Alaska has been getting hammered with snow this season and Alyeska resort is glowing with a stout 142 inch base at mid-mountain. These are perfect conditions to entice the best Telemark skiers from around the country to show up and compete against each other for bragging rights and the $10,000 that will be split up amongst the winners. This high-level competition showcases Alyeska’s challenging steep terrain loaded with steep cliffs, chutes and 2,500 feet of vertical, creating a venue that will test the abilities of the most experienced freeheelers.

Alyeska’s hopes to attract top-level national big mountain telemark competitors like Chris Erickson, Paige Brady, & Nick Devore to name a few, who have placed in top finishing spots at the Alpine Meadows Big Mountain Telemark Competition and Crested Butte US Telemark Extremes with the challenging terrain of the Chugach Mountains.

Telepalooza, the Jeff Nissman Memorial Telemark Festival, takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 27 to 28, and includes on-mountain and après ski activities. In its seventh year, Telepalooza celebrates the life of Jeff Nissman. Jeff was an avid telemark skier, mountaineer, and avalanche forecaster who died in a work related accident in January 2004. The festival weekend features on-hill clinics, fun races, free demo equipment, as well as nightly live entertainment at the Sitzmark Bar and Grill. Proceeds from this year’s charity raffle featuring over $30,000 in prizes, will benefit Friends of The Chugach Avalanche Information Center in Jeff Nissman’s honor. Raffle prizes include helicopter and cat skiing adventures in Alaska and many other backcountry gear and accessories.

To register for the Alyeska World Comp and to learn more about the activities throughout the weeklong festival, please visit www.AlyeskaResort.com.