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Apr 10, 2024

Left Glen Alps at 1130. Plan was to check out bonding of new snow from storm event on 4/9 on older sun-affected southerly aspects in the Blueberry Knoll/Flattop area. Made two runs in loose new snow on SW aspect of Blueberry near the base of Flattop. Noted post-storm ski/snowboard track coming off summit and down [ Read More ]

South Fork of Eagle River

Apr 9, 2024

We went to explore the South Fork of Eagle River to monitor general trends in the area and to get a higher elevation snow pit. [ Read More ]

Arctic Valley/ Gordon Lyon

Apr 8, 2024

Took the skin track up from the tubing area to the nike road rather than following the creek bed up to Gordon Lyon. Breakable sun crust with surface hoar sitting on it on our way up while it was cold on south faces [ Read More ]

Eagle River South Fork

Apr 6, 2024

Came back today to see if I would be able to gain the ridge toward North Bowl. About an inch of new snow since yesterday at the parking lot. Took the common skin track up to Hunter Pass. [ Read More ]

False Peak

Toured up Little O’Malley gully & traversed the ridge toward False Peak. 5-6 inches of new, light snow that was not bonding with the firm layer beneath in various spots. Solar radiation was increasingly affecting the snowpack as the day went on, the snow growing stickier and heavier as we neared our drop-in point. On [ Read More ]

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