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All Time Alaskan Tree Skiing

New Year’s finally provided some much needed snow in Turnagain Pass, AK. Although the winds were fierce and any snow above treeline was becoming wind scoured, the trees were finally filling in. The snow was dense, soft and fast. Despite receiving over 24 inches in the upper elevations, it was skiing about three inches. The wind had completely buffed the snow over and made for some all time tree skiing. It felt great to finally play around in the trees again! There’s no shortage of fun features from pillows, to multiple staged drops to air off of and keep you on your toes! Currently, it’s been cold for about a week without precipitation. Much […]
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Alaskan Snowmobilers Dig Out Moose Caught in Avalanche

A moose in Alaska has three snowmobilers to thank for making it to the New Year. On December 28, Marty Mobley, Rob Uphus and Avery Vunichich were snowmobiling at Hatcher Pass, about 55 miles northeast of Anchorage when they passed a small bowl, covered in both ski and moose tracks. When they came back an hour later, they saw an avalanche had covered the tracks. The men saw a snout sticking up through the snow, and heard noises coming from the area. They immediately grabbed their shovels and headed over to start digging. “It looked like a guy’s […]
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Alyeska, AK Conditions Report: 11″ Overnight, 196″ This Season

The last week has been a nice change of pace as it’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. Although it’s still raining at sea level, the snow line has dropped and it seems as if we’ve had our first real powder days of the season.

Yesterday the resort was closed due to high winds, allowing snow to accumulate during this last storm.Today the winds died down letting Alyeska open up the Aerial Tram, Chair 1 (midway laps only) and Glacier Bowl Express (Chair 6). There was only one wind hold on the tram and and Chair 6 the entire day… […]
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Turnagain Pass Avalanche: Backcountry Skiier Survives Full Burial

According to the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center, an avalanche in Turnagain Pass, Alaska fully buried a backcountry skiier on Thursday afternoon. This skiier-triggered avalanche was 350 feet wide, and ran an estimated 1,000 feet downhill. In an incredible turn of events, the skiier was able to dig his head out of the snow and walk away unharmed. “Yesterday a skier triggered an avalanche on the Southwest face of Sunburst. The skier was caught, carried and […]
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Travis Rice Rode Cody Townsend’s “Line of the Year” First:

Cody Townsend won the internet last week with his “Line of the Year” skiing through at tight couloir in Alaska. Travis Rice just announced that he skied it first. We’re not sure why Travis Rice was “momentarily pissed” that Cody harvested so much success with this line, but he was. After seeing how big this line went for Cody, Travis decided to interview Cody via Red Bull’s media machine […]
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2nd Avalanche Fatality of 2014/15 in USA | One Dead in Alaskan Avalanche:

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The USA just suffered its 2nd avalanche fatality of the 2014/15 winter season. Two skiers were caught in an avalanche in Alaska’s Rainbow Mountain off the Richardson Highway on Sunday afternoon. One skier (35-years-old) was killed in the avalanche and the other (63-years-old) was able to dig himself out and survived. “It was reported that (Hopper) had been skiing with a man tentatively identified as (Peterson) when they heard a ‘whoomp’ […]
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Alaska Backcountry Conditions Report: Deep Chugach Powder

Finally, it’s beginning to feel like winter again here in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska! After a false start in October, hopes were high for a great early season in the backcountry. All hopes were quickly destroyed once Typhoon Nuri decided to shift a jet stream of tropical weather into the heart of South Central, Ak. For almost two weeks, the after effects of Nuri bombarded Alaska with wet, warm tropical storms. Temperatures at sea level were hovering at a steady 42 degrees with the highest topping out around 48 degrees.
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Watch “Sugar Mountain” – New Alaska Ski Movie – Free Today:

This past March & April, I spent 30 days camping, skiing, and climbing with 8 Aussies on the Shoup glacier just side of Valdez, Alaska. We had an incredible experience out there and even had a string of 18 sunny days in a row at one point. WATCH SUGAR MOUNTAIN FREE HERE: SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI MOVIE We were there to make and adventure/ski film. The boys brought out all the latest equipment including drones and they captured some incredible imagery from that spectacular northern region. Helly Hansen was the main sponsor of this movie and they are hosting the movie on their website for free for the […]
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