World Championships of the World

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 ...

Portage

April 21. Linda and I took the two dogs (Anouk and Taz) and did the 'classic' Anchorage-area crust ski across Portage Lake to Portage Glacier and Portage Pass.

Placer River Valley

April 20. After four days of warm, wet weather we finally got a freeze last night, so Scott and I jumped at the chance to get back out on the crust. This time we heaed to the Placer River Valley. Althouth the terrain here is very flat, there are two im

Center Creek

Thursday April 15. Tim Kelley and Tim Miller invited me to join them for a crust ski up Center Creek, near Johnson Pass. It was a chance I couldn't pass up, so I skipped work and grabbed the boards. We skied for about 4 hours in some of the best crust

Kincaid - April 14

I can't remember ever skiing on groomed trails like this in mid-April. Still a ton of snow on the trails. Dirty and rutted in places, but lots of snow!

Glen Alps Crust Ski

On Sunday April 11, Scott, Taz (the dog) and I did a fantastic crust ski from Glen Alps trailhead.
I forgot the camera, so we don't have any photos of the spectacular scenery. All we have is a map of our route. Sorry!

Hatcher Pass Crust Skiing

On Saturday April 10, Scott, Martin and I headed to Hatcher Pass in search of some crust skiing. The crust was a bit spotty, but the snowmobile trail was in great shape for skiing.

April 1st Skiing In Anchorage

These picts were taken on April 1, but they are no joke. I was skiing on extra blue hard wax with fresh, new show and beautiful tracks. I was skiing at sunset (7:30 pm) so the lighting isn't great, but the skiing sure was!