Tagged: Alaska

Day 35: Valdez, AK (heli)

When I woke up in the morning, it looked a little hazy, but with the possibility of burning off. I had more or less committed to staying at the hotel and getting some work...

Day 34: Valdez, AK (heli)

We finally got a break in the snow and were able to fly again, so Steve and I jumped on it, but were a little bummed to find out that we weren’t going to...

Day 33: Valdez, AK (cat)

Sure enough the weather didn’t blow out, and it kept dumping snow all day. We opted in to the cat skiing once again, and did have a little bit better visibility at times to...

Day 32: Valdez, AK (cat)

We woke up Saturday morning to a full on blizzard, but decided to head out to the helipad anyway and get in some cat skiing – we were in Alaska after all, and who...

Day 31: Valdez, AK (heli)

“Pack your bags, we’re going to Alaska in 24 hours. Call me back.” That was the voicemail I got from Steve, of DemoSport fame, and he was serious. With the snow season winding down,...

Day 24: Chugach Cat Skiing

Having dropped Zachary in Anchorage and then making the drive back to Girdwood (a wrong turn almost put me in Wasilla), I was all ready to go on a heli trip with Chugach Powder...