181 Journal R.E. Johnson 1968 July 20 Kodiak Island, Alaska Greater Yellowlegs. The remainder of the day was spent scouting out possible locations for a hike into the alpine zone tomorrow. Two locations were considered: (2000+ ft.) Shaft Peak near Passagish Bay (has steep cliffs on west & a little snow) and Center Mtn (3400 ft.) which is approachable from the Saltery Core road. The latter is out of sight but the lower country near it had considerable snow. Also the alpine habitat is easily reached from this road which because it ascends to about 700 ft. This reduces the amount of alder thicket that must be hiked through before escaping into the alpine zone. We decided upon Center Pk for tomorrow's trip. July 21 Kodiak Island, Alaska Up early & off at 6 AM to the Saltery Core Rd & cross country to Center Pk. Unfortunately the clear warm weather of yesterday was replaced by clouds hanging at 1800 ft. We hoped it would burn off but instead it thickened, congealed and drenched us with rain most of the day. Since most of the trip was made above 2000 ft. we rarely could see over 100 ft in any direction. This complicated cross country navigation on the way since the ridges were broad & often [illegible] made up of several parallel