Challenge of Alaska | Adaption In Action At home in land of the Last Frontier, interactive athletics non-profit organization, Challenge Alaska supports pursuit of excellence under any circumstance. A long-time partner with Alyeska Resort, Challenge AK’s stimulating platform of sport, inspiration, and learning generates a community-wide ripple of positive thinking to affect staffers, pupils, parents, and public at-large. “Participation with Challenge has been said to be life […] Featured Article Paulie | February 26, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report: slash meets sun Something wintery this way comes. The Thursday front to visit Alyeska Resort brought curious (though welcome) bouts of socked-in AM slashing followed by clear-out winds that managed to alleviate white out while also starkly layering Low to High mountain temps. Iconic-meets-infamous, North Face was open from Chuck’s gate downward, funnelling at Autobahn into a wiggley, fresh sprints. Additional Outer Area open […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 23, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report: sneaky stupendous To look upon it, one wouldn’t have thought it, but Alyeska Resort skied AWESOME today. The mat-white cap to a Friday otherwise characterized by fluctuating cloud lent a somewhat flat (if not all out blind) first impression to Alaska’s premier ski area, but be not fooled. The smoke layer ranged like a Dall Sheep across Mount Alyeska faces; there one […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 16, 2018 0 Comments
Why Alaska Has the Best Skiing on Earth Alaska is often considered to hold the best skiing on earth. When snow, terrain, scenery, and world class resorts collide, it is easy to see why. Jesse Cassidy | February 14, 2018 1 Comment
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report -Quick & Dirty- FRESHIES. Steady snows first seen late Saturday at Alyeska Resort have hung about through to Monday, blanketing AK’s largest commercial ski-mecca with bomb-able pow (and patrol’s working on exactly that even as I type). This is Paulie at Girdwood advising: get out and SKI! Snow Numbers Forecast Conditions Report Paulie | February 12, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report: bonding snow, breaking cloud A game of Cat & Mouse has been playing out on Alyeska Resort slopes. Brilliant sun chasing a hovering inversion layer has been an occasional visibility challenge, stunning photo backdrop, and week-long theme. Light dashings of fresh snow and slight temperature up-swings have followed the clouds to the Chugach Mountains and Mount Alyeska. That one two punch is skiing with […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 9, 2018 0 Comments
Generation Next; Groms go big at Alyeska, AK Alaska attracts the snow wanderer. From the seasonal transient to holiday line chaser, ski faithful flock to the Last Frontier—and some cannot help but to stay. Those with moxy enough to set root in AK soil are likely to grow a little something for their efforts. That’s the circle of life, and it lends Girdwood’s Alyeska Resort an ever-impressive crop […] Featured Article Paulie | February 5, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report: Bomber Blue Frigid temps. fail to cool skiing at Alyeska Resort. Low crowds, scarce clouds, and light-speed lines were earmarks of the mountain today. North Face, Alyeska’s un-nerving-meets-awesome DBL BLK, was open–top to tram. Northface snowpack was variable (with a Captial ‘V’) but curio wiggles through deep, still-fresh pockets were to be found among the groves and mini-ledges. And, a word to […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 2, 2018 0 Comments