Skiing

Nordic skiers in Anchorage get a reprieve

The mercury rose so much Wednesday morning that die-hard skier Mike Vogel knew he could only ascend Spencer Loop one last time before the slushy mess on the Hillside trail trickled downhill, ending his cross- country skiing season.

Kelly wins Slush Cup

Colby Kelly beat 50 competitors Saturday to win the Slush Cup title at Alyeska Resort.

Another blood clot sends Randall to hospital

A trip to Providence hospital for treatment of a new blood clot turned into a lengthy ordeal last week for Olympic cross-country skier Kikkan Randall.

Another blood clot sends ski champ back to hospital

Olympic cross-country skier Kikkan Randall of Anchorage returned to the hospital for more surgery Tuesday after doctors detected a new blood clot in her left leg.

PDF: Deep-vein thrombosis graphic

Jump start

At one point in her young life, Elyse Saugstad had to choose between figure skating and downhill ski racing.

Questions surround skier's death

Until deadly disaster struck on the slopes above the Alyeska Ski Resort Friday, 27-year-old John Nicoletta had been living the life of a ski bum who drew a royal flush.

VIDEO: Interview with John Nicoletta

John Nicoletta's profile

Skier dies on Alyeska slopes

On a postcard perfect April day at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood on Friday, 27-year-old extreme skier John Nicoletta from Colorado tried to go big off a band of rock called the Headwall on the first day of the 2008 Subaru Freeskiing World Championships.

VIDEO: Interview with John Nicoletta

John Nicoletta's profile

Free skier at Alyeska dies in fall onto rocks

A skier killed while competing in the U.S. Freeskiing Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood Friday afternoon went off a steep embankment and fell about 100 feet onto rocks, Alaska State Troopers said.

John Nicoletta's profile

Girdwood skier ready to show extreme moves

Jake Young isn't suffering any adrenaline shortage.

Ski champ Randall faces a genetic threat

The blood clot that threatened the life of World Cup skier Kikkan Randall may have been caused by a hereditary condition.

PDF: Read about Factor V Leiden in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association

Blood clots send skiing champ Randall into hospital

CRAIG MEDRED

Dangerous moves

Someone please explain the disconnect here: On the one hand, the ski industry is now encouraging all skiers to wear helmets just in case, for safety, because you never know what could happen on the slopes, yadda, yadda, yadda.

SNOWBOARDING

Kingwill, Dewey win finals

Laura Dewey and Rob Kingwill won the North Face Masters big mountain snowboarding competition at Alyeska Resort on Monday.

Big mountain tour heads for Alyeska

Alyeska Resort is hosting the North Face Masters big mountain snowboarding tour through Sunday and more than two dozen Alaskans have signed up to compete.

Attempt to 'go big' at Alyeska lands telemark skier in hospital

Skiing on forbidding terrain in last weekend's telemark skiing contest at Alyeska, Ben Johnson made a bone-shattering landing after a 70-foot cliff jump, leaving him with three broken vertebrae and a broken ankle.

Video: Telepalooza

Blood clots send skiing champ Randall into hospital

Instead of skiing in front of a home crowd of cheering Alaskans in Fairbanks last weekend, Kikkan Randall endured what she called a "very frustrating, scary and surreal experience" in the hospital.

Alyeska wows racers

GIRDWOOD -- Depending on whom you asked during this weekend's World Telemark Championships in Girdwood, the conditions were "intimidating," "awesome" or -- and this is meant as a compliment -- "sick."

Video: Telepalooza

BIATHLON

Teela's relay wins gold

Anchorage's Jeremy Teela was part of the three-person team to win the 18-kilometer mixed relay at the Canadian Nationals on Sunday in Whistler, British Columbia.

Talkeetna skier third at nationals

Vermont's Liz Stephen dominated the women's 15-kilometer pursuit Friday, taking first place over Morgan Arritola of Fairfield, Idaho, at the U.S. Cross Country Championships.

Teelas finish 9th,10th

Anchorage biathlete Jeremy Teela finished ninth on Saturday in the 10-kilometer sprint at the Canadian National Championships in Whistler, British Columbia.

FREESKIING

Nation's best test Shadows Headwall

Competitors in today's finals of the World Telemark Freeskiing Championships at Alyeska will ski the rarely opened and highly technical Shadows Headwall, a test of the thighs and lungs of even the most accomplished freeskiing athletes.

Randall headlines US meet in Fairbanks

The Birch Hill Recreation Area in Fairbanks is hosting its first U.S. National Championship races this week.