Valdez Ski Report April 11, 2016 Schoolbus (Video)
The sky finally stopped leaking. “Rain-Gate 2016” ends.
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Valdez Ski and Avalanche Report March 23, 2016 1800 AKT
SKI-Solo toured from DOT to Loveland Breaks under the Ridge.. Thigh went to knee at noon with my boot penetration indicative of settled storm snow based on my last report.. Density layer at the surface is healing which has resulted in FAIR skiing in the Thompson Pass Corridor.. Variable conditions exist, some breakable, some not.. Bring your Whippets.. Colder over night […]
Read moreValdez Ski Report – North Shore Big Odessey (Video)
Skied a variety of line on the North Shore of Big Odessey, except this one. Typically rock laden and rough, today it was stocked full of snow with hardly a stone. Some breeze textured powder with small, isolated patches of soft slab made for good, steep skiing. Some “ruts”. In the photo you can see where I descend then long […]
Read moreValdez Ski Report- Alpine, Telemarks and Mono-marks(Video)
One of joys and advantages with free-heel bindings is telemark skiing Thompson Pass powder. As skis have got fatter, alpine turns have been worked in to my skiing and so I like to mix it up. The “mono-mark” is a type of telemark turn that uses only one ski in the lead to make the turn. By gently rocking the […]
Read moreValdez Ski And Avalanche Report – Compound Schoolbus
SKI– VERY GOOD -Solo up Schoolbus via Telemark under flat light conditions finding good powder skiing when the sun popped out enough to ski it. I found 4-8″ of new snow over the nice old snow and spotty slabs we had previously. AVALANCHE – With the sun busting out a bit tomorrow and more on Thursday, a CONSIDERABLE avalanche hazards […]
Read moreValdez Ski Report – Worthington Glacier
Skied with the Wilsons from Anchorage today and also met a another pair of “non-mechanized”, thus clean-powered for Chugach powder, ski alpinist all the way from Austria. They met us at the top of the icefall, then roped up and disappeared into the abyss of a crevassed Alaska glacier. The groups I met today have been here all week and have […]
Read moreValdez Ski Report March 1, 2016 – Big Odessey (Video)
Tele posse Tuesday had knees dropping all the way down and an extra lap up high after summiting Big Odessey via Schoolbus. Excellent skiing. Good stability with little sluffing as the snowpack continues to settle sweetly. Weather still looks excellent through the week. Some gusty northerlies develop on Wednesday-Thursday. Here’s a video. This pics are from Sam Shirk. Enjoy. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/157390151[/vimeo]
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