{"id":2288,"date":"2012-03-01T05:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2012-07-03T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T15:08:09","slug":"above-it-all-once-again-in-ak-2-28-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/above-it-all-once-again-in-ak-2-28-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Above It All Once Again In AK  2.28.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alyeska reported over 2&#8242; on the 27th, so I pounded laps until my legs couldn&#8217;t take it anymore.  The snow quality was incredible, but if you&#8217;re looking for things to jump off of at Alyeska, this might not be the season- they&#8217;re buried this year.  Of course, the snowpack is also pretty amazing, so we went on a nice tour just 24 hours later, with moderate trending towards low conditions.  Coastal snowpacks can be pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself in the same vicinity as my first tour up here, this time with new friend Dana and a buddy of his.  And once again we found ourselves skinning in the clouds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9401.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once again, we ended up above it all, and began a short bootpack up a ridge.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9407.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p>The light up here in Alaska seems to always fall into one of two categories- murky milky clouds or spectacular lighting thanks to the latitude.  Up above the clouds, the light was once again in the latter category.  Scenic and line-scoping overload:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9411.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9413.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9416.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A friend of ours from Colorado was this week&#8217;s special guest guide at Chugach Powder Guides, and we were able to watch them cruising around the area&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9417.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9412.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keen eyes will see the top of Alyeska&#8217;s chair 6 in this shot:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9419.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, on to the skiing.  First off, a video.  For those of you who haven&#8217;t skied in super flat light with no trees\/rocks\/etc to light the way, be sure to watch the second half as well.  It&#8217;s a wild feeling skiing in that kind of light.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/37704032?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"570\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And a few shots:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9425.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9433.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you see him&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9451.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you don&#8217;t&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/9454.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a broken record, but man has it ever been a good 10 days or so.  So sad to have to leave soon&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=ml&amp;ti=85891&amp;pw=29053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/gbi\/10279\/85891\/23393\/29053\/image.jpg\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alyeska reported over 2&#8242; on the 27th, so I pounded laps until my legs couldn&#8217;t take it anymore. The snow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska","category-backcountry-skiing","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3039,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/3039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}