Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Ski conditions are remarkably good after the biggest snow event in years caused trouble in Thompson Pass the past few days. With roads open I ventured up at first light this morning and left as the sun was peaking through revealing an amazing scene. For instance the entire north face of Little Odessey, including The Shadow are void of rocks […]
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Yep, used to use dial-up with one of the first small lap-top Apples and a program called AppleWorks back in the day at the Chalet. Today it’s a pocket camera with HD video, edited, uploaded to the Net and to the ski world for near daily reports on your laptops or palm-sized phone. It’s been a passion to not only […]
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A short one minute video shot today.. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/145689056[/vimeo]
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So far a bummer season. One person got a ski day a month ago. This is first time I have not skied in October since way back, We had a 1/4″ at sea level that quickly melted yesterday due to a warm and sunny day. With that said I’m heading to Seattle this weekend for a dose of snow science […]
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A break in the recent monsoon on Sunday allowed a peek into the Valdez Chugach. Snows continue to linger at upper elevations but “creep” is happening and places like Loveland Basin which should slowly set up with a minimal of hiking to a skinnable snow surface. I like to wait until there is more skiing than hiking. Long-term forecasts look mundane […]
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The opportunity to ski Iceland was hard to pass up. A hardy winter had loaded the mountains to the north with snow and West Fjords was a mystical place I read about in a ski magazine long ago. I was hoping to ski a day or two in Isajafjord and of course, see and hike as much of Iceland as […]
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Ski – Good to Fair. Skied smooth off the summit with 2″ of fresh powder blown around and drifted over a hard, sometimes wind-rippled surface. Still no decrease in snowpack depth as cool weather has sustained retention. Actually seems above normal depth as I was easily able to skin to the summit where in past years I usually had to […]
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