Archive for April, 2006
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
April 29: This was one of those ski routes that I have drooled over for a couple of years. Always wanted to do it, but needed to go with guys who know more about glacier travel than I do. Tim Kelley and Tim Miller gave me that chance on Saturday. As always, you can also see Tim Kelley’s pics from the trip on his website.
Tags: bard, blackstone, burns, endured fun, glacier, portage, prince, tim, whittier, william
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
April 16: I headed up the Glenn Highway with Tim Miller and Tim Kelley to search for crust skiing along the Matanuska River. You can also see Tim Kelley’s pics from the trip on his website.
Tags: gravel, matanuska, tim
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Saturday, April 15th, 2006
April 15: Bill, Toby, Andy, Seth, Erika, and I headed to Turnagain Pass to see if the snow had yet transformed to a skate-worthy crust.
Tags: andy, bill, center, erika, seth, toby, turnagain
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
April 14: It seems like I’ve been doing everything twice this spring. Two times up Twentymile, two times across Arctic to Indian. And today I did my second ski up the Placer River valley. This time I went to Spencer Glacier.
Tags: glacier, placer, portage, spencer
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
Two times in two weeks.
On March 25 a group of six of us did the classic backcountry ski from Arctic Valley to Indian.
On April 9, Linda and I skied it the opposite way with another group.
Tags: arctic, erika, indian, linda, seth, tim, trond
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Saturday, April 8th, 2006
April 8: The recent weather hasn’t been conducive to crust skiing (cloudy with occasional snow showers). But yesterday afternoon was sunny and it got cold last night, so I decided to give it a go this morning.
Tags: glacier, placer, portage, skookum
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
April 1: After a few days of crust, the overnight temperatures this weekend warmed up and the skies threatened rain and snow. So instead of crust skiing, I headed north to the Willow multi-use trails.
Tags: endured fun, susitna, willow
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