Backcountry Skiing..Your Winter Window Into The Chugach.
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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A few days of wet snow left about 6″ settling rapidly today with brisk north winds building early and peaks flagging. Skinned up to Moonlight Basin from the Hairpin and found mixed and springlike snow with pockets of knee deep facets on the lower…lowers. Witnessed both wind driven slabs avalanches occurring as the wind increased today and sun effect releases […]
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Nice week coming up with a trace of snow in the forecast and cool temps at mountain level and scattered clouds. Stability remains GOOD, with typical springtime sluffing. iPowder remain “wornout” on north aspects and corn could develop around noon each day on southerly aspects dependent on sun angles and such. Snowpack remains deep above 3000′ and hope to get […]
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All in the Chugach. Working on my 25th consecutive 100 day Chugach. Today it was a cornfest in Moonlight West.
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Brian Teale and Matt Kinney
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Great day with the two guides (Trevor and Dave) from Pro Guide Service busting nice trail and excellent routing and pace under stellar Chugach sun over Chugach powder. Few days beat a day like this. Thanks Guys [youtube width=”625″ height=”544″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxUsW5XOcqo[/youtube] Some pics
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