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
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
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
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: The Neatest Line I’ve Skied This Season | Alaska Style Terrain in California Report from March 13, 2024 Yesterday we went for a new zone. A zone I’d never been to before. When we got there, our eyes were ablaze… The sun was irradiating a crystalline white snow surface full of playful features. It appeared to be all powder. I dropped first taking an air entry off the cornice. “Whap!” went my skis […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 14, 2024 0 Comments
Client Dies Heli-Skiing in Alaska With Silverton Mountain Guides The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center (CNFAIC) warns of dangerous avalanches in the Chugach Mountains for Friday, February 9. A storm is moving which is anticipated to create dangerous avalanche conditions. Increasing winds are expected to blow snow into fresh wind slabs 1-2 feet deep. Natural wind slab avalanches can occur or be easily triggered. The warnings comings one […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
‘Into the Wild’ Bus 142 Finds New Home at University of Alaska Museum of the North The abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless, 24 died in 1992, which was removed from its location by the Teklanika River, Alaska, has found a new home at the University of Alaska Museum of the North for long term curation and exhibition. Bus 142, an encapsulation of many facets of Alaska, saw life in the military, as a school bus, and as […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast #58 | Harlan Sheppard – Alaska Heli-Ski Guide for 25-Years, Highway Avalanche Forecaster for Washington State, Hero’s Journey Mindfulness Advocate This episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Club Med. My Guest Today is Harlan Sheppard: Harlan has been a heli-ski guide in Alaska for 25 years He’s also been a ski patroller at Stevens Pass, Washington Harlan is an avalanche course instructor He’s been working for the Washington Department of Transportation in the avalanche department for over […] Podcasts Podcast | January 24, 2024 0 Comments