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Alaska Ski Area Receives 11.5 FEET of Snowfall in 29 Consecutive Days!

Data collected by Eaglecrest Ski Area Sunday, January 26 through Sunday, February 16, 2020 Alaska’s Eaglecrest Ski Area has enjoyed 29 consecutive days with snowfall, and the National Weather Service’s Juneau Office is forecasting even more snow for the next seven days! Since January 26, the mountain, which is owned and operated by the City & Bureau of Juneau, has […]
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Last Frontier Heliskiing, BC Report: True Adventure in Stunning Vistas & Endless Terrain

Report from March 18th, 2019 Yesterday, we skied with Last Frontier Heliskiing from their Ripley Creek Lodge in Stweart, BC – one block from Hyder, AK. We flew through sunny skies, revealing spectacular vistas at every turn. The terrain here is rugged, snow-plastered, and glacier-hewn leading anyone to understand that they are on a true adventure about 1 million miles away […]
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Interview with Sam Cohen | Spine Skiing in AK (he’ll explain what “Elbow Steep” means)

[sponsored by SCOTT] SCOTT Freeski athlete, Sam Cohen, knows a thing or two about skiing spines in Alaska. Since his first trip in 2012, Sam has been exploring and touring the mountains there every year. Last spring, Sam had the opportunity to spend  three weeks scoping lines and backcountry camping in the region, as seen in the video – Peak […]
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Skier Killed in Avalanche in Alaska Yesterday | 2nd Avalanche Death of Season in USA

“This avalanche was absolutely human triggered.  One person triggered it, one person got carried, and one person ended up dead.” – Jed Workman, Director of Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center told KTUU One backcountry skier triggered, was caught in, and was killed by an avalanche off Hatcher Pass, AK on Wednesday afternoon.   His two ski partners were able to located him, extract him, […]
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Human Triggered Avalanche, 600FT X 350FT, 12″ DEEP | First Of Season For Chugach, AK

Anchorage Avalanche Center , Chugach State Park, Alaska, just saw a very large early season avalanche on Saturday. They issued the following report of a recorded observation of the first human triggered avalanche report in the Park this season. “First reported human triggered avalanche of the season in Chugach State Park (Front Range – Powerline Valley – South Ship Lake Pass) yesterday (Saturday). […]
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Heli Hunting for Pow in Haines, Alaska with SEABA

After an easy flight up to Haines, we rolled over to SEABA to check in with the crew and get settled. Stoke level was extremely high until we checked the weather. With a forecast showing heavy snow in the mountains the next few days, we had to start planning for the daily wait and see scenario. Luckily for us, SEABA just installed a new bar for the perfect hangout zone on down days and a night cap…or three.
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Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska Conditions Report: New Terrain Opening Every Day!

What a difference one week makes as Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, AK, continuously opens up new terrain every day! The last 10 days has blessed us with numerous snow storms, with just enough accumulation to refresh the tracked powder from the day before. Needless to say everything is skiing great. The groomers are soft and carvable and off piste has been filling in more than it ever was last season. December is off to a strong start!!
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Alyeska Conditions Report: April Pow Days!

“Better late than never”, was the phrase most used, as today was easily Alyeska’s best powder day of the season. So far the last part of March and almost everyday in April has been the best powder days of the season till today. Today was the most substantial with over a foot of “Alaskan low density snow” that fell on the upper mountain. It was not the day to miss out on! And just in time for the spring carnival this weekend!
It was a classic weekday storm day at Alyeska, which means nobody on the hill and plenty of fresh snow till closing at 6pm. There was about 20 people standing in line at chair four […]
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VIDEO: Winning Run from the Alaska Freeride World Tour Stop

21-year-old American George Rodney won the Alaska Freeride World Tour stop today in Haines, AK. He ski a great line, went big, and nearly took a nasty fall. He ends up on one leg after his first air and somehow pulls it back together just in time to send his next huge cliff and stomp it. George Rodney is a rookie on the tour. He won that last stop in Andorra as well as this one and is currently in first place on the tour going into the final event in Verbier Switzerland. He ski a great line, went big, and nearly took a nasty fall.  He ends up on one leg after his first air and somehow pulls it back together just in time to send his […]
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Alyeska Conditions Report: Heavy Snow!

Well its mid-march and we may be having our biggest snow event of the season. Finally! I thought this storm would never come. We have been currently been getting pounded with snow down to a couple hundred feet elevation and mixed precipitation at the base of Alyeska. The storm rolled in sunday but didn’t pick up its pace till early this morning. As of 10:30am we have received about 8 inches on the upper mountain and 4 inches midway.
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Alyeska Conditions Report: A Natural Terrain Park

Last week finally provided some much needed quality skiing at Alyeska. Finally we received a couple small storms, dumping a couple inches of snow here and there. This was just enough snow to soften things up a bit and allowed for riders to get more creative on our natural terrain. Watch this video as local ripper Colin Gordon makes the best of our dust on crust snow conditions. Besides our small snow storms we’ve been receiving, the snow makers have succeeded on getting all the groomers on the lower mountain open. This was nothing short of a miracle since there has only been a couple weeks that allowed for snowmaking […]
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