Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Perusing over the NWS statistics today and came up with this. Leading the stats is the 10-year averages for snowfall during the past 40 years showing a rather stark downward trend for the month and some indication of our future climate Also, three of the five warmest Marches have occurred in the past 15 years. The last time we had […]
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As we wait for a new ski season we might want to look at the past as to how we move forward. I guess if you’ve been around a couple years you might have barely noticed the changes in the 27-Mile Icefall on Thompson Pass above Loveland Basin. Fortunately I’ve been pretty aggressive with my cameras since I moved here […]
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Elevation 55 has been busy and you don’t have to go far to see their efforts using a few hand tools and and their own schedule. Residents and visitors alike now have the beginnings of a mountain trail that is doable by a vast majority of hikers right from town. The high school trail is too challenging for most, so […]
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Congrats to Zack Fields and team for completing the Chugach Traverse at the end of April. Zack wrote his trip report for Anchorage Press, his second article on backcountry skiing around Valdez. Enjoy and maybe this trip will be on your Valdez tick list next winter. http://www.anchoragepress.com/headlamp/chugach-crossing
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When it comes to avalanche education, I remind myself that somewhere out there is something new to learn despite watching nearly 13,000 inches of snow fall over many winters in the Chugach. Below are a lot of my thoughts on the latest in the avalanche world after attending two workshops. As is becoming more common across the American West, avalanche […]
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Nice to see a feature article on backcountry skiing in Thompson Pass published yesterday in the weekly Anchorage Press newspaper. Writer and backcountry skier Zack Fields visited Thompson Pass last month and got the goods. Here’s the write up along with some comments about my guide book. Wishing For A Whiteout by Zack Fields (Anchorage Press)
Read moreValdez, AK (Snow News Network). Two Valdez residents barely escaped from a roofalanche on Tuesday evening around 9 p.m. Mike “Moe” Moose (32) and Sap Bear (31) were riding their brightly decorated bike around the streets of Valdez, tandem, to celebrate the holidays. While riding up onto a porch, they were struck by the avalanche, cascading off the roof of […]
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