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Article: Chugach Powder Guides.(The Guide/The Untracked Line: Helis, Cats, Tours/Alaska)(Review)
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- March 1, 2006
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Byline: Evelyn Spence
AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATING FOR PERMITS, Chugach Powder Guides (CPG) finally secured permission in 2004 to open almost 150,000 acres in Seattle Creek, an area of 50-plus-degree lines about six miles from its home base in Girdwood, Alaska. Not that CPG was hurting for untracked snow before--the 10-year-old outfit already flew guests to a million-plus acres, "a shit-ton of terrain," as owner Chris Owens likes to call it. More acreage means less downtime. When the weather rolls in, instead of leaving guests to memorize the pattern of the hotel carpet, guides whisk their groups to yet another microclimate. Of course, this being Alaska, there are ...
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