
From south to north, the dynamism that makes Alaska such an interesting place to live was on display over the weekend. First it was Bear Glacier Lagoon, a huge glacial lake […]
From south to north, the dynamism that makes Alaska such an interesting place to live was on display over the weekend. First it was Bear Glacier Lagoon, a huge glacial lake […]
The whining, can you hear it? The screech and the wail, A man can’t help but fear it; It screams of time to bail From the car-filled Chugach bowl with its ugly, […]
A month behind schedule, winter is finally forcing its way into a coastal Alaska coated in frozen rain. Temperatures on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula and in the Anchorage metropolitan […]
CENTER CREEK, CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST – Bushwhack: “To force one’s way through a forested or overgrown area where no path exists.” Synonym: Hellbashing”
A foot to three feet of new snow was blanketing Alaska’s Kenai, Chugach and Talkeetna mountains Saturday night, and it had bonded to almost nothing. That had avalanche dangers growing everywhere from […]
No, this is not about Sarah Palin. It’s about “La Nina,” the girl who brings the cold north to Alaska. One couldn’t tell it on Saturday along the flanks of the Chugach […]
Once more a massive search is underway for a man gone missing for days on a known wilderness trail not far from Alaska’s largest city. Texan Bradford Broach has not been seen […]
The creative director at RideApart.com, a major website for motorcycle adventure, has died in a freak, off-trail, motorsport accident in the Front Range Chugach Mountains above Anchorage. Forty-three-year-old Jim Downs from North […]
A July Fourth hike to the top of Flattop Mountain to watch Anchorage fireworks ended with a young man from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in a helicopter on his way to a local […]
Updated: June 13, 2016 If ever there was a week to illustrate the potential dangers that lurk on the very edge of civilization’s foothold in Alaska, this was it. Four confirmed dead […]