[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 […] Featured Video Miles Clark | November 1, 2021 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 30, 2021 0 Comments
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 […] Featured Article Paulie | April 5, 2018 0 Comments
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 […] Featured Article Paulie | February 1, 2018 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Mike Records | November 17, 2015 0 Comments
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 […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | December 19, 2014 1 Comment
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. Backcountry Lee Lyon | May 15, 2014 2 Comments
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. […] Backcountry Lee Lyon | May 14, 2014 5 Comments
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