An analysis of the geographical, technical, and legal challenges involved in planning a remote wilderness trek between Hyder and Meyers Chuck.
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What are the geographical, technical, and legal considerations for a remote wilderness trekking and packrafting route between Hyder and Meyers Chuck?
The hard part is likely Hyder to the Unuk. From the Salmon Glacier you'd cross over glaciers towards the upper Unuk, which means rope, crevasse rescue and a partner, not just steep walking. That's from my general picture of the area, so check it on the maps.
The border: if any part of that runs through BC, you'd be entering Canada and coming back into the US away from any border post. That isn't legal without arranging it in advance with both countries' border services (CBSA and CBP), and nobody you ask will treat it as a technicality. Look into that before the bears.
The rest is a matter of time: weeks of bush, packraft crossings, and resupply caches or a floatplane drop somewhere in the middle.
What is the feasibility of walking between Hyder and Meyers Chuck?
There is no walking route. It is completely impassable on foot.
Between Hyder and Meyers Chuck (around 75 miles as the crow flies) lie the glaciated Coast Mountains, the Misty Fjords wilderness, and multiple saltwater fjords. Most critically, Meyers Chuck sits on the Cleveland Peninsula, which is pinched off by Behm Canal—a deep marine fjord over a mile wide that completely cuts off land access to the peninsula.
Even if you managed an elite mountaineering expedition across untracked glaciers, sheer granite walls, and impenetrable coastal rainforest, you would end up stranded on the shoreline staring across an open saltwater channel. You cannot walk there.