Alyeska, AK Conditions Report: Wet Meets Wild The heights of Mount Alyeska are a case of Jekyll and Hyde: the former falling as thick packable powder stuffing the topmost altitudes even as I type, the latter a devilish wind-born breed of precip. happily lashing the lower mountain. Annual ski-burning revelry, Ullr Fest marked Alyeska Resort’s December 8th mountain opening, a full week in advance of previously announced […] Conditions Report Paulie | December 16, 2017 0 Comments
Alaska Just Got Buried in 10-Feet of Snow in 5-Days | Black Ops Valdez Heli = Fired Up & Ready [sponsored by Black Ops Valdez Heli] Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska has some of the best heli ski terrain on Earth and they just got absolutely buried in snow with up to 10″ of snowfall per hour resulting in 10-feet of snow in only 5-days last week. All this big early season snow has got the crew over at Black […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 14, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Travis Rice Riding Some of the Most Beautiful Terrain on Earth This video is simply gorgeous. Travis Rice is a ninja. Video from Alaska. SnowBrains | December 11, 2017 0 Comments
Alaska Just Saw One of the Most Extreme Snowfall Rates Ever Recorded on Wednesday: 10″ of Snow in 1-Hour 2,678′ Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska just recorded 10″ of snow in one hour on Wednesday. That’s 1.7″ of snow every 10 minutes… This powerful storm dropped 15″ of snow in just 90 minutes. In the end, the storm piled up 40″ of snow in 12 hours. This Thompson pass storm ranks amongst the most intense snowfalls ever recorded. The […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 8, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Thompson Pass, AK Has Received 76″ of Snow In 5 Days | Crews Are Working To Clear Avalanche Debris The Alaska Department of Transportation just posted of video of crews working on Thompson Pass, AK. The road is closed after a 200-foot long and 20 feet deep avalanche struck the road at 3:30am on Wednesday morning. The area has received 76″ of snow in just 5 days. It will be a long clean up process, but crews are working to […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
20-Foot Deep & 200-Foot Long Avalanche On Thompson Pass, AK Closes Road To Valdez According to the Alaska Department of Transportation, an avalanche on Thompson Pass, AK has shut down the Richardson Highway to Valdez. It was reported that the avalanche was 200 feet long and 20 feet deep. The pass received 15″ of snow in 90 minutes yesterday and over 40″ of snow in total. The Richardson highway is the only way out of the […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
Heavy Snow Is Currently Pounding Alaska | 75-125″ of Snow In The Next 2-3 Days The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Alaska. It is in effect until Friday Night at 6:00pm. This is just part of the storm though, as a total of 75″ – 125″ of snow are expected to fall in the mountains of the eastern Chugach & St. Elias Range. An Additional 10-22″ of Snow Is Expected To Fall Thursday Morning […] Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
Proposed Hatcher Pass, AK Ski Area Gets A $500,000 Grant According to The Frontiersman, A proposed Hatcher Pass, AK Ski Area, referred to as Hatcher Alpine Xperience, received a $500,000 grant from the Mat-Su Health Foundation. It will be used towards the construction a Triple Chair and hiring a part-time Executive Director for the first phase of construction at the resort. “We are grateful to the Mat-Su Health Foundation for recognizing […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 1, 2017 1 Comment
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