An early, heavy snowstorm blanked parts of the Chilkat Valley late last week. Local forecasters and weather experts said while it was an unusual event, historic data shows that it’s not entirely unheard of in the region.
Even though the National Weather Service was not predicting a big storm at the time, Eric Stevens was fairly certain Haines was going to get walloped by Monday. The avalanche forecaster, who watches weather models every day, said…