Skiing

Skiers will carve turns at Arctic Valley soon

The board of directors of the Anchorage Ski Club, which runs the area 15 miles from downtown, unanimously voted Wednesday night to keep the 320-acre area open this winter.

Building for big air

Come December, Alyeska Resort expects to open the Alyeska Pipeline Superpipe midway up Chair 7. At 300 feet long, 55 feet wide, with 18-foot walls, it is essentially what casual fans see on television during the Winter X Games or the Olympics.

Arctic Valley may not open this winter

Arctic Valley's long, tortured history of teetering on the brink of closure inched closer to the edge this week.

Palmer man featured in film named pro skier of year

Just 20 years old, Dane Tudor, the Palmer freeskier and motocross marvel, is doing what he loves, collecting fat sponsorships, seeing the world and earning acclaim for his talent.

Trailer: A four-minute trailer for "Everyday is a Saturday

Video: Dane Tudor skiing at the International Freeskiing Film Festival

MySpace: Dane Tudor's page

Struggling Alaska Railroad cancels popular Ski Train

On the same day this week that it announced 127 layoffs, the Alaska Railroad Corp. told the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage it has canceled next spring's Ski Train.

PDF: Nordic Skiing Association letter on Ski Train cancellation

Winter gear swap coming

Despite the sputtering economy, burrowing indoors for five months isn't an option for committed skiers, snowmobilers and snowboarders.

Girdwood skier takes gold medal

Growing up within walking distance of Mount Alyeska and carving its wickedly steep slopes nearly every day after school prepared Chanc' Deschamps-Prescott for some of the craziest ski races of his life Wednesday.

COLLEGE SKIING

UAA's Parker is MVP

Freshman Alex Parker, a two-time All-America alpine skier who won six races this season and helped UAA finish fourth among teams nationally, was named the Seawolves ski team's Most Valuable Player at its recent awards banquet.

Top three repeat

The podium for the giant slalom at the 2009 U.S. Alpine Championships looked a lot like it did last year. Tim Jitloff blazed down the course at Alyeska Resort with the two fastest times of the day and won his second straight giant slalom championship.

U.S. ALPINE SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mancuso takes giant slalom

Julia Mancuso capped a weekend of national championship skiing that featured blowing snow and blowing volcanic ash with a victory Monday in the giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships.

Anchorage nordic skier sets US pace

James Southam of Anchorage picked up his second gold medal in four races at the U.S. cross-country ski championships Sunday at Birch Hill in Fairbanks.

Dartmouth skier strikes gold at Alyeska

David Chodounsky sped past veteran Jimmy Cochran in the second run of the slalom Sunday to win gold at the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships at Alyeska Ski Resort.

Finally into the gates

There's something about Mount Alyeska that agrees with Alpine ski racers Kaylin Richardson and Marco Sullivan.

Gold, silver decided in blink of eye

Medals in nordic skiing's team sprint relay are often determined by furious poling in the last meters, and the men's and women's finals at the U.S. distances national in Fairbanks were fraught with fantastic finishes Wednesday night.

Blizzard wipes out downhill

The U.S. Ski Team is back in Southcentral Alaska for the second time this year to crown its national championships -- and for the second time this year, Alaska is throwing too much winter at the skiers.

Redoubt gives Southam assist at nationals

With ash from Mount Redoubt stranding one of his biggest competitors in Seattle, Anchorage's James Southam won the first race at the U.S. cross-country skiing championships Tuesday evening in Fairbanks.

Korthauer and Brooks snare 50-K titles at Oosik Classic

Marius Korthauer and Holly Brooks captured the 50-kilometer race titles in Saturday's Oosik Classic cross-country ski race in Talkeetna.

Three Alaskans ski to gold at Junior Olympics

Medals were scarce Wednesday for Alaskans at the Junior Olympics cross-country ski championships in Truckee, Calif., but gold was the dominant hue of the few the team collected.

Teela claims historic biathlon medal

Jeremy Teela Wednesday became the first American biathlete since 1992 to climb the victory podium at a World Cup race.

Young Alaska nordic skiers battle altitude

Sprinting at 7,300 feet, sea-level-adjusted Alaska skiers were anguished Monday when the 2009 Cross Country Junior Olympics got started in Truckee, Calif.

Southam, Brooks win Tour of Anchorage

Before Sunday's Tour of Anchorage, James Southam's previous ski race came in front of about 35,000 frenzied fans at the World Nordic Championships in the Czech Republic, where he at times skied stride for stride with Olympic and world champions.

Photos: 2009 Tour of Anchorage

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