12/15/16 Mt Jumbo

Thrashed my way up Mt Jumbo this morning.  Took the summer trail because I didn't know any better, and that sucked.  Found the winter exit on the way out.  Now it's dialed in.  Need more snow before the main couloir fills in.

GPS track (Yellow) for winter ascent.  Follows snowmobile route up gully, then up shoulder.  Some exposure to avy hazard.

Downtown Juneau

The joy of Devil's Club

Looking south from summit.

Looking at the confluence of the Gastineau Channel and  Taku Inlet.

12-5-16 Pk2970 again

Wanted to try to get some sunrise shots of Stephens Passage.  Success, but super cold in doing so.

Looking south of Douglas into Stephens Passage.

Oliver Inlet area.

Chilkats

Chilkats

NW of Stroller White Mtn

Not sure.

Chilkats

Western Mendenhall Towers.

Easter Mendenhall Towers

Mendenhall Towers in background, Mt Wrather in foreground.

Nugget Mtn over the Ptarmigan and Lemon Creek Glaciers.

Bullard Mtn

Split Thumb

Split Thumb

Not sure.

Looking north from Pk 2970 (Basically the top of Eaglecrest Ski area)  Mt McGinnis in the distance/center/top.

Peaks above Cropley Lake at Eaglecrest ski area.  Good, easy access.

Peak 3415 above Cropley Lake at Eaglecrest ski area.

Mt Troy in foreground, Mt Olds in background.  

Observation Peak, I think?  The one in the distance, right of center.  Then the Mt. Juneau ridgeline center photo, in alpenglow.  Mt Juneau is right above downtown.

Mt Golub area of Chilkats

Mt McGinnis center, and un-named gnar behind to the north.

12-4-16 Eaglecrest Tour (Pk 2970)

Got up at the crack-o-dawn to try to capture the sunrise.  Got to the high point (pk 2970) an hour early, then proceeded to freeze my ass off for an hour waiting around.  By the time the sun rose, the teaser clouds had rolled in and obstructed the views.

We have about 1+ft at 1000ft and about 3.5-4ft at 3,000ft.  Good start to the season.  Now for a long, cold, dry spell.  Hope to get out again tomorrow morning for another crack at the sunrise.

All grainy photos taken pre-sunrise, hence the grainy (high ISO) nature of them.

Bullard Mtn on the right.

Top of Eaglecrest Ski Area down there.

Stephens Passage on the west side of Douglas Island with Admiralty Island in the clouds.

Gnar behind Juneau.

12-1-2016 First day of the season.

First day of the season. Lee and I skinned up Eaglecrest for a one lap wonder, then went down and picked Alex up from school and raced back up there for his first day of skiing ever. Got kicked off the groomers as they were prepping for opening day, so we hiked and skied mank. After about an hour he was gliding down alone and loving it. Hopefully the forecast pans out and we get some more snow at lower elevations. We'll see.

Hiking up and skiing down in frozen, crusted mank.

New skis before Christmas

Warming hut at the top of Eaglecrest.