[Alonzo]

I'm glad you guys are getting some laps in - it's fucking dicey out there right now.

I know you're with guides and I'm sure you're careful, but I have to emphasize how important it is to be on guard right now. If the conditions over there are anything like they've been a little farther East in the Haines Pass and the White Pass, it's all on a hair trigger. We remotely triggered a slide on a low angle slope from an adjacent ridge on Sunday in the White Pass, and there was wide-spread avalanche activity on every aspect. Even in mellow trees, the whumphs were plentiful and thunderous. The crown on the slide we set off was about 3 1/2 feet in height - scared the shit out of me. Everything seems to be failing on that same layer, and some shit is stepping down to ground.

 

[neni]

I'm glad you guys are getting some laps in - it's fucking dicey out there right now.

I know you're with guides and I'm sure you're careful, but I have to emphasize how important it is to be on guard right now.

Thanks for the heads up. Yeah... the guides here are very aware of the special situation. They dug several pits yesterday and yeah, the layers found are scary. Stayed in very low angle terrain, glacier runs, or, if tad steeper, than only on very short slopes with smooth runout and all the connected safety measures.

We've already sort of accepted that we won't ride anything "interesting" this year due to the current situation. No long steep pitch, no couloirs. We're here for another 8 days, I've my fingers crossed that the layer may bold but won't be surprised if we keep riding mellow pitch till the end. We've already transformed out expectation from "yeah, AK steeps" to "yeah, ride some fluff in flats, enjoy heli sightseeing n grab a good beer"

 

[poutanen]

Enjoy! You're an inspiration to all of us... STAY ALIVE.

 

[neni]

Another down day... but spirits are high cos tomorrow's gonna be flight weather - hopefully . We've a lot of fun with the guys here, I'm already sad they'll leave on Sat.

Been out to the glacier... it's breathtaking everytime. So love all those shades of blue!

 

[ItchEtrigR]

You two sure know how to live life right!

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[MMSlasher]

Wow, great and beautiful pictures Neni.

 

[neni]

Wooohooo! Bluebird pow flight day No2!

Still on the catious side, but we're having loads of fun with a great crew!
Window shopping for the next line

Nice mellow glacier run

"Lift line"

Guys checking out a drop-in

Ladies choice ;=)

Sweet pow

The beauty here is endless...

 

[poutanen]

Still on the catious side, but we're having loads of fun with a great crew!

Keep them coming! I'll never get sick of these pics...

 

[neni]

The downside... been crossing the "Red Light District", an area where there would be amazig runs in the chutes... we've done two brilliant runs there in '15 which I hardly even recognized looking at the mtn now:

This year? None of these chutes are rideable. So many other cool runs are not rideable ATM; hardly snow in chutes, no spines covering rock ridges, drop-ins are rock or solid ice shields, uncovered cravasses blocking runs... whatever name of a run I ask the guide? The answer is: not skiable :dry:

The guides mentioned that we're lookig at 40% of the usual snowcover depth and really to their best to find options, search to open completely new runs to keep ppl happy.

However... A big storm is rolling in. Forecast mentions snowfall from Sunday on w/o an end in sight. So... fingers crossed that we'll get a clear day to ride those goods next week :hope:

 

[Alonzo]

However... A big storm is rolling in. Forecast mentions snowfall from Sunday on w/o an end in sight. So... fingers crossed that we'll get a clear day to ride those goods next week :hope:

Yeah, the storm coming on Sunday should be a good one! It will be interesting to see what happens when all that snow loads the reactive facet / surface hoar layer in the top metre of the snowpack. I'm glad you're with guides.

We need a natural avy cycle to reset things right now anyway. It's looking like another weekend of low-angle, trees, and that's less than ideal.

 

[neni]

Woooohoooo! Steeps! Totally stocked abt the runs we did today! Pics will follow... just... yeaaaaah! Man, what a day! Our guide rocks! So happy we had a great crew with very good skiers and the snow got stable!
:grin::grin::grin:

 

[neni]

Me having some fun :=D

Smiling faces!

Studying a drop-in... today it was mostly looking fairly downwards :=D

Another drop-in...

... guess what ; )

Getting directions

Snow quality was amazing in some parts. Deep spray pow, yay. SO is somewhere in that cloud of snow

The highlight, a long sweet couloir, top to bottom, made the legs burn on the last day of this week

...Its drop-in

Happy as a pig!

 

[Alonzo]

Man, I'm so glad you got the bluebird goods today. Those are the kind of days you'll look back on decades from now.

 

[Noreaster]

So happy for you guys!

That cornice in the third pic...

 

[neni]

So happy for you guys!

That cornice in the third pic...

It occupied only the most right part of the entry into the chute. The drop-in was w/o cornice

But yeah, I wouldn't want to stand beneath it in spring time :laugh:

 

[neni]

It's snowing and snowing and snowing... mountains sure get a reset.

Forecast shows snow non-stop all week long... eek... hope it'll change at some point or we'll have no flight day at all anymore :hope:
But as its snowing at sea level, we at least can use the splitboards to get to ride. And they're digging out the chairlift ATM so we can ride Mt. Eyak at noon

 

[neni]

The guys from the tour camp report 1 foot overnight in the mtns. Still dumping...

 

[wrathfuldeity]

@neni did you get your liners sorted?

 

[neni]

@neni did you get your liners sorted?

Will know after skinning today. It didn't appear that they widened, tho.

But I just managed to find thirtytwo Jones MTB boots in size 7 and they should be shipped here in 2 days. Woohoo! Fingers crossed that they fit, lol.

 

[Argo]

Will know after skinning today. It didn't appear that they widened, tho.

But I just managed to find thirtytwo Jones MTB boots in size 7 and they should be shipped here in 2 days. Woohoo! Fingers crossed that they fit, lol.

You should check out my Facebook video, today was pretty delicious.