Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
SKI – Skied solo across Odessey Lake yesterday and today to get at North Odessey Gulley finding good powder conditions with some surface imperfection mainly with 1-2″ thick soft wind slabs of generally small size mixed with powder. 2-3″ new last night. Slab density and depth increase with elevation and exposure thus careful assessment on steeper routes is recommended. Ski […]
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It’s a 1.5 minute video with a foursome of locals. See below, plus this ancient BW of Catchers Mitt all puffed out in powder from my files. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/152371511[/vimeo]
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The first leg of the Qanik Challenge was held today on the very fast Mineral Creek Nordic Trails. Temps in the upper 20’s and a slight breeze down the valley made for perfect race conditions, Good to see so many locals going the distance in the difficult Classic division. Big Kudos to the VHS Buccaners for going outside the “box” […]
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SKi- EXCELLENT powder skiing on most aspects and elevations in Thompson Pass. With excellent light I was able to get some good shots (SEE BELOW) of today’s tour in Moonlight Basin. JP caught up with me and we definitely got in the goods. Enjoy the weekend! AVALANCHE – Overall stability in Thompson Pass is GOOD and should remain so through the weekend. […]
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Found adequate snow cover and stability under Benzene Peak today. Bumpy hard with 4-8″ of nice powder. Brush was not an issue the way we went which was not on the “braap” trail. We skinned twice back and forth up towards the rock bands, mooching powder runs between old, rugged avalanche debris fields. Nice hidden stash with some 35-45 degree […]
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A shadow points to today’s problem. Scary stable? Some gusty winds last night lightly slabbed most front range surfaces resulting in fair skiing. Skied up to Goodwills quite aways and then worked my way back down carefully over grabby snow and such. Good thing? Clear/Calm/17F. Could almost see Canada. Saw one other soloist. North of the Pass was cold to […]
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