Alaska Range - LIttle Switzerland
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Alaska Range - LIttle Switzerland
Submitted By: Pdiddy on April 26, 2012
Administrator: Pdiddy
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Featured Descent
East Portal Trailhead
We skied this in a storm and it was our first time up there. So I didn't get a good look around. We skied the north east facing aspects just to the southwest of the first large lake in the forest lakes area. We skied mellow terrain but there looked like there was steeper chutes above us towards the ridgeline to our south.
A better area to ski might be if you take a left off the trail towards forest lakes and head towards arapaho lakes, up trail 818 as labeled on the nat geo trails illustrated map (#103 for this area). It appears you gain elevation more quickly and may have more sustained, slightly steeper terrain - which would be an improvement over the aspects described above.
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Little Switzerland is more popular for long, moderate rock and alpine climbing in May and June. There are many opportunities for descents from mild to wild. Views of Mt. Foraker and myriad 10,000 to 12,000 ft jagged peaks never get old. Crevasse danger is real and one should be familiar with crevasse rescue here.
How to Get There
You will need to take a plane to get to the Pika glacier- Talkeetna Air Taxi is the choice of most climbers.
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