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OUTDOORS JUNEAU EMPIRE At least four feet of fresh Alaska powder from back-to-back storms stuck to every slope, spire and ridgeline in sight - including the 40-degree headwall leading into the glacier far below riders strapped to big powder boards. The snow was mind-bogglingly stable.

Flying down glacier country

 The plunge: Mike Hovey opens up the Deflowered run by dropping the 40-degree headwall for the first
Greg Skinner / Juneau Empire
The plunge: Mike Hovey opens up the Deflowered run by dropping the 40-degree headwall for the first "safety area" below on the glacier. It's one of hundreds of named runs that clients of the local heli-ski companies have access to.
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