@Dantheman - Stoked to have you up here! And super stoked for this program with Sage. I'm really hoping I get to guide this one for sure as it could be an all-time set up!!!

@Mustonen - Re:...

I think there are 5 spots left, and from what I hear - one or two more thinking about it. Probably just the backend isn't right.

Yes, Sage was only recently confirmed for this - so not a lot...

As some of you know, I'm a long-time AK heliguide based out of Valdez.

Pulseline Adventure - the company I'm currently guiding for in AK has a pretty sweet opportunity to ski with Sage...

Question: 1st sled. Been looking for either a later model summit or Polaris with low'ish miles (under ~1500 miles) per earlier suggestions in this thread. Prices continue to seem high though from...

Where is that taken?

I bought two carbon cylinders and flew back from Geneva to the US (reno) without a problem 2 years ago. I still use them in the US but have a travel (i.e. non-filled canister that I travel with on...

Aaron loved being in the mountains and no where more so than in Alaska. I feel honored that our paths crossed and that I got to spend so many days with him in the Chugach riding pow and having fun....

Well done Doctor...

Inspiring. Taking six months off each year to ski powder.

Towards the end of the video, he's charging untracked snow on the Hobacks at Jackson at the end of the day... ...

Kip was one of the first people I met at Squaw during my first winter out here. He was a quiet, unassuming guy tuning skis in the same shop that a number of my friends worked at. Both heralding...

As some of you may or may not know, I have spent the last two seasons working and guiding in Valdez, Alaska with H2O Guides. We have had an epic start to the season, with sick snow, blue sky and...

Free Line's!!!

Sick!

I'm in.

Bumpity bump. Can not wait for AK season again this year!!!!

I read the posts here for the general stoke. He did not contribute to it AT ALL.

And yes, I'm clearly padding my pathetic posts.

Rest in peace Jesse - may you have found peace skiing with all the others that have gone before you. A sad day indeed.

Try the Grand Envers or Petite Envers, both are much better skis. Vallee Blanche is pretty flat.

www.leverthotel.com

Good stuff.

ANTI-JINX, anti-jinx, anti-jinx...

Do not stand at my grave and weep –
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/06/25/BAGVMQLBBI3.DTL&o=0

Sickness.

great thread.

Go see Christian Dennis at Elite Feet for boot fitting work. He rocks. They are located in the Resort at Squaw Creek

I'd get the 193's. I've skied both. I have the 184's with Naxo's mounted as a bc set up. Would prefer the 193s if resort skiing.