Alaska Backcountry Conditions Report: The Good Life

Mike Records | | Post Tag for Conditions ReportConditions ReportPost Tag for WeatherWeather

The days are getting shorter, its getting colder, and the snow is starting to stack up here in Southcentral Alaska.
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We spent last weekend hunting for steep powder at Turnagain Pass.
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The challenge is finding zones that have escaped the recent wind and avalanche events. Its take time, energy, and thought.
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The usual suspects of strong storm, outflow, and gap winds have scoured channelized terrain such as the Turnagain Pass corridor and Taylor Pass.
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But, once you get out of the wind affect, what you find is a stable, rightside up snowpack that is 120 cm deep.
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The next storm will flow north out of the Gulf of Alaska tomorrow night, its nice to have winter back!
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Note: All photos copyright Mike Records (Instagram @Mike.Records)


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