Meet Chris Owens, Alaska's Miracle Maker

This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.Advance TeamOnly 18 percent of Alaska’s land mass is accessible by car. It’s that remoteness—along, of course, with the massive mountains and maritime snowpack—that has cemented AK’s place as skiing’s final frontier. It can also make the 49th state a risky and expensive place to do business.