Alta, UT Report: 903″ of Snow Turned “Main Chute” Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Into “Main Bowl” Report from April 28, 2023 Yesterday, I drug my extremely tired keester up 11,068′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT to ski the legendary Main Chute. On Thursday, this hike took me 1 hour and 40 minutes. Yesterday, it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes… I was tired… I was so tired I even sat in my car in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 29, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Legendary Little Chute Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Report from April 27, 2023 Yesterday, I slept in and felt damn tired after the previous day’s Pfiefferhorn mission. We’d heard rumors of of Alta opening to uphill yesterday, but we couldn’t confirm. Martin texted me at 7:35am saying that Alta had opened. I jumped out of bed and started my recovery process: Hot shower Big stretch Roller Theragun Breakfast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,331′ Pfeifferhorn, UT – The North Couloir Report from April 26, 2023 Yesterday, we ascended from the White Pine Trailhead in Little Cottonwood Canyon right up and into the North Couloir of the 11,331′ Pfeifferhorn. This trip is pretty straightforward. You walk up a long flat valley until you reach a plateau at the bottom of the Pfeifferhorn. Spot the North Couloir and boot right up it. […] Trip Report Miles Clark | April 27, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Scintillatingly Steep Ramps in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 19, 2023 On Wednesday morning, we ventured straight into the Valley of the Tusk. The Tusk is an impossible peak that is one of the Big 5 of the Chugach Mountains, AK The Tusk The Sphinx Pontoon Meteorite Dimond We flew straight to the gorgeous and intimidating ramps on the west side of the Valley of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Skiing 50+ Degrees on “The Real Pucker Face” Report from April 17, 2023 Last Monday, we got onto a beast. The Real Pucker Face in Valdez, Alaska. (the other Pucker Face is in Jackson Hole, WY) Our day started with gawking at the climax avalanche that occurred this week on Meteorite Mountain. After warming up on three mellower glacier runs, we got into the gnar. I knew it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 24, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Racing Sluff Down an Alaskan Chute Off The Deserted Glacier Report from April 16, 2023 On Sunday, we were supposed to receive new clients, but our clients from last week were still hungry… The all extended their trip a week. Sunday was cloudy then sunny, we got out there around mid-day. I picked out an aggressive-looking run off the Deserted Glacier from the heli I’d never skied before. After some […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 18, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Ominous Steep Powder in the Valley of the Tusk Report from April 15, 2023 Yesterday we got out early and the clouds were troublesome… We worked what we could then came back to the airport when the weather shut us down. Then, it started to clear again. I ended up out there with 2 of my Tahoe ski buddies and no one else. We skied killer runs off the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 16, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Deep, Spectacular Powder Snow Report from April 13, 2023 Yesterday, we awoke to gray skies and light snow. By 9am, the sun was sneaking into Port Valdez, AK. The weather has been schizophrenic of late and we weren’t sure how long this blue hole would last. We decided to act on it. We called in our guests, fired up the helis here at Pulseline […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 14, 2023 1 Comment