New Years Eve 2006 - Alyeska Ski Resort

It's been snowing like mad this season and Alyeska reports 283" in December, a new monthly snowfall record for Girdwood's awesome Alaskan ski resort! It stopped snowing just long enough to open the epic North Facing "Christmas Chute." 2000 vertical feet, starting with a narrow 45 degree gulley all filled with powder! While none of this is what I'd call "extreme" riding, it's pretty awesome stuff, and I hope you enjoy it. Rest assures, Alyeska DOES have plenty of nice easy runs, and lots of great intermediate slopes, but this is the rare-access terrain that I long for. The music is a Crystal Hutchens song called "Star Mirror" that I've been working on. This mix is a short edit with just her guitar and me playing bass. All the best to you in 2007! Please enjoy!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• GTV
• Alaska
• Girdwood
• Alyeska
• snow
• board
• ski
• powder
• free
• riding
• steep
• collier
• gnarly
• vert
• exposure

[traviswilliams]

HA HA! I dug a girl out who was buried up to her waist by sluff about half way down christmas chute last year. She kept cussing at the people above and telling them they were going to kill her!

[TheFlynn]

There are plenty of No-Fall and No-Stop zones in those chutes. Good on ya' for helpin' her out.

[AwesomeCoasters]

Holy cows! You guys are really talented... that's really steep

btw, I envy you for the magnificent day that this must have been :)

[mikee8100]

went here this last week, I'll tell you it beats the hell out of skiing in new york

[SAMSTIDD]

wanna go back every day

[SkiFantic]

that chute looks like so much fun, i want to go to Alyeska so badly

[MedTv2009]

Very nice city ..

from free kurdistan

[peeppeepers]

i broke my arm doing a lateral trun in  the rocks in the chute ski patrol hates me

[pafrig]

nice stinx.

[SteelersCROSBY87]

love snowboarding there

[elhgrande1]

k so i went skiing at alyeska... 3 feet of snow untracked... it was some of the best skiing i'd ever had.