nice production!! I’ve been there a couple of times myself.

[@indianagirl500]

I am so very excited

[@jachrishalt]

MOOORE

[@andreakalash4524]

Love both videos! In your narrative on this video you mention another video specific to exploring parts of the railroad on your raft trip but I don’t see it here. Where do I find it? I’d love to watch that one.

[@Moredread25]

Interesting.

[@Rosegoldshawwty]

Duuuuude

[@kadecase7470]

visiting i heard is great, living here really sucks

[@starcapture3040]

oxygen must be so clean there

[@SubTroppo]

"Railway" instead of the usual "railroad" because of Michael James Heney being Canadian or did he have British investors behind him?

[@scenicroutestothepast]

Heney did have British funding in the beginning, but the Alaska Syndicate was all-American. I'm not sure why they went with "railway."

[@tunnelmaster359]

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[@erok268]

Man I would have brought a gold pan and sluice boi Some of those sheer vertical cliffs aren't conducive to glaciers. It's like the Columbia River gorge. Fluvial in origin I'm sure

[@Parad0xial]

What was the track in the intro?

[@sportingchances9761]

It kind of sounded like an acoustic cover of Cortez the Killer.