Alaska Suggestions

[Trackhead]

In the early stages of planning a trip to Alaska for a couple weeks of skiing. Any locals or others have suggestions for areas?

Planning late March or early April. Looking for the following........

1. No people, or if there must be, then only hot, naked Swedish chicks.
2. No heli skiing in the area, no sleds, etc.
3. Lower altitude than say the St. Elias or Denali area.

I've been to the St. Elias in April and froze my ass off, so we're looking for lower elevation terrain. Something we can fly into, and then be left alone. Something out of the way of the masses, but with good challenging skiing nearby.

[bcrider]

Sounds like fun! I’ve dreamt of putting something similar together…getting flown out to a basecamp with some FAT rations and touring from there. I’d like mix in a day of heli skiing on the first and last day though too.

Good luck and have fun!

[Crinkle]

from my brief experience, early april vs late april 2 different animals.
2 weeks before we got there it was pounding, cold and few days of sunshine, then we arrived last week of april to all sunny days, little wind and incredibly warming temps that led to some nasty snowpack. It was all corn by the time we left, what the difference a week makes. This was near Valdez.

i guess pm odin, he's your huckelberry

[ak_telemike]

Juneau Icefield - charter a ski plane or a heli, and set up a basecamp or do a long tour.

No guided heli skiing in the area.
No heli glacier tours that time of year.
Lots and lots of skiing.

pm for info and/or maps

Chris - you need to get your butt up here, too. You could actually do this with the family.....

[ak_telemike]

Lemon Glacier camp - you can walk here from town in a day, but an A-star drop-off is only $300, so why bother?



or you can go way furhter out into the world - this is one of the Juneau Icefield Research Project's camps out on the Icefield. Looking back towards the Taku Range.



random shot from a heli out in the world