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TGR On Location: Alaska

byZack Skovron

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Big-mountain season in Alaska is well and truly underway, and TGR has a crew taking full advantage of the region's lines and spines. They're also enjoying spending downtime finding creative ways to drink Sierra Nevadas. 

For the past couple of weeks, Griffin Post, Elyse Saugstad, Angel Collinson, and Nick McNutt have been ripping around South-Central AK with Alaska Powder Descents, a heli-op based in Juneau, as well as Triple Point Expeditions, based out of Palmer.

With cinematographers Matt Herriger, Jon Riley, Jill Concarne, Nick Koldenhoven, Mike Hatchett, and photographer Nic Alegre along for the ride, the crew has been slaying pow and stacking footage for Winterland, TGR's upcoming ski film.

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Collinson is stoked to be back in Alaska. Meanwhile, Post has some insight into an average day on an AK heli-ski trip:

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In case you’re wondering what a day in AK looks like: 8:06AM: Wake. Check photo of face you plan on skiing today 8:08AM: Check weather. Decide to make a plan later 8:14AM: Begin caffeination process 8:15AM: Look at photo of face again 8:36AM Check weather 8:55AM Although appropriately caffeinated, continue drinking coffee anyway 9:19AM Discuss plan for the day now that most of the group is awake 9:41AM Have exact same conversation now that entire group is awake 9:43AM Check photo of face with group 10:01AM Come up with new plan, discuss with group, decide to stick to original plan 10:32AM Passionately debate merits of different weather forecasts, criticize the iPhone weather app 11:03AM Pretend to stretch for 5 minutes while looking at photo of face 11:17AM Confirm 12:30 lift for first crew 11:18AM Push first lift to 1:00PM 12:00PM-12:45PM Attempt to leave, only to remember something last minute 1:10PM Make call to someone still at house to grab something you forgot 1:15PM Fly into field 1:45PM Observe face is not in light. Discuss when face will be in light based mostly on animalistic awareness of sun trajectory 2:18PM Discuss weather, praise accuracy of iPhone weather app 3:01PM State face is still not in light, just in case anyone has become snowblind in the last hour 3:36PM Note that face is beginning to get light, just in case anyone has become snowblind in the thirty minutes 4:01PM Get to top of line, somehow not ready despite preparing for this moment the entire day 4:07PM Drop into the most intense situation you’ve been in since last April 5:01PM Look at photo of face 5:13PM Drop again with more confidence, same amount of fear 5:51PM Look at face 5:53PM Discuss filming one more line The word “sick” is used no less than 12 times during conversation 5:59PM Go up for one more line because the light is looking sick 6:36PM Pinch yourself because you get to ski this snow, in this place, in this light. So sick 7:07PM Depart field, snap photo of face for tomorrow, immediately look at photo 8:19PM Eat dinner, discuss tomorrow’s plan After much deliberation decide to make plan in AM 9:31PM Sleep...but check photo of face first

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Zack Skovron
Zack Skovron
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Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, now living in Jackson, WY. I’m an avid skier, biker, hiker, climber, and fisherman. Outside of sports, my major interests focus on public policy surrounding land use and energy systems.
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