Valdez, AK, Report: 9 Runs of April Fools’ Day Fun in Some of the Most Gorgeous Terrain Imaginable

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Heli-Skiing in Valdez, Alaska | 9 Powder Runs On A Bluebird Sunny Day

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.

49ers. image: snowbrians

I liked all the runs.

I liked all the snow.

We skied some steeper stuff like Kozak off the Tasnuna and some wide-open, hallucinatory stuff like Back of Papa Hotel.

Don’t Panic. image: snowbrians

This was the biggest day of the season so far (9 runs) for Pulseline Adventure and I’m honored to have gotten to be a part of it.

Epic day.

Thanks, Alaska!

Photos

Sunflare spray. image: snowbrians
Cam tap tap tapping it out. image: snowbrians
Cam. image: snowbrians
Pat. image: snowbrians
Bitch Child. image: snowbrians
Scary… image: snowbrians
Angry Child. image: snowbrians
Snow Cone. image: snowbrians
Woodworth glacier crew. image: snowbrians
Martial Glacier. image: snowbrians
Steven. image: snowbrians
Don’t Panic. image: snowbrians
Don’t Panic. image: snowbrians
All alone. image: snowbrians
The Wall. image: snowbrians
Serrated. image: snowbrians
The Tusk. image: snowbrians
The Tusk. image: snowbrians
The Books. image: snowbrians
Crew. image: snowbrians
Port Valdez. image: snowbrians
Miles and heli. image: snowbrians
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