General Manager Dave Scanlan said it was a freak of nature event that has not happened at Eaglecrest Ski Area in almost 40 years. Early last Thursday, chairs on the 4,700-foot long Ptarmigan Chairlift were swinging back and forth, pushed by high winds.
Weather
Listen: The sound of water droplets freezing at 42 below zero
While temperatures of 40 below zero might send most of us to our couches, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge biologist Mark Ross grabbed his recorder and some water.
High winds damage Eaglecrest Ski Area chairlift
Ptarmigan Chairlift will be out of operation as ski area managers assess the damage and make repairs.
In-person classes canceled at Auke Bay Elementary after pipe burst
“It was just a classic cold weather situation, and we just had a broken pipe,” said Principal Nancy Peel.
‘People really pulled together’: Volunteers help fix Nenana’s frozen-up water plant
City workers discovered that an overhead door in the city’s water-treatment plant had been left open overnight — and the temperature had plunged to 36 below zero.
Uncommonly cold, windy conditions expected throughout Southeast Alaska
Temperatures will range from zero to five degrees below in Haines, Skagway, Gustavus, and Juneau. Winds will be gusting, prompting wind chills as low as 60 below in White Pass and as low as 40 below in downtown Juneau.
Three killed in avalanche near Bear Mountain in Chugiak
Troopers are asking hikers to avoid the area until avalanche conditions improve.
As planet warms, researchers project more ‘extreme’ rainfall in Southeast and Western Alaska
As storms that were once thought of as extreme become more common, storms that are thought of as impossible — or at least extremely unlikely — start to become real concerns.
No injuries and no damage reported after avalanche on Mt. Juneau
Wednesday’s avalanche forecast says winds are expected to gradually push snow off of high points and slowly reduce the risk of natural avalanches.
‘I would stay out of there’: Haines slide zone still unstable after rain
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center says a hunk of earth broke free on Monday evening and slid about 200 feet. Officials say it was about 20 feet wide and 60 feet across.