Alaska Powder Descents

APD Host’s Monoskiers

alaskapowder — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:22:07 +0000

During the spring of 2011 we were fortunate to have disabled skiers Jim Martinson and Brad Parks as guests at the Adlersheim Lodge. The APD team thought it would be nice to hook these guys up with some helicopter skiing… we had no idea that they would come to Alaska and shred better than most [...]

Guide Training Complete

alaskapowder — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:45:00 +0000

After a full week of guide training we are beginning to move operations to the Adlersheim Lodge. Our first groups begin arriving March 11th and the adventure will continue until April 20th. Winds were fierce during February with a couple of fun snow storms in the middle of the month. We’ve been skiing on hard [...]

Its gettin’ good!

alaskapowder — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:30:36 +0000

We just had an awesome 6 day storm with fatty powder on Valentine’s Day! Today is sunny and our guides are rolling into town to partake in a week of guide training. We’ll fly in the helicopter for a couple of days and do some fieldwork as well as meet with local avy & weather [...]

Alaska Heli Ski Season Kickoff

alaskapowder — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:02:14 +0000

APD is happy to announce the start of the 2011 Alaska Heli Ski Season. We flew several local groups this past weekend during three days of sunshine. Conditions were a little firm (wind effect & sun crust) however we did manage to find some mountain coves that were holding the goods. It was definitely not [...]

Inter-Agency Avalanche Refresher

alaskapowder — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:35:06 +0000

APD participated in the Inter-Agency Avalanche Refresher for a third year in a row. The workshop brings various Juneau rescue agencies together to discuss & practice avalanche scenarios in the field.

10/11 Early Season

alaskapowder — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:56:24 +0000