For over thirty years, Matt Kinney has "skinned" his way throughout Thompson Pass and the Valdez Mountains.  He has pioneered endless routes and descent lines that are simply too numerous to  list. A year-round Chugach resident, Matt works (if you can call it that) as a backcountry ski guide. He began producing avalanche and ski forecasting in Valdez over 10 years ago. He has formal avalanche training and has practiced its application for thirty years. He is a Professional Member of the American Avalanche Association and a certified First Responder. In 2006, Matt published “Alaska Backcountry Skiing: Valdez and Thompson Pass”.

Matt will be in Salt Lake City, UT on Friday, August 27th to give a presentation on his experiences as a backcountry ski guide in Alaska and how the heliskiing industry has and is impacting the backcountry of Alaska.

Read Matt’s full bio here. 

Suggested donation to attend: $7.

NOTE: PARKING IS SEVERELY LIMITED AT THE STORM MOUNTAIN SITE. PLEASE CARPOOOL FROM THE PARK AND RIDE LOT AT THE BASE OF THE CANYON 
AND PARK ALONG THE ROAD.

Directions to Storm Mountain Amphitheater:

From Highway 215 take 6200 South exit. Go eastbound for 1 mile to Wasatch Blvd. Go 1 mile south to junction with Big Cottonwood Canyon Highway (Highway 190). Make left at junction, follow Big Cottonwood Canyon Highway for 2.8 miles to the Storm Mountain Campground.

TWO IMPORTANT NOTES:

PARKING IS SEVERELY LIMITED AT THE STORM MOUNTAIN SITE. PLEASE CARPOOOL FROM THE PARK AND RIDE LOT AT THE BASE OF THE CANYON OR PARK ALONG THE ROAD.

THIS IS AN OUTDOOR FACILITY. Please bring a jacket and a headlamp, lantern, or flashlight.

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