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

  • Stock Alpine Store

  • 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

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The Alaska Factor is 144 pages of solid information and plenty of skiing stoke-ography.
— Andrew McLean, straightchuter.com
Every sport needs its Sutra. Thankfully, Joe Stock has stepped in and given us the dream guide
— Lou Dawson, wildsnow.com
He’s got the experience and credentials to put together a great guidebook and he has.
— Dave Waag, offpistemag.com
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.
— Interview with Jamie Bond, genuineguidegear.com
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.
— Matt Kinney, thompsonpass.com