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The yellow diamond shows the location of Eagle Glacier in relation to Anchorage.
Date: 08/04/2004
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Eagle Glacier is only a few miles from Girdwood, but it is also 5,500 feet up through some gnarly terrain. The best way to get all the gear there is by helicopter. It is only a five minute copter ride. It took about 10 trips to get all the people and g
Date: 08/02/2004
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We also rode up in the helicopter. You can hike in, but it takes 3-5 hours. The best way to do it is to fly in, and hike out. About an hour and fifteen minutes after leaving home in Anchorage, I was on the glacier and anxious to ski!
Date: 08/04/2004
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A view of the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier. The lodge is perched on a narrow ridge between the glacier and a steep drop-off down towards Girdwood. There is not much room to roam around outside. You are either skiing, or inside the lodge. Th
Date: 08/02/2004
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The view of the Chugach mountains looking south from the window in my room.
Date: 08/02/2004
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A panoramic shot of the Chugach range (part of it anyway). Click to make it bigger.
Date: 08/04/2004
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This is a 360 degree panoramic shot of the Eagle Glacier facility. The glacier slopes north, while the Training Center in in the east and the mountains in the south. Click to make it bigger.
Date: 08/04/2004
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Token tourist shot of me.
Date: 08/03/2004
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The grooming is very good. They have both a piston bully (!) and a snowmobile which they use to set tracks. Both machines proved to be a bit tempermental, but they never stopped the coaches from setting very good trails for us.
Date: 08/02/2004
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This map shows the location of the Training Center (yellow diamond) and the approximate ski route on the glacier. We had a 6.5 K loop to ski, which took about 30 minutes in the soft snow. Depending on the glacier conditions, they can set up to a 10 K loo
Date: 08/04/2004
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Me, trying not to get distracted by the scenery. We had excellent weather for the three days I was there. I've heard that it can be pretty miserable when it is cold, rainy and foggy, but it sounds like all the camps in recent years have had great weath
Date: 08/02/2004
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A group of APU skiers. We would usually classic ski in the afternoon, when the snow was soft and skate in the morning, when it was harder.
Date: 08/03/2004
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Date: 08/03/2004
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Our group had 12 athletes and 3 coaches, including Olympians Lars Flora (shown here) and Aelin Peterson. The center can hold up to 24 people.
Date: 08/03/2004
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Lars and his brother Eric.
Date: 08/03/2004
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