3-1-17 Ben Stewart Area

Quickie afternoon tour after Tom's plane landed.  Skied some random little couloir near Ben Stewart, in a whiteout, because it was the only way to get any landmark visibility.

2-17-17 Mt Jumbo

5" of rain, then clear and cold, not a good time to try to ski the Jumbo Couloir.  Oh well, recon.

Downtown Juneau

Looking SE into Gastineau Channel and the Taku Inlet around the corner.

Left to right: Gastineau, Roberts, Sheep Mtn

Rime ice near top of Jumbo

Looking south towards Admiralty Island

Top....no wind, actually warm.

Skied the first few turns (Jumbo Couloir), but the wind had loaded it, then it rained and turned it into 45+ degree ice.  No thanks.  

Jumbo as seen from Gastineau Elementary

Hawthorne Peak

2-6-17 Mt Troy

Went to the heart of ski touring in Juneau today on Mt. Troy.  A very popular area by Juneau standards.  A couple skin tracks, but no humans other than our group.  Easy access, nice terrain for stormy days, easy in, easy out, good stuff.

Near the top of Mt. Troy with Mt Gastineau and Hawthorne Peak in the background.

Mt Ben Stewart in the background.

Downtown Juneau with Granite Creek and Mt Olds in background.

Hawthorne Peak

Mt Gastineau to Mt Roberts

Mt Troy with Admiralty Island mountains in background.

Mendenhall Towers in the background, hidden by Mt Wrather

Contemplating Mt Olds

Looking north into the Gastineau Channel

Mt Jumbo in the background, behind Lee's ski pole.  Gastineau Channel meeting Taku Inlet.

Potential rowdy line on the Nugget Towers.  

WNW aspect on Cairn Peak

1-31-2017 Cropley Chute of Ben Stewart

Skied the ultra classic Cropley Chute off of Ben Stewart by braille today.  Clouded in, couldn't see more than maybe 5-10ft ahead, then it cleared and things got good.  Dust on crust, but a fun line.  Easy in, easy out.

Cropley Chute

1-8-17 Table Top Mtn

Stumbled around in the dark once again looking for a way up new (for me) terrain.  Eventually gained the ridge, but with the last few days of 100mph winds, opted to essentially retrace my steps and stay off the steeper terrain.

Terrain behind downtown Juneau

Ben Stewart on lookers right, Eaglecrest lookers left.

Peak 5894 above Davies Creek, as viewed from Bridgett State Park

Peak 4897 to the left of the previous peak.  The other side of this is the Davies Creek Couloir.

Chilkats, maybe 20 miles south of Haines.

Same as above.

Central Chilkats.

12-31-2016 Mt Ben Stewart and Fish Creek Knob

Solo tour up Mt Ben Stewart.  Avoided temptation and played it safe despite alluring lines everywhere.  Then a couple laps on Fish Creek Knob.  Endless playground that is worth spending some time in to figure out the quirks.