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Alaska Archives Item 2: Gone Skiing

Alaska Archives will chronicle a spring spent ski touring out of an RV around south central Alaska.

Item 1: Arrival and Thompson Pass

Words and photos courtesy of Zach Paley. See more on his blog.

After a week and a half of splitting trail breaking duties, Lee and I gained a traveling companion. Miles Clark visited us briefly in Japan, and promised us if he could make it happen he would be in Alaska. He joined our noble quest for a couple weeks in mid April.

Miles did well for 48 hours of skiing and traveling, and nearly achieved skin track enlightenment on day one. He skied Squaw Wednesday, got on a plane that evening, landed in Valdez at 8 AM, and was hiking two hours later. Even before the brief northern lights show after dinner, it was a good start to the trip. Some blame good timing and luck, others say he’s that awesome.

 

Leland leading the lot.

 

Miles masterfully maneuvers

 

Beautifully backlit backflips

 

Skillfully setting a scenic sidestep

 

Carves causing colossal contrails

 

The fabled face shot in far north
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