Conditions Report
Conditions report from Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Dumping at sea level.
Meaning it’s dumping even more at elevation.
Taxi to Eaglecrest from the cute, historic gold mining-era state capital of Juneau.
We wanted to fly in a helicopter but there’s a storm dumping good powder snow that makes that impossible for the time being.
So we opted for the next best thing.
Eaglecrest!
When we pulled up to the parking lot it was 9 a.m. and barely full.
At a bigger, more destination ski area like those on mega passes found in the Lower 48, you’d question if the mountain was even open, with the amount of cars in the lot.
But this is just a powder day at Eaglecrest, which is having an exceptionally snowy March this year.
We hopped the Ptarmigan chair, no liftline, and got to down to business.
The independent Eaglecrest has a 1,620-foot vertical drop and every single one of those feet was skiing fresh and good in about 8-12″ of untouched powder.
The resort is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays so Powder Wednesdays are a real thing here.
We reaped the harvest of the past couple days of snowfall, big time.
It was smooth, fast, high-density coastal powder—the stuff dreams are made of.
It was spongey, great cliff hucking snow.
The locals were having a ball.
Friendly Alaskans with big smiles and powder mustaches.
We met a couple heli guides from Haines who came to wait out the storm hitting Southeast Alaska right now in the best way they knew how:
By skiing it.
They were nice and fun to ski with, taking us around to some of the mountains best stashes.
Truthfully, Eaglecrest itself feels like a giant stash spot of the entire North American ski industry.
A place you don’t often hear of and is often overlooked, but that has as good of skiing and snow conditions as any big ski resort player.
The resort has roughly 640 acres of skiable terrain and some absolutely epic sidecontry for the experienced ski tourer.
I was thoroughly impressed.
“Alaska’s best kept secret” is only 15 minutes from Downtown Juneau on Douglas Island and is owned by the city.
It’s a wholesome, family-oriented, good skiing/hard-charging powder-inclined mountain on the coast of one of the wildest places left in the world—good ol’ Alaska.
Fixed grip chairs take you up to coastal mountain views above western hemlock and spruce tree forests that are certainly something to write home about.
Alaska might be known for its steep helicopter-accessed descents and a mythical spine zones, sure.
But it’s the little ski areas like Eaglecrest that are the beating hearts of the ski industry here.
And this one packs a hell of a punch.
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2 hour flight from Seattle. Ski free that day with your boarding pass. Check the forecast and use those Alaska Airlines one way coupons! Area closed Monday&Tuesday bring your AT gear. Now you know.