Posts Tagged ‘benji’
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Today Tim, Benji and I headed south to Portage hoping to finally find some crust in the Placer River valley. We’d received over two feet of snow at home in the past two weeks (in April!), but the Portage area didn’t get as much. Plus the sun has been out for the past few days, so we were hopeful that we might find some crust. Our goal was to ski up past Spencer Glacier, then up and over the ridge to Grandview. I’d crust skied at Grandview before but I’d never crust skied to Grandview before. Getting there is a little tricky. The train gets there by going through a tunnel next to a river gorge. Not willing to risk our lives by using the train tunnel, we had to go up and over a ridgeline, which actually wasn’t that bad if you know where to go (which is why we go with Tim). It turned out that the crust was bomber most of the way, and the ski was spectacular. If you want proof that I actually was on this trip, check out Tim’s photos.
Tags: bartlett, benji, grandview, placer, spencer, tim
Posted in Crust Ski, Endured Fun, Kenai | No Comments »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
March 28: Three years ago, Linda and I skied and camped on the Curry Ridge Rider trails near Trapper Creek. Ever since then, I have wondered if it would be possible to ski a big loop up and around the Tokositna River using those trails. When I recently read that the CRR had just finished creating such a loop, I couldn’t wait to ski it. Tim Kelley also has some good pictures of this trip (and many, many others).
Tags: benji, chulitna, curry, peters, tim, tokositna, trapper
Posted in Denali, Ski, Susitna Valley | No Comments »
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
April 29, 2007: If I had to pick one ski route as the quintessential Southcentral Alaska crust ski - it would be Center Creek.
Tags: benji, center, johnson, placer, spencer, tim
Posted in Crust Ski, Kenai | No Comments »
Saturday, April 21st, 2007
Tags: benji, mills, summit, tim
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
April 14, 2007: Tim, Tim, Benji, and I encountered crust, corn, and fresh powder snow during our ski from the Peter’s Creek trailhead, up and over Bombardment Pass, and out the Ram Valley.
Tags: benji, bombardment, peters, ram, tim
Posted in Chugach, Crust Ski, Ski | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 4th, 2004
May 4. After a week of warm rainly weather, the crust is back! Today I went up to Glen Alps to put in my effort in the World Spring Skiing Championships of the World. There were quite a few other people up there doing the same thing.
Tags: benji, erik, glen alps, kikkan, powerline pass, scott, world championships of the world
Posted in Chugach, Crust Ski | No Comments »
