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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.

elevator shaft

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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