Spot report
🇺🇸Valdez / Thompson Pass, Alaska
updated 03:00 local · open-meteo
⛷️ Ski & snowboard· heli and touring zone · base: Valdez
Birthplace of big-mountain heli-skiing and the World Extreme Skiing Championships in the Chugach spine country.
Heads up · Heli-only or committing tours; BLM permit review ongoing
Wind
3 km/h
gusts 15 · from E
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
Snowy
snow and ice — chains or stay put
Daylight
08:23 → 18:33
-1 °C air · 0.1 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
⛷️
Ski & snowboard
FIRING73 cm base — get up there
Best windows this week
- Mon 8am–6pmFIRING
11 cm fresh on a 76 cm base · 11 h
- Tue 8am–6pmFIRING
11 cm fresh on a 102 cm base · 11 h
- Wed 8am–6pmFIRING
73 cm base — get up there · 11 h
This week
Today
5 km/h
-1–1 °C · 3 mm · 2 cm snow
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Thu
7 km/h
-2–2 °C · 21 mm · 9 cm snow
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Fri
6 km/h
-4–0 °C · 2 mm · 1 cm snow
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Sat
5 km/h
-7–0 °C
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Sun
4 km/h
-7–-1 °C
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Mon
4 km/h
-2–-1 °C · 17 mm · 11 cm snow
⛷️Ski & snowboard
Tue
7 km/h
-1–3 °C · 75 mm · 11 cm snow
⛷️Ski & snowboard
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — -1 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- -1 °C → insulated shell, gloves, warm hat
- Daylight 08:23–18:33 → golden hour from 17:33
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