The Alaska Factor
The Guidebook for Backcountry Skiing in Southcentral Alaska
The Alaska Factor is a 215-page guidebook for those new to Southcentral backcountry skiing or those looking to pump their local stoke. The book includes planning your ski trip to Alaska, how to navigate Anchorage, information on weather and snowpack and how to access the primary backcountry ski zones.
Available from the Stock Alpine Store, Anchorage mountain shops and Kindle if you’re desperate.
Includes
Kenai Mountains: Turnagain Pass and Summit Lake
Talkeetna Mountains: Hatcher Pass and Bomber Traverse
Western Chugach: Girdwood, Eagle River and the Eklutna Traverse
Chugach Front Range: Peak Three, Ptarmigan, Falls Creek and Arctic to Indian
Alaska Range: Ruth and Pika Glaciers
Thompson Pass near Valdez
Kodiak Island
Sold At
AMH, Anchorage
Hoarding Marmot, Anchorage
Title Wave, Anchorage
REI, Anchorage
Powder Hound, Girdwood
Prospector Outfitters, Valdez
Homer Bookstore, Homer
River City Books, Soldotna
REI, Fairbanks
Skimo Co, Salt Lake City
Alaska Factor .kmz file
Locations NOT ground truthed. Use at your own risk.
Download here .kmz file: The Alaska Factor.kmz
“The Alaska Factor is 144 pages of solid information and plenty of skiing stoke-ography.”
“Every sport needs its Sutra. Thankfully, Joe Stock has stepped in and given us the dream guide ”
“He’s got the experience and credentials to put together a great guidebook and he has.”
“Apparently Joe has be covering a lot of ground on his ZenOxides over the years. We caught up with Joe to learn more about his endeavor.”
“While my book pealed away a small part of Alaska, Stock’s pulls the cover back further. It allows visiting and local skiers more options on their dashboard as they cruise around Alaska chasing dream lines.”