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
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: 14 Glorious Runs on the Best Day of the Season & Mom’s Birthday Report from April 25, 2025 Friday was my Mom’s birthday. She left us in 2023. We’ve had a difficult weather month here in Valdez this year but on Mom’s birthday, it went blue… We started early on Friday with Pulseline Adventure. Legendary guide Jessica Baker was our lead guide on this day and she crushed it. Powder, steeps, long runs, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: Evening Light Steep Skiing Until Pumpkin Hour Report from April 24, 2025 We’ve had rough weather this month in Valdez, AK. But we did sneak out for one powder run with Pulseline Adventure on April 23rd, and it was glorious just to get out. Then, on a sunny evening on April 24th, we got back out and skied a warm-up and then two deliciously steep runs. This […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 27, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: Sluffy Steeps & Powder Snow In A New Zone Report from April 15, 2025 Yesterday we got out there early knowing the clouds would be building in the afternoon. We tip-toed as we have quite a few avalanche problems on the board and our reconnisance flight yesterday morning revealed hundreds of avalanches that occured mid-storm. We started on very mellow terrain. Then bumped up the angle slowly and tenitively. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: 9 Runs of Airs, Mini-Spines, & Wide-Open Powder Report from April 15, 2025 On Tuesday, we got there early with Pulseline Adventure in Valdez, AK. We knew the clouds were coming in later in the day. We found good snow in a gorgeous zone off the Valdez Glacier right away. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) We lapped it and laughed at the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Vicious Views Skiing Fresh Powder In Sunset Light Report from April 14, 2025 Monday morning started out snowing hard at sea level. Then, the clouds started to part around noon. By 1 pm, we were airborne. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) We started in an old favorite zone and found good snow. As the day wore on, we bumped over to a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Chasing Blue Holes, Buzzing Over Glaciers, & Skiing Powder Snow Report from April 12, 2025 Saturday was the last day of my buddy’s week here in Valdez. It had been a rough week with brutal weather. We needed a win. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Mother Nature gave us the nod on day 7 and gave us a lingering blue hole. It wasn’t much, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: All-You-Can-Eat “Sushi Bar” Buffet Report from April 3, 2025 On Thursday, we had our last sunny day of the week with Pulseline Adventure. We wasted it not. Lynn took us straight out to Sushi Bar, and we gorged. Our first two runs revealed creamy, recrystallized snow on sprawling, mellow terrain. Then, she turned it up a notch. Or two. Our 3rd and 4th runs […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 10, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Heli-Assisted Backcountry Touring Some Classic Alaska Ramps Report from April 2, 2025 On Wednesday, I was assigned to Standby Guide here at Pulseline Adventure in Valdez, AK. This means I spend the day at the airport, ready to assist in a rescue if one goes down. Plans changed when a group of heli-skiers decided to go heli-touring. Boom! I was picked to take them for a walk. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 6, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: 9 Runs of April Fools’ Day Fun in Some of the Most Gorgeous Terrain Imaginable Report from April 1, 2025 On April Fools’ Day, 2025, we skied 9 runs in good, recrystallized powder snow. “Alaskan Velvet,” if you will. We started the day on the Pencil Glacier, bumped over to the Woodworth, and ended on the Tasnuna. I liked all the runs. I liked all the snow. We skied some steeper stuff like Kozak off […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 5, 2025 0 Comments
Client Dies Heli-Skiing in Alaska With Silverton Mountain Guides The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center (CNFAIC) warns of dangerous avalanches in the Chugach Mountains for Friday, February 9. A storm is moving which is anticipated to create dangerous avalanche conditions. Increasing winds are expected to blow snow into fresh wind slabs 1-2 feet deep. Natural wind slab avalanches can occur or be easily triggered. The warnings comings one […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
Exclusive Discounts to Heli-Ski Alaska in Spring 2024 With Pulseline Adventure and SnowBrains It’s been nuking snow in the Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez, Alaska, for weeks and the alpine heli-skiing zones above 2,500’ are plastered with above-average snowpack (and winter officially starts today). At sea level, Valdez averages more than 27 feet of snowfall annually. Related: Valdez, AK Report: My 1st Ever Day as an Alaskan Heli-Ski Guide with Pulseline Adventures March and […] SnowBrains | December 21, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez Heli-Ski Guides Announces Purchase of Alaska Rendezvous Lodge In a stunning move, two of the premier Heli-Ski guiding companies in Alaska are consolidating ownership, as Valdez Heli-Ski Guides (‘VHSG’) announced its acquisition of Alaska Rendezvous Lodge (‘ARL’) on November 24, 2023. Founded in 1993 by industry legends Doug and Emily Coombs, VHSG offers a cadre of expertly trained and experienced guides, a plethora of untouched powder in Alaska’s […] Industry News Jared Roberts | November 27, 2023 1 Comment
Trip Report: 7,193′ Mt. Benet, AK – 50º Steep for 1,000-Vertical-Feet, Bergshrund, w/ World Cup Skier Travis Ganong Report from April 9th, 2022 On Saturday we skied six glorious runs with clients: four in a fun spine zone, one on the dazzling White Wall, one on the very steep Jacques Cousteau with Pulseline Adventure heliskiing. Valdez, AK Report: White Room & Jacques Cousteau Steeps After skiing high-quality powder all day, we returned to the Valdez Aiport to hang […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 15, 2022 6 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Gentle Spines After 3-Feet of New Snow Report from April 7, 2022 It snowed about 3-feet in the mountains around Valdez, AK on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We knew that the mountains were going to be full of snow and touchy avalanche-wise when we flew out with Pulseline Adventure on Thursday. We saw many avalanches on all aspects and elevations on our way to our zone […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 8, 2022 1 Comment
Alyeska Resort, AK, Got a Record-Breaking 19″ of Rainfall Last Week While the higher elevations of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska received unbelievable amounts of snowfall last week, an estimated 28-feet in places, at lower elevations that precipitation fell as rain. Related: Did Alaska’s Chugach Range Just Get Over 28-Feet of Snow in 3-Days? What a week! The historic Halloween storm that rolled in late on Oct 29th is finally loosening […] SnowBrains | November 8, 2021 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Birds Eye View of Chugach Mountains, AK, After Forecasted 28-Feet of Snow Earlier this week, we shared an NWS forecast predicting 28-FEET of snow over 72-hours in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. Related: Did Alaska’s Chugach Range Just Get Over 28-Feet of Snow in 3-Days? Many people were skeptical. Only the very highest peaks would see snowfall, and most would see rain. There are also no weather stations on any of the highest mountains, […] SnowBrains | November 5, 2021 0 Comments
Chugach Range, AK Report: Gorgeous Long Lines in the Best Snow We’ve Found This Week Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from April 7, 2021 I went for a long walk in the Chugach Range, AK yesterday and found some good snow for the first time this week. A wind event came through and beat up most of the zone I’m in on Sunday/Monday and it’s been a battle to find good snow since […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 8, 2021 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Report: Pristine Powder on the High Traverse Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Report from February 5, 2021 I got to use my powder skis today. Today was day four in a row at Alyeska Resort and it was easily the best day since I got here on Monday. A funky inversion-layer hovered halfway up the mountain today and it was much warmer and sunnier at […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 5, 2021 0 Comments
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