Standard uptrack to Raggedtop East Bowl to check out snow depths, snowpack structure and to see what avalanche paths have run this season.  [ Read More ]

Seward Highway road obs.  [ Read More ]

Drove halfway down Portage Glacier Road and down the Seward highway back to Girdwood around 2:30 pm. Snow line now starts halfway up the mountains in this region. No new snow was observed under treeline. Abundant roller balls and several steep loose avalanches were observed near ridgetops.  [ Read More ]

Toured to 5,000 ft ASL on the Milk via the Crow Pass trail to Barnes Mountain. Obviously along the Crow Pass trail avalanches have run to the ground and the valley floor from the recent avalanche cycle. Additional recent large avalanches occurred above the Milk both on and off of glaciated terrain. Turned around at  [ Read More ]

Walked up the Byron Glacier Trail to assess the avalanche hazard as we head into May. The trail is still snow covered but folks have been walking most of the way up the trail before splitting off where the trail becomes lost under snow. The last portion of the trail is completely covered in old  [ Read More ]