Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Like having reasonable alcohol rules, marijuana will now becomes legal in Alaska 90 days after Tuesday’s elections. Skiers and yes, summer tourist will find Alaska just as they always have, but without the draconian laws against a natural herb that has little more impact than a 6-pack of beer or two shots of whiskey, no matter how much you use. […]
Read more(New Video Below) If you have been around Valdez the past few years one can’t help but note our wild weather fluctuations. From the 2006 Flood that wiped out Keystone Canyon to the “Damalanche” last January, it’s been all Valdez extreme when it comes to weather. Few place in the world have had the variety of events that we have […]
Read moreIf anyone has been out picking blueberries, the impact of a dry warm spring is evident as I have continued picking them for the past month. Blueberries in the Pass usually last a few weeks. But with no freeze yet, they just get better, much like fresh snow over one’s favorite skin-ski trip. I replaced my old camera with the same […]
Read moreThompson Pass to McCarthy as the crow flies? Valdezeans Chis Shumate and Kalin King are on the trail as of 1030am along with other’s from the area including Tory Dugan, Meg McKinney and Matt Kress. For Chris, Kalin and Tory, it’s their second attempt to complete the course though they ended up in….Cordova. This “race” series began in the 1980’s, created […]
Read moreHome Guide Book White Room OPED About Contact Sir Edmund Hillary Comes to Valdez(1962) 10/11/13 I was surprised to find out a few months ago, that Sir Edmund Hillary, his wife Louise and their three children traveled throughout Alaska, including Valdez, after he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to stand atop Everest. Longtime Valdez residents Jim and Charlotte […]
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