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After the rain storm…

After the crazy weather that we had, the weather is nice again, but the snow pack has been very affected. The storm with rain, strong wind affected the entire region apparently and it rained above 2000 meters of elevation. White Pass looks like the end of may now with not a lot of snow left.…

Fraser Peak

Good weather finally at White Pass, the road was open, so we went to see the result after the passage of the warm front  with good snowfalls, warm temperatures and strong wind. It was a bit cloudy in the morning, especially in the alaskan side, temperature was close to zero but always negative with a…

Powder Valley

A little trip to Powder Valley, but without a lot of powder . Snow pack has been very wind affected above the tree line. So powder can just be found below the tree line.  The snowpack is still thin, ski conditions are variable from poor to good. The weather was great, it was -27 c…

Crevasses

The ski season is not completely on. The snow pack is very thin, the ground is not well covered, especially the unleveled rocky ground that we have in the White Pass area. So far, the only decent ski conditions are found on glaciers. Now, backcountry users are very aware about avalanches,but, sometime not very aware…

Nice article

Last year, I had the chance to lead a tour for some journalist. We were not so lucky with the weather and snow conditions, but Ryan Creary and Ryan Stewart are very good professional and you can see the article in the November issue of  Backcountry Magazine

Kluane icefields, Saint Elias range

Ski season is not over in the Yukon. May was probably the best month of the 2013-13 ski season with the best conditions. The snow was good, better stability and quality and the weather was not too bad…with a lot of fresh snow and temperatures cold enough to keep it good. End of may we…