Don't go to Valdez, everyone said. It's 30% of the normal snowpack there, the glaciers are thin, everyone has left. What we weren't told is that it's still ski in ski out from the road and 5,000' Chugach classics are still in play.
Most people who spend all year in the Chugach in ripe winter conditions probably want nothing to do with a slim May snowpack, but for us it was beyond fulfilling.. Cracked Ice - 4,800' peak to road.
Road side attractions.. L to r: Python, Berlin Wall, Little Matterhorn
Down to Valdez for a rest day, hanging at the harbor..
Back up for some more heavy pow up high..
Great corn down low...
Girls mountain. Population: Three Austrian men.
Rain moved in to Valdez and we headed for some sun closer to home - Haines Pass, BC
Nadahini glacier - Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park
A rest in Haines, AK before heading home..
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