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Hi,

Mortgaged the house, sold my family heirlooms and thinking of heading up to the Valdez area for some Heli (cheating I know! ) in the next few weeks. When I run out of money (will happen quite quickly!) def wanna get some earned turns in too. Is there good splittin to be had in this area? Am I too early and it's gonna be too effing cold? Any below the treeline action for crappy days or is it all alpine? Any tips etc appreciated.

Thanks, Method.

Good on you, Method!

I am not from there but had this book with me last year. A good place to start.



http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/produc ... skiing.htm

Hope you have a blast.

There's TONS of good/great splitting there, bring some "verts" too if you can. There's a lot of straight up hiking. Earlier is better I think, beat the masses to the goods! As far as weather, Thompson Pass can be F-ing cold, but Valdez generally stays pretty mild. You get used to it and/or hike through it.
The book SpruceCabin mentioned is a good guide for the area as well. Good luck with the trees though, it's pretty much all alpine skiing/riding there. Enjoy and take lots of pic.s to share with us here at splitboard.com!