Photos: Competition underway in 2024 Arctic Winter Games

More than 1,800 youth athletes from Alaska and seven areas of the circumpolar north are in Alaska this week for the Games.

By Bill Roth, Marc Lester
Updated: March 14, 2024 Published: March 12, 2024

As competitors from across the Arctic took to the slopes Monday at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass, another group hit the trails at Anchorage’s Kincaid Park. More than 1,800 youth athletes from Alaska and seven areas of the circumpolar north are in Alaska this week for the Arctic Winter Games.

[Previously: With streamers and fanfare, the Arctic Winter Games open in Mat-Su]

Alaska's Eva Driggs shoots during the Arctic Winter Games snowshoe biathlon competition on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Grace Allaway, a U16 racer from Team Yukon, launches from the start while competing in the giant slalom at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games on Monday, March 11, 2024. Pioneer Peak is visible, at left, across the Matanuska Valley. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Maica McEachern of Northwest Territories, center, races in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Competitors in the Arctic Winter Games snowshoe biathlon competition make their way up a hill on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Carys Lyall, from Canada's Northwest Territories, snowshoes to her shooting position during the Arctic Winter Games snowshoe biathlon competition on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Competitors in the Arctic Winter Games snowshoe biathlon competition make their off of the range on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Connor McLaughlin of Alberta North transitions from skiing to shooting during biathlon competiton for Arctic Winter Games at Kincaid Park in Anchorage on March 11, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Team Alaska’s Wass Nanouk Jones skis through the stadium during biathlon competiton for Arctic Winter Games at Kincaid Park in Anchorage on March 11, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Coal Flint of Team Alaska catches his breath after crossing the finish line of biathlon competiton for Arctic Winter Games at Kincaid Park in Anchorage on March 11, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Morgan Nelson of Northwest Territories crashes in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Yuma McEachern of Northwest Territories races in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Team Alaska’s Elin Lunoe crosses through the stadium during biathlon competiton for Arctic Winter Games at Kincaid Park in Anchorage on March 11, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

An Alaska flag rides up the chair lift during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Ski races prepare for the first run of the giant slalom during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. Pioneer Peak is visible in the distance across the Matanuska Valley. (Bill Roth / ADN)

An official calls out the final lap during a race in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Team Yukon prepares to compete in the giant slalom during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Porter Thomson, a U16 racer from Team Alberta North, competed in the giant slalom during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Alpine ski races inspect the course before their second run during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Meliya Allain of Nunavut and Morgan Nelson of Northwest Territories talk before a race starts in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Paxton Nelson, a U16 racer from Team Yukon, competed in the giant slalom during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Snowboarders practice for the Rail Jam during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Brielle Schoorlemmer of Alberta North prepares for the race to begin in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Snowboarder walk up the hill to compete in the Rail Jam during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Hayden Berard, a U16 rider from Team Alberta North, competes in the Rail Jam during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Lucy Clarke, a U16 rider from Team Alberta North, competed in the Rail Jam during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Miles Brewster of Nunavut touches the ice in Arctic Winter Games speedskating competition, held in Eagle River, on March 12, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Aven Sutton, a U16 rider from Team Yukon, competes in the Rail Jam during the Mat-Su Arctic Winter Games at Skeetawk in Hatcher Pass on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Bill Roth

Bill Roth is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News.

Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

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