Jonah here checking in from the Valdez library. I have now been in AK since Saturday Apr. 4th. I am here with Jason West, Chris Erickson, and Jake Saxon. Our objective is to get helicopter one drops and then tour in the Chugach.
We were lucky enough to just tour from the road on Sunday and Monday since the clouds were in and out and we didn’t want to pay to fly unless the skies were blue. The guys skied some sweet lines but we were jonesing to get dropped on top of some bigger stuff. Tuesday we heard it was going code blue so we opened up the wallets and got an unguided one drop from the heli. The light was beautful and all three guys killed their lines. We booted up what we’d skied and were ready for more when the clouds came in and we lost light for the rest of the day. We ended up wondering around the mountains skiing monster chutes and trying not to fall in crevasses or get too lost. Then came Wednesday, It was truly bluebird and we had our gamefaces on. We got another heli one drop unguided up in some burly terrain. All three guys skied some massive lines and you couldn’t ask for better light. We continued to boot up chutes and faces and ski the shit out of the drainage we were in. It was one of the best days of filming I can remember. We owe our friend Dylan Freed a ton of thanks for helping us get to that zone. Today it is snowing so we are taking a well needed day off from the mountains. This is my first time to AK, and so far it has lived up to all the hype.
