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Young Boy Killed in Avalanche on Turnagain Pass, AK

Updated March 25, 2025, 3:15 a.m. On March 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., the remains of a teenage snowmobiler were recovered from the field by the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group and transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the Alaska State Troopers. The Next of kin notifications have been completed. A young snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche […]

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AvyBrains | March 23, 2025
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[VIDEO] SnowBrains 2020/21 Alaska Highlights: Helicopters, Spines, Powder, & Backflips

We spent the entire month of April 2021 skiing in Alaska, traveling around, chasing snow and good times. This was our 13th ski trip to Alaska (damn we’re getting old…). Within 12-hours of landing in Anchorage, we were flying in a helicopter with Triple Point Expeditions skiing some of the highest quality powder we’ve ever laid into in Alaska. After […]

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Miles Clark | November 1, 2021
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Turnagain Pass, AK Report: Corn Harvest on Our Last Day in Alaska

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing  Report from April 28, 2021 Wednesday was our final ski day in our month-long stay in Alaska. We cruised up to Turnagain Pass and grabbed a quick 2,700-vertical-foot corn lap and called it a trip. It was warm again yesterday with temps in the 50s and hiking attire in the T-shirt. Only on the […]

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Miles Clark | April 30, 2021
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Avy Savvy: AK X-Gamer, J. Borgstede Talks Avalanche Awareness around Mount Alyeska, AK

[sponsored by Alyeska Resort] Ah, Spring; a magical season when eager minds turn to only one thing…Alaska backcountry. At storied Alyeska Resort and core boardshop Blue & Gold, the months of April and March, especially, teem with rippers arriving to answer the steep, deep call of Chugach National Forest and its Turnagain sector. The national forest, of which thirty percent […]

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Paulie | April 5, 2018
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Operation: Tin Can, an AK backcountry exposé

A fine February morning has only just dawned over Alaska’s Turnagain Arm and already Alyeska Resort, the state’s foremost ski epicenter, is happily humming. Over winter’s calendar window the slopes of Alyeska will host a veritable army of aspiring Powder-Pirates whose numbers will swarm from late august til spring. They come, from near and far, for the ski-able acres. They […]

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Paulie | February 1, 2018
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Alaska Backcountry Conditions Report: The Good Life

The days are getting shorter, its getting colder, and the snow is starting to stack up here in Southcentral Alaska. We spent last weekend hunting for steep powder at Turnagain Pass. The challenge is finding zones that have escaped the recent wind and avalanche events. Its take time, energy, and thought. The usual suspects of strong storm, outflow, and gap […]

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Mike Records | November 17, 2015
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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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ameliatraynor | December 19, 2014
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Japan to Alaska: 2014 Season Review, Part 5

While the storm didn’t exactly deliver as much as we’d hoped, we still caught a couple decent powder days at Alyeska. The skies cleared, and the skiing was good on Turnagain Pass. Back to the top. Miles Clark photo.

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Lee Lyon | May 15, 2014
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Japan to Alaska: 2014 Season Review, Part 4

In March, it was time to head for Alaska. We arrived in Anchorage just in time for a good-sized storm. After a couple of endless days of shopping and organizing our van for camping, we headed for Turnagain Pass. Good to be back in Alaska. Unfortunately, new snow and rain crust weren’t getting along so well. We kept walking and stuck to mellower slopes. And eventually stability improved. Thin snow year equals more interesting couloirs. Elevator Shaft. Eekey Popplemayer photo. Then, it was time to head for Valdez. […]

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Lee Lyon | May 14, 2014
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Turnagain Pass, AK Report: Perfect Powder on Pastoral Peak

Today was a repeat of yesterday on Turnagain Pass in Alaska (near Girdwood). Blower powder on everything we skied. To start off we headed up to the top of Pastoral peak. The snow was phenomenal. We ripped down and glided across the bench on Pastoral’s northwest face and dropped the next face, which was even more fun. Simply incredible snow. From the bottom of the second face […]

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Miles Clark | April 10, 2014
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Turnagain Pass, AK Report: Blower. Powder.

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Skinning up on 6″ of light powder on ice on Sunburst ridge today off Turnagain Pass, AK was frustrating. Skins didn’t wanna hold. Anytime it got steep, we slid back. The last pitch to the top was brutal. On top, I just wanted to go home. Clearly, it was going to be dust on crust. Bad skinning to bad skiing… We gave the line Elevator Shaft a go expecting pure survival skiing and found smooth powdery bliss instead. The snow […]

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Miles Clark | April 9, 2014
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Turnagain Pass, AK Backcountry Report:

We headed up to Turnagain Pass from Girdwood, AK today for a quick skin and ski. Cloudy to partly cloudy skies with some nice sun bursts got us on the trail with high hopes. About 3 inches of “new”, wet, slushy snow covered the slopes but didn’t cover the trees. Spring is here in AK for sure. After about 40 minutes of skinning we reached treeline at 2,300 feet and stopped. Clouds had […]

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Miles Clark | April 7, 2014
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