Snowboarders and skiers turned out en masse Saturday, some responding to fresh powder and others to check out the new Alyeska Pipeline Super Pipe.
Arctic Valley opens, also has new terrain: a beer and wine bar
Winter recreationists welcome new snow
Snowmobilers were among the winter recreationists rejoicing Friday as a holiday blast of powder turned a snow-scant landscape into a winter playground.
State aims to open Seward this afternoon
Midtown skate oval almost ready for action
Crews are applying the final coats of water to the Midtown Speedskating Oval so it can open this weekend. Some skaters have already tested the 400-meter oval in the Cuddy Family Midtown Park. Despite a few cracks and bumps, it's fine for skating.
All you have to do is drive Seward Highway south of Anchorage to see why early-season backcountry skaters need to know where they stand.
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 gets vote of confidence
Skiing fans who turned out Wednesday night for a meeting about the future of the Arctic Valley ski area voted overwhelmingly to keep the area open and operating as it has in the past.
Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events
Women prepare to tackle frozen Iron Dog trail
As a kid growing up in Fairbanks, Issa Otten learned early how to live with extreme cold: Dress warm and don't stay outside long.
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.
When Howard Thies started the Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic in 1986, he wasn't sure if anyone would show up to watch snowmachines pull skiers in a race high in the Hoodoo Mountains.
North Face Masters tour
continues today
Alyeska Resort will continue to be a busy place today as the North Face Masters big mountain snowboarding tour holds its second day of competition.
Iron Dog winner intrigues Leno
Officials of the Tesoro Iron Dog race are abuzz about the interest one of the nation's best known motorheads has shown in the world's longest, toughest snowmobile race.
Iron Dog standings get major shakeup
Out on the windswept surface of the frozen Yukon River in the dark of Thursday night, the competition in the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race got blown to pieces.
Palin takes spectacular tumble in Iron Dog
Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile racers Todd Palin of Wasilla and Scott Davis of Soldotna were back on the trail Friday night after a crash that rattled the duo and sent a minor tremor across the state.
Minnick, Olstad overcome penalty, gain ground
The first day of the second half of the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race started badly for the race leaders in Nome, but they didn't show any sign that a little thing like a 20-minute penalty would keep them down.
WASILLA -- Experience -- i.e. age -- tends to be the key trait shared by winners of the 2,000-mile Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race, which begins today on Big Lake.
Speed freak's 117 average wins Alcan 200
FAIRBANKS -- There's not a better feeling in the world than racing a snowmachine down an empty highway in the middle of the Yukon territory at 140 mph, according to the man who does it better than anyone else.
Southam leads SuperTour standings
NORDIC SKIING -- Anchorage skiers James Southam and Lars Flora top the leader board after three stops on the $130,000 Cross Country SuperTour domestic race series.
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The Iron Dog started in 1984 with a 1000-mile race from Big Lake to Nome. On its 10th anniversary in 1994, officials added another 1,000 miles, from Nome to Fairbanks. This year's field has 35 teams, two drivers to a team.
2009 Trail map: Final standings
Action from the State Snowcross Championship Series Saturday on February 2, 2008 at the southeast corner of Minnesota Drive and International Airport Road.
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More than 1,500 skiers came out for the annual Alaska Ski for Women at Kincaid on Super Bowl Sunday. Many dressed in elaborate and clever costumes.
Skiers and snowboarders dropped into Alyeska's new Super Pipe on Saturday afternoon to warm up and compete in the Alyeska Pipeline Masters competition. Matt Parisen, Alyeska Resort's terrain park supervisor, says the new in-ground halfpipe is the first of its kind in Alaska and is 300 feet long, 55 feet wide and has 18 foot walls. He says the attraction is for expert skiers and snowboarders and will be open to the public at the resort.
The ice at Westchester Lagoon was in great shape for skating on Saturday afternoon, January 9, 2010. Anchorage Parks and Recreation hosted the Family Skate event.
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