Valdez, AK Report + Photo Tour: The Search for Good Snow on Big Terrain Led Us To “The White Room” Wall Report from April 20, 2024 (If you are interested in skiing Alaska in 2025 with Miles please email us at contact@snowbrains.com, thanks 🙂 The terrain here is hard to understand. It’s so big. It’s too big. It’s supernatural. It’s face-melting. I think these photos show this. On Friday I flew out with a specialty crew on an evening mission with […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2024 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: What Is “Alaskan Velvet?” Hint: It’s This… And It’s Great… Report from April 16, 2024 On Tuesday, we got out to have a look in a northern zone I’d never been to with Pulseline Adventure. 3 Pigs. It was windy out there. More than expected. We skied 2 runs in good, wind-buffed powder in some high-quality ski terrain. I wanted more, but the wind sent us back to our staging […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 19, 2024 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Skiing Through an Ice Cave & Epic Powder on a Heli-Assisted Ski Touring Trip Report from April 14, 2024 On Sunday I got the nod to take a fun group of skiers on a heli-assisted ski tour with Pulseline Adventure. Malou Peterson, Etienne, and Carson. We chose to get dropped off near “Girls” and drop down into the Hoodoo Glacier zone. The first run held happy, fun, blower powder. The second run was right […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2024 0 Comments
My Ego Led To The Hardest Crash of My Life in Alaska Report from April 13, 2024 On Saturday, I took the hardest fall of my life. It was 100% preventable… On the first run of the day, we found 75 cm (30 inches) of new snow. “The deepest snow of my life!” yelled our buddy Travis Ganong (former World Cup ski racer) after his first run. Related: U.S. Ski Racer Travis […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2024 1 Comment
Where Will it Snow This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of April 14-23, 2024 It’s not over quite yet. Even though it’s spring, the snow isn’t stopping. It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is falling so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next […] Weather Brent Thomas | April 14, 2024 0 Comments
Valdez, Alaska, Report: Impeccable Snow & Big Sluff on an Amazing Shoup Glacier Island Report from April 9, 2024 Monday was the 2nd day of my 2024 Alaska heli-ski season. The day started cloudy and slowly started clearing. By 1:30pm, we were in the air. We bumped out to the Shoup Glacier, a place I spent 1 month camping and skiing with a buncha crazy Aussies back in 2014. Huge glacier. Gorgeous zone. We […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 11, 2024 0 Comments
Valdez, Alaska, Report: 9-Runs in Explosive Powder on Phenomenal Terrain on Day #1 Report from April 7, 2024 (if you would like to heli-ski with Miles this April please email us:Â contact@snowbrains.com) Sunday was the first day of my 2024 Alaska ski season. This is my 3rd season heli-ski guiding for Pulseline Adventure and my 16th spring in Alaska. I consider skiing up here a completely different season because there’s nothing else like […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 9, 2024 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of April 7-16, 2024 Even though it’s spring, the snow isn’t stopping. It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is falling so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. This late in […] Weather Brent Thomas | April 7, 2024 0 Comments