
Today was a repeat of yesterday on Turnagain Pass in Alaska (near Girdwood). About a foot of blower powder on everything we skied.

To start off we headed up to the top of Pastoral peak. Â The snow was phenomenal. Â We ripped down and glided across the bench on Pastoral’s northwest face and dropped the next face, which was even more fun. Â Simply incredible snow.

From the bottom of the second face we skinned back up to a saddle we’d crossed on our approach to Pastoral. Â We “bootpacked” up moss, lichen, and grass along with a bit of snow to the large chute just east of the Elevator Shaft, which we’d skied yesterday. Â This run was long, fun and ended in huge avalanche debris from an enormous avy that must have occurred quite a whilst ago. Â The avy debris looked and felt like glacier.

It was a 6.5 hour day with 5,440 vertical feet climbed and skied and 11.83 total miles traveled. Â We are tired and happy.

One more day on the pass tomorrow before I catch a flight back to Tahoe tomorrow night. Â Not excited to leave here.