Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
Good ski condition remain in Thompson Pass with some winded surfaces nearer the Gap and at higher elevations. Some light snow moving in tonight through Monday and then better snow accumulations Tuesday night and then occasional snowshowers throughout the week. Winds remain generally light and variable. Temps rising to near 30 as the week progresses. Less clouds and snow north […]
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SKI/AVALANCHE – With Thompson Pass recovering from winds to 50mph and temps to -7F, obviously stability issues have developed over the past few days. Snowpack retention remains excellent with very little scouring of our deep upper mountain snowpack. Mid-mountain protected areas of course will hold some patches of powder but expect some slab issues to assess. Today seemed like a […]
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Looking through my archives today prior to a skate session on the nicely groomed Mineral Creek trails, I found this gem from the Winter of 85/86 and recall attending the free class. This article helps bring some context to the history of local avalanche awareness and education. Of course Doug Fesler is a mentor to many Alaskans and others who […]
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SKI – EXCELLENT – Knee deep powder on all aspects and elevations in Thompson Pass with some surface imperfections above 3500, but deeper powder than roadside. AVY – GOOD stability abounds and no recent activity. Skinned through 18″ powder on a hard base soloing Schoolbus to mid-mountain, then the hard base disappears with some soft, minor surface slabs and drifting […]
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Toured to the top of Little Odessey under good ski conditions finding an ice-rimed summit, but powder off the north face. Here’s a short 360 video from the summit and then the rest of today’s story. [vimeo width=”600″ height=”500″]https://vimeo.com/147405417[/vimeo] Kudo’s to those who got as “sick as it gets” in the Cauliflower Couloir off 27-Mile Peak. Here’s a picture of […]
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Excellent skiing on Thompson Pass with deep powder and good stability. Toured up Moonlight with a local group under partly cloudy skies to sunny skies and temps in the upper 20’s. Here’s a short report from Moonlight Basin West. I can tell you it is sick when you wake to sun and you currently have the deepest snowpack in the […]
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