Valdez, AK Report: Steep Skiing & Spread Eagles During a Secret Event Report from March 28, 2023 Last week, we were lucky enough to witness a very special on snow event. We were guiding a VIP crew who was there to watch the event. Fortunately, between segments of the event, we got the VIPs out for a couple of runs. The first run was steep and featured. The 2nd was mellow and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 4, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Skiing in Some of the Most Raw, Gorgeous Terrain on Earth – The Schwan Glacier Report from March 27, 2023 Day #2 of our heli-ski guiding season in Valdez, AK with Pulseline Adventure was giggly fun. We skied off the Schwan Glacier deep in the Forest Service terrain. This is some of the rawest, most gorgeous terrain on Earth. Run #1:ย Big mountain skiing with some exposure in challenging wind-affected snow – long run all […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 1, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Big Lines in the Shade + Happy Powder in the Sun Off the Pencil Glacier Report from March 26, 2023 I arrived in Alaska on March 21st for my 16th ski trip here and my 2nd season of heli-ski guiding. I went through 4 days of guide training with Pulseline Adventure:ย ย Crevasse Rescue Avalanche Rescue Medical Fuel Truck Dispatch Aircraft Safety After guide training, my clients arrived on Saturday and we were ready to roll […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 30, 2023 0 Comments
Park City, UT, Report: Hot Skiing in “The Abyss” & a Lightning Closure on Our 100th Day of the Season Report from March 20, 2023 Day #100 of the season for us yesterday! Yesterday was our day to pack up for Alaska and get everything dialed in for our heli-guiding trip to Valdez with Pulseline Adventure. But, we figured we could sneak out for a few laps off Peak 5 at Park City, UT mid-day. We hit Peak 5 at […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 21, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT Report: Powder Stash in Secret Chute Report from March 17, 2023 We knew the sun had gotten to most of the snow in Utah when we awoke yesterday morning. Martin had a secret stash, though… Good tree skiing to a hidden chute. I blindly trusted him, got out there early, and follwed. He was right. The snow up high in the trees was perfect powder. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT Report: Fast Powder on Little Superior at Dawn Report from March 16, 2023 We did the Salt Lake City thing today:ย Wake up early and started skinning with headlamps in the dark Waking up early hurt. Hiking up was critically cold. Once the sun first hit, it all felt worth it. I kinda get it now. I especially got it once we started driving down the canyon at […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: High Speed Storm Skiing Fun Report from March 15, 2023 The pouring rain in Tahoe freaked me out yesterday. At 2pm it hit me that even once the sun came out, Tahoe wasn’t gonna be good… I scrambled, cleaned the house, packed my stuff, forgot my ski socks in the drier, and hit the road by 3pm PT. In general, my rule is not to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 15, 2023 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: High-Fiving Ski Patrol From The Chairlift | 648″ of Snow & Counting View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from March 13, 2023 Palisades Tahoe, CA, has already seen 648″ of snowfall this season. We were first chair on KT-22 today! We had to give ski patrol a high five from the chairlift. Ski Patrol was digging out the chair mid-chair line today as we floated past. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 13, 2023 2 Comments