Poking out of clouds on the climb up
The clouds below
One last run before the sun sets
Today, while Anchorage and the surrounding areas were under a thick layer of clouds I headed up high to see if the visibility was any better above 3000' with a few friends - Rachel, Chris and Rob. After climbing about 1200' we found sun, warmth, and a windless day of backcountry skiing. It almost felt like skiing in Colorado when we were on the ridgetops. Although as soon as we dropped into the shadow of a ridge after a long, powdery descent we were reminded that it was in fact Alaska and the temps out of the sun weren't much higher than zero degrees. The opportunity to be back in the sun was a great motivator to climb back up and do it all again. The snow felt bottomless and we squeezed every last drop of sunshine from the day. (Thanks to Rob for the first and third photos)
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