Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Specifically went for better pit data today. Continued whomping, inconclusive pit test, lack of natural activity with oddly….abundant skier triggered events all add up to red flags. Skied up onto Worthington Glacier as an ideal place for a pit as the snowpack is undisturbed by wind and drifting which is compounding these variable and unique conditions. With a perfect test […]
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Excellent touring conditions in the Pass today with parties spread out and enjoying some solstice sun. Avalanche conditions were dominated by remote triggers by not only our party but another on lower Harveys Ditch on Little Odessey. Another sled remote-trigger is visible just over the Pass along the roadside. Here’s the important stuff followed by a few touring pics as […]
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SKI – VERY GOOD with 6-8″ new over old-snow making for nice powder skiing in the north Odessey Arena. Skied laps from mid-mountain in Schoolbus today on BD Converts giving the new gear a shakedown. Catcher’s Mitt would be a good call. As we enter the solstice season, the windows for decent light are narrowed to a few hours a […]
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Route and pit picture from this am. Flurries in the forecast.
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VIDEO report below from today skinning with Jessica and Taylor to Very Good conditions in Loveland Basin with a bit of a soft crust over old settled snow. Measured 75cm of snow on the glacier. Stability was Good. Enjoy the tunes.
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Temperatures to 18F through the Pass have made for icy approaches which give way quickly to good skiing with a few inches of aging, textured snow above 3000 feet. A few poseys out today in Schoolbus and Catchers Mitt with mostly sunny skies and calm winds. At upper elevations in exposed terrain expect to find some ice spots around rocks, […]
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SKI – GOOD on 2″ of wet fresh snow over a solid base. Very little drifting. North aspects are by far the best as the Odessey Arena should be good for the next few days. Catchers Mitt will be sunniest. Skied Harvey’s Ditch on Little Odessey today and was real nice. AVALANCHE – LOW with some minor wet sluffing at […]
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