Words by Tim Fater (tim@skitheeast.net)
Photos by Tim Fater and Jeff Oliveira

Many people have asked me lately, “How’s the spring skiing?” It’s not a stupid question; unless you’ve actually been skiing in the last few weeks. The truth is – spring skiing hasn’t really started here on the East Coast. We’re still winter skiing.
Though it’s [...]

In the tracks of the Grizz...
Well, technically, I guess it's not a legend if it was a real story and happenned only two years ago...but the title remains. Just last weekend on a glorious sunshiney spring Alaska day, my ski partner Mike and I decided to finally tackle the infamous Tumble Bear Couloir. It's a [...]

Livin' in the "MOMENTS"
Which in Alaska can mean July, or August, or NEVER if you want to just hike a little further to a glacier or an icefield. While others are happily donning their climbing harnesses and wearing their saddle sores in, we here in the Northern climes are still finding chubby mountains to ski [...]

Just because the lifts aren