Endure Fun » grandview http://www.endurefun.com Cory Smith's outdoor rambles Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:09:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 A Grand(view) Ol’ Time http://www.endurefun.com/2008/04/18/a-grandview-ol-time/ http://www.endurefun.com/2008/04/18/a-grandview-ol-time/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:18:10 +0000 Cory http://www.endurefun.com/?p=99 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. Click the album below to see my pictures. If you want proof that I actually was on this trip, check out Tim’s photos.
 

Crust Ski To Grandview

 
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Ski Train To Grandview

 

At 6 am on Saturday morning, Linda and I, and 700 other skiers, boarded the Alaska Railroad for the annual Ski Train. The train ride was a three hour trip to a place called Grandview. Grandview isn’t town – there is nothing there. It is just a remote spot in the middle of the Alaskan mountains that happens to have unreal skiing. Once in Grandview, everyone gets off the train, and skis all day.

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