Spring Break 2013 Part 2 !

We heard turnagain pass on the kenai penninsula had lots of snow so we went  to check it out.

This mountian is called tin can and is pretty popular with anchorage backcountry skiers.

 

Beautiful day on turnagain pass!

 

Nate's friend Rob has only been snowboarding a couple of years but has no fear and usually looks for things like this 15 foot cornice to hit.

Lucy ready to run down the mountain.

Looking towards the turnagain arm. 

Lucy getting tired while waiting for us to put our splitboards together.

 

 

woohoo!

Scouting an awesome looking untracked line down the side of the mountian.

We came back the next day after staying at a friend's cabin in girdwood. Not as clear as the day before but still tons of untouched snow.

 

All smiles at the top.

Jay and Rob bootpacked along the ridge for an awesome line. Nate and kristen stayed behind because Lucy can't be trusted on such sketchy terrain.

 

 Here's some videos of the skiing. The videos really show you how big these mountains are. Runs go for miles and it would take us 15-20 minutes to go all the way down.

https://vimeo.com/62046765

https://vimeo.com/62043430

http://vimeo.com/62048817

Such awesome snow!

Can you find Lucy's track?

We did a great untouched run down into the valley but that meant a long hike out.

No one seems too upset we have to hike out though.

 

 

 

Too beautiful not to just head back up again!

 

Here's some of the panoramics we got.

Thompson pass

Copper river valley and the Wrangell's in the back

Turnagain pass

Turnagain pass 2

Turnagain pass 3

 

After 9 days straight of snow chasing we ended up back in Hatcher's in our backyard for one last run before the real world and work starts again.

 

Until next time....tootles!

Nate, Kristen, Lucy and now Jay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Spring Break 2013!!! Part I

Our Spring Break started out with Jay flying in at 2:30 am after having his flight delayed and missing his connection.  His baggage was on a separate plane and so he stayed awake with Nate and drove down to Anchorage early in the morning to pick up his bags.  The boys were nice enough to let me have a few hours of beauty sleep.  We headed straight up to Hatchers Pass to do some skiing.  The next day we drove out to Valdez to do some cat skiing and backcountry skiing on Thompson Pass.  Here are some pictures from the first part of our Spring Break.

Lucy and Deshka watching for those pesky snow squirrels.

 

The blue sky came out just for the picture our first day on hatcher's pass.

Mount Wrangell towering above the Wrangell mountains.

 

We drove into Valdez just as a storm was moving out.

Can you find the ice climbers?

Looking across Thompson pass.

 

Some more Valdez pics.

 

Our cat skiing day was fun but it was grey and snowy all day so pictures weren't the best but here's one of all of us at the top.

 

The next day we head out for a long trek on skins into a bowl we cat skied in last year.

 

 

 

 

These clouds were very cool.

We had a view of the valdez glacier on the way down.

A cold Lucy goose.

 Jay said 'Nate stop there and let me get a picture.'

I said 'yeah you stay there and let me get a picture.'

 

The sun popped out just in time for the fun part.

 

Lucy the snow dog!

 

 

 

 

70 mph winds came in that night and blew all the snow away, so we headed back home to search for more snow.

Another shot of Mount Wrangell on our way out. It's a pretty impressive mountain.

Jay got a Woodland Park Bier Werks sticker on the legendary Tok Thai bus that didn't get enough business in Tok so she moved to Glenallen haha.

We got back to Hatcher's and set out on terrain we've done often.

 

 

A cold Deshka

 

A Halibut feast to celebrate Jay's arrival.

 

The snow was only so so at Hatcher's pass so we took off the next day a few hours east of anchorage to check out turnagain pass. We found amazing fresh snow and had beautiful blue sky days, so lots more pictures in Part II.