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Matt Kinney & Tabitha Gregory Box 1540, Valdez, AK 99686 info@thompsonpass.com July 31, 2013 U.S. Forest Service Chugach National Forest RE: COMMENTS REGARDING CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST PLAN REVISION We support the current process to revise the Chugach National Forest Plan (CNF). Our primary concern is CNF lands south of Valdez and Thompson Pass/Marshall Pass. Since the last revision, unanticipated changes […]

In 2006, the citizens of Alaska voted in favor of keeping our coastal waters clean over allowing the growing cruise ship industry to use our coast waters as its waste water dump. This new law reflected Alaskans’ desire to require the cruise industry to use best available technology to treat sewer and industrial waste before dumping it into our pristine […]

The proposal to relocate a section of the power line through Thompson Pass has not drawn much of my attention this summer. Others, though, are not standing by idly. Area citizens are concerned about an application by Copper Valley Electric Association (CVEA) to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) presenting various proposals to move some of the towering earth-toned […]

My wife and I sat down on the couch last night and watched this movie. By the time it was over my eyes were swollen nearly busting with tears. We each sat silently holding hands as the titles filtered away.Over the years, many of the skiers I have guided in the Chugach have skied with Ruedi. I could hardly compare […]

Skiing is a fun and exhilarating sport. I like skiing with my dad and not my mom cause she gets hysterical and not my little brother because he whines. All skiing trips start like this. We are all really bored and are sitting at home after a storm my dad is telling us to do stuff from the couch while […]

Things were getting ridiculously heavy. Like many telemark skiers enjoying unlimited terrain options made possible by burly boots, fat skis and clunker bindings, I kept laying on more “wall to wall” skins. Before long I was hauling nearly twenty pounds on my feet into the wilds. Since 1990, we had nearly doubled the amount of weight on our feet to […]