Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
I drove past Odessey North yesterday and it looked unusually good even from the road. There are a few minor couloirs that dribble through the rock, like Freeway and Pencil Chute. I chose one of the two on the approach, a run I’ve done from the top down, but have failed a number of times to climb up the couloir […]
Read moreNice benchmark today starting my 35th season skiing right here in Thompson Pass where I learned to ski. I recall my first October with lots of wet snow and the beginning of my fascination with snow and eventually avalanches. The difference this year is I retired from 27 years of guiding on my last turns last spring. Who knows what […]
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