Skinned from Gold Mint parking lot at 9am along Archangel Trail and the road towards Fishhook investigating conditions. No new wet loose or other slides observed. Found nothing but thick, supportable melt-freeze crust, made for interesting skiing conditions.  [ Read More ]

We skinned up the Hatcher Pass Road from near the Goldmint Parking Lot to the Fishhook Parking Lot. Measurements of snow depth were made at 11 different stations. See attached photos. This effort comes 7 weeks after the Valentines Week Storm avalanche cycle starting on February 14 which resulted in the closing of the road.  [ Read More ]

Toured up the southeast face of peak 4068 to observe the moist surface conditions, and search for preserved powder on the northerly aspects during the descent. As expected the southerlies had 10-15cm of moist snow, and the northerly descent was variable, containing near-surface facets, wind slabs, sastrugi, and a few decent powder turns.  [ Read More ]

Toured out of Government peak parking lot, up to Blueberry Knoll and then towards Gov’t Peak summit  [ Read More ]

Toured up the Twin Lakes valley in hopes of finding some wind protected northerlies. None were found. Wind has affected all aspects in the alpine from what we could tell.  [ Read More ]