The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s proposed lockdown on the lone outhouse in the remote, Alaska Range outpost of Rohn has been lifted, meaning fat-tired cyclists and ultra-runners headed north in the […]
Rohn outhouse open
One stinky story
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided 70 fat-tire cyclists and runners set to hit the Iditarod Trail in February pose a risk to the outhouse outside the iconic, one-room Rohn […]
Alaska Range climber rescued
The annual climbing season in the Alaska Range is still about a month away, but Denali National Park and Preserve is reporting the first, high-altitude rescue of the year. The Park’s Talkeetna-based, […]
Lucky to be alive
ALASKA RANGE — The ice bridge across the narrows of the Tatina River looked sketchy from the moment the Iditarod Trail was put in across it this year with the course […]
Near death on Iditarod Trail
An Iditarod hiker is lucky to be alive after an ice bridge across the Tatitna River collapsed Friday dumping him into frigid, fast-moving waters over his head, according to reports emerging from […]
Not a Farewell Burn
Failed Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the tax-’em-till-they-bleed former Alaska governor who somehow morphed into a conservative lightening rod, has had one thing right for a long time now: “lamestream media.” Sad […]
Global warming reprieve?
As the day draws close for the start of Alaska’s biggest winter sporting event — the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — the National Weather Service is promising a climatic shift back […]
Wet, fast Iditarod Cyle Race
SKWENTA — As darkness settled over the Alaska Range Sunday night, the cyclists at the front of the Iditarod Trail Invitational were once again racing at faster-than-husky pace toward the tiny Interior […]
