11:30-14:30-Ascended Ridgeline near Glacier Gulch heading NE towards Goat Mountain from winter lot TH to 2,400 ft. Encountered limited visibility due to gradually lowering valley fog layer and obscured skies, along with widespread variable snow surface throughout our tour. Consistent snow with calm winds made for a delightful descent with temps hovering around 18°-24°F.  [ Read More ]

Saw this slide walking home from Alyeska in a moment of good afternoon light. Poor i-phone photo. Slab looked to be 2-3ish feet deep (viewed form quite a distance, rough estimate). Crown is just below red arc on photo.  [ Read More ]

10:00-Standard Uptrack through Virgin Creek Trailhead to Alder Meadows. We intended on skiing Mount Hibbs but decided to ski Max’s SW face for two laps due to time and wind-loaded/scoured conditions. Great skiing overall, but the face is heavily wind-packed in isolated areas, with visible surface hoar (SH) to 2,500ft.  [ Read More ]

A non-fatal avalanche involvement occurred along the Crow Pass summer hiking trail in the evening of Friday, January 10th. Below is the final report. This report also can be found on the accidents page of our website. We would like to thank the party involved for sharing their story and are very thankful for the  [ Read More ]

Toured up Baumann Bump (Max’s Mountain) from Virgin Creek Falls. We found most new snow/facets on the SW face until about 2,200 feet of elevation, where we found isolated pockets of wind affected snow and small wind slabs. These wind slabs became more prevalent as we approached the ridge separating the virgin creek drainage and  [ Read More ]