Skiing the Resurrection River Trail and drawing along the way

 Sunny days while spring skiing are SO NICE!

 Spruce Tips

 Sunrise at Lower Russian lake, where we stayed the first night of the trip

Hemlock Rollercoasters

 We miraculously found the trail through the hemlock maze, after spending several hours navigating off-trail. Still, the tree holes continued to exert their gravitational pull on our sleds and gear. The forest was too pretty to be frustrated for long.

Home free following the river! This day was our crux day - if we could make good enough time to the Resurrection River cabin, the most difficult cabin to find, then it's all downhill to Seward.

Ringed Birches

 Sunset at Upper Russian lake, our cabin location for the second (and unanticipated third) night.

 Otter

 Typical cabin scene after a long day of skiing!

 

Upper Russian Lake from the inlet

 

Sunrise Birches

On the trail in between the Russian lakes. We had perfect weather, and no avalanches, although we all wore avalanche "beacons" just in case. Some parts of the trail involved some steep side-hilling, as well as navigating post holes (left by some hikers) and really bumpy snow machine tracks.

View up the Valley

 Avalanche 1

Lower Russian Lake looking at our mountain route ahead! I want to go to there!

Seward Harbor

Anchorage and technicolor dream chickens

Frolicking in Arctic Valley just outside of Anchorage - we tried to drive here in January, but the road was so icy that it was closed. This time the road was fine, but the slopes were so glazed from the sun that I almost had a very very long slide down!

Anchorage in March

I never thought I'd learn so much about snow. 

And here are the Technicolor Dream Chickens, as advertised. I didn't try to interpret this one, I just faithfully recorded from my dream.

Alpenglow ski area

 Things with eyes

 Aurora over Goldstream
Watercolor and Ink

 Personal Mosquito Protection 
Watercolor and Ink
It's not too early to start looking ahead to field season!