Winter Adventures!

A collection of pictures from various winter adventures!

March 5, 2011: Kevin and I check out our first Iditarod start. Here, Lancy Mackey, four time winner, passes by with his team. I loved his teams hot pink booties, and the four-year-old who would yell "bootie, bootie, bootie bootie!" anytime a dog team would pass.

Downtown Anchorage...

Denali visible from the road to Glen Alps over 200 miles away.

March 12, 2011: Skiing at Hatcher Pass on a beautiful bluebird day! Once we got past the zoo that was the parking lot, we had the whole place to ourselves.

My thoughts exactly...

March 19, 2011: An absolutely incredible day skiing Arctic to Indian with Darcy and Kevin. The trail is about 18 or so miles through a beautiful valley that is inaccessible in the summer due to the lack of trail and the rather high density of bears. Our morning began with an icy descent into Arctic Valley while we watched the sun rise over the peaks.

The "trail" follows the river up most of the way. Luckily, the snow bridges across the river were still intact in most places, despite several days of pretty warm weather. We heard that folks the following week were not as lucky and spent a great deal more time bushwacking through the trees.

Up above tree line on the way up to the pass. This area is definitely on the list for further exploration this summer.

The pass and the beginning of the roughly 2000 ft descent into Indian.