Another great trip at the Mountain House this year!!! This is truly one of our best trips, early in the season, often stellar weather and great lines for both skiing and climbing. Sign up early for next year!
Here’s a summary of this year’s trip courtesy of lead guide Tyler:
“Greetings from our Mountain House trip! Sounds [...]
Got a brief sat phone call from the boys on Blackburn this evening, looking for a weather report. Despite decent weather the last couple of days here in the flatlands, it sounds like they haven’t been able to make too much progress. They still have a chance at the summit these next couple of days, [...]
Last night’s update from the Mountain House trip got cut off, likely due to random sat phone connection errors… We’ve had some great weather around these parts lately though, so I’m confident they’re having a blast! They come out tomorrow, so stay tuned for a post-trip final report!
Well, we got a sat phone call from the boys on Blackburn yesterday, who said they were at approximately 10,000 feet in a “ground blizzard” of snow blowing around due to the high winds we’ve been having. Unfortunately, today was even worse, and although the sun was shining, it was blustery and cold even down [...]
Unfortunately, due to limited satellite phone battery, we won’t be getting regular updates from the boys on Mt. Blackburn. However, we took this picture today of the peak from along the McCarthy Road, and are thrilled to see that they are getting some magnificent weather!
We heard that they were dropped off about 8 miles from [...]
Hello All! Today we got our first update from our Mountain House Ski Trip, in the Don Sheldon Amphitheater deep in the Alaska Range. Stay tuned for more!
Our fabulous guide and company photographer Katy send us this sneak preview of their trip to Little Switzerland. Amazing photos, Katy!
Sounds like they have had a phenomenal end to a fabulous ski trip out there! They even extended the trip by a day to enjoy the fresh powder and bluebird skies as long as possible. The enthusiasm comes through in these LONG updates describing their fabulous last two days of skiing.
That’s it for this trip, [...]
Update from Little Switzerland, April 30th, 2011