Valdez, AK, Report: Scintillatingly Steep Ramps in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 19, 2023 On Wednesday morning, we ventured straight into the Valley of the Tusk. The Tusk is an impossible peak that is one of the Big 5 of the Chugach Mountains, AK The Tusk The Sphinx Pontoon Meteorite Dimond We flew straight to the gorgeous and intimidating ramps on the west side of the Valley of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Skiing 50+ Degrees on “The Real Pucker Face” Report from April 17, 2023 Last Monday, we got onto a beast. The Real Pucker Face in Valdez, Alaska. (the other Pucker Face is in Jackson Hole, WY) Our day started with gawking at the climax avalanche that occurred this week on Meteorite Mountain. After warming up on three mellower glacier runs, we got into the gnar. I knew it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Racing Sluff Down an Alaskan Chute Off The Deserted Glacier Report from April 16, 2023 On Sunday, we were supposed to receive new clients, but our clients from last week were still hungry… The all extended their trip a week. Sunday was cloudy then sunny, we got out there around mid-day. I picked out an aggressive-looking run off the Deserted Glacier from the heli I’d never skied before. After some […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 18, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Ominous Steep Powder in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 15, 2023 Yesterday we got out early and the clouds were troublesome… We worked what we could then came back to the airport when the weather shut us down. Then, it started to clear again. I ended up out there with 2 of my Tahoe ski buddies and no one else. We skied killer runs off the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 16, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Deep, Spectacular Powder Snow Report from April 13, 2023 Yesterday, we awoke to gray skies and light snow. By 9am, the sun was sneaking into Port Valdez, AK. The weather has been schizophrenic of late and we weren’t sure how long this blue hole would last. We decided to act on it. We called in our guests, fired up the helis here at Pulseline […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 14, 2023 1 Comment
Valdez, AK Report: Popping A Wheelie on Long Powder Spines in Sun & Shade Report from April 8, 2023 Saturday was our last day with 3 world cup skiers (Travis Ganong, Steven Nyman, Marie Gagnon) and our old buddy Jeff with Pulseline Adventure. It was a big powder day and we headed out to a mellow spine zone that always skis like a dream. Travis and I had skied out here the previous year. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 12, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Knee Deep Blower Powder Report from April 7, 2023 Last Friday we flew out of the Valdez airport after a healthy amount of new snow with Pulseline Adventure. We flew straight to the Hoodoo Glacier zone and it was deep… Knee deep. The first turns were dreamy, creamy, and real. Sluffs were running fast and far. It was true Alaska skiing. We hit two […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 12, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Steep Skiing & Sluff In Our 2014 Shoup Glacier Camp Zone Report from April 5, 2023 On Wednesday we got our into a zone we’d camped in for a month back in 2014. We guided a group of Aussies there while they made a movie called Sugar Mountain. We skied 2 runs we’d skied back in 2014 and it was very neat to be back. We skied 5 runs this day […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 9, 2023 0 Comments