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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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
STORY
Within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one dog mushing job. It's in Denali, and it's currently vacant.
STORY
Most winter bikes know that during the Dark Season, survival is linked to the lights and reflective tape.
PHOTOS
Moose gather each autumn in Chugach State Park for the fall rut.
READER PHOTOS
Summertime is bear time, and the black and browns running around town make your sightings fascinating and important.
READER VIDEO
Renae Thomas posted video of Anchorage's fabled three-legged moose, seemingly healthy and with calf in tow.
VIDEO
Get an up-close look at going over Powerline Pass with the view of a camera mounted on top of the handlebars.
Loan dominates women and men on beach
Junior Olympics kicks off tonight at Kincaid
Beerle, Schamber prevail in mass-start events
Skiers, boarders discover new way to soar
US emerges as a new nordic power
Brooks did finish just a hair behind
APU skier Ronsse edges teammate in 30-K freestyle
Southam hangs with the best in nordic worlds
First place eludes Alaska ski coach at nation's largest cross-country race
Hickel, Tyler top slalom at Alyeska
Crews, Erickson win state titles
Fehrmann, Tower tops in the Susitna 100
Baurick skis to victory in Little Su 50-K
Seawolves skiers dominate giant slalom
Hickel, Tyler fastest on giant slalom
Southam, Patterson win SuperTour races
Moody and Stassel are tops in slopestyle
Steer, Iverson claim 30-K wins at Pia's Classic
Korthauer, Norris top long-distance fields
More than 1,100 brave cold at Ski for Women
Fairbanks gets races cancelled at Kincaid
Iverson, Fitzgerald win Besh Cup races
Mancari, Jennings capture GS victories at Alyeska
Loan, Iverson win races in Besh Cup
Randall and Southam earn world team slots
Randall makes more nordic ski history
Hakkinen places 22nd in World Cup biathlon
US draws heavily on Alaska skiers
Foul weather shuts down ski areas
Seawolves' Parker wins giant slalom