Months After Avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach, Recovery of 3 Heli-Skiers Remains Impossible More than six months after a devastating avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains claimed the lives of three heli-skiers, recovery teams have been unable to bring their bodies home. The slide struck March 4 near the west fork of the Twentymile River outside Girdwood, burying three longtime friends beneath an estimated 40 to 100 feet of snow. The victims were identified […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | September 19, 2025 1 Comment
The North Face at Alyeska Resort, AK | Can You Ski It? [Sponsored By: Alyeska Resort] Tucked into the northernmost rainforest in North America, Alyeska Resort sits above the town of Girdwood Alaska, about 45 miles South of Anchorage in the Chugach Mountain Range. Alyeska is one of those undiscovered gems in the ski world. It’s not the biggest or the baddest and doesn’t have that glitzy pro skier cred the way Squaw or […] D’Arcy McLeish | November 13, 2017 8 Comments
Why Alaska Has To Be on Your Bucket List: [sponsored by Alyeska Resort] Alaska. What do you think of or see when you hear that word? Vast, wild, rugged, free and adventurous? How about Images of massive glaciers cascading off huge peaks into the Pacific Ocean, Grizzlies the size of Jeeps, giant trout and salmon, flocks of Bald Eagle, raging rivers; these are all the common images that come […] D’Arcy McLeish | May 11, 2017 1 Comment
Alyeska Cat Skiing is Back in Action After 3-Year Hiatus Girdwood, AK: For the first time in three years, Alyeska cat skiing resumes at Alyeska Resort with help from the Chugach Powder Guides (CPG). The cat skiing operation had been suspended due to insufficient snowpack requirements needed to build out the cat path to access cat skiing terrain. As of February 4, 2017, it’s all systems go once again. “In the last month, […] Robin Azer | February 24, 2017 0 Comments
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