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.
Mat-Su trail, snowmachine groups get nearly $34,000
Matanuska-Susitna area trails and snowmachine groups will receive nearly $34,000 in state grants this year to educate people about snowmachine safety and do trail maintenance in the Willow and the Montana Creek areas, according to a written release from state parks officials.
WINTER GAMES
Freestyle skiing added to 2010 games
Freestyle skiing and alpine skiing will be added to the lineup of sports at the 2010 Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
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.
Lulie Williams raced with her dogs Effie and Smoke on Saturday to win the women's two-dog 10-kilometer race at the Anchorage Skijor Club's Kincaid Klassic at Kincaid Park.
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.
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.
Action from the State Snowcross Championship Series Saturday on February 2, 2008 at the southeast corner of Minnesota Drive and International Airport Road.
VIDEO
Billy Powers, the Columbine Street homeowner where the giant snowman was built, talks about its rebirth despite city orders.
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Anchorage weather: Jan. 14-16, 2009
From -20 degrees to high 40s in only a couple of days, the weather shift has caused havoc in Anchorage, turning roads wet, icy and very dangerous.
Scenes from the kick-off, construction and structures at the FREEZE art project in Anchorage.
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