Ski movie season is here, and the stoke is high
Here's a roundup of ski movies playing in the Anchorage area to tide you over until the snow flies.
Bears, bushwhacking and otherworldly peaks: 12 days in Gates of the Arctic National Park
Cautionary Tales: The remote Arrigetch Peaks are a cluster of sleek, jagged mountains in the Brooks Range. Surrounded by rushing creeks and immersed in a gold-toned autumn wonderland, we were thrilled to embark on our two-week adventure.
Stinging, burning, biting: Midsummer hiking on the Kenai means a beatdown of a bushwhack
Cautionary Tales: I can't say the warning signs weren't there. But this bushwhack off the Johnson Pass Trail was one to remember.
‘The tallest Polar Cub’: My life as a 28-year-old Junior Nordic skier
I didn't set out to become a Junior Nordic skier at age 28. But sometimes, that's how the Cookie Tour crumbles.
Porcupine cuddles and flooded tents: Readers share their outdoor rude awakenings
Cautionary Tales: There's no feeling like that moment you wake up in the morning on a camping trip and realize something has gone terribly wrong.
Porcupine cuddles and flooded tents: Readers share their outdoor rude awakenings
Cautionary Tales: There's no feeling like that moment you wake up in the morning on a camping trip and realize something has gone terribly wrong.
Intro to fat biking: Tires churning, legs burning, miles away from my comfort zone
Cautionary Tales: When you have a poor track record with bicycles, riding a fat-tire bike loaded with overnight gear is a lesson in character building.
The joy of spending Christmas in North Pole with family, even if it’s not your own
Cautionary Tales: Sometimes, it takes a bag of leftover holiday ham to remind you that you can find a taste of home anywhere if you look hard enough.
The joy of spending Christmas in North Pole with family, even if it’s not your own
Cautionary Tales: Sometimes, it takes a bag of leftover holiday ham to remind you that you can find a taste of home anywhere if you look hard enough.
My knee itched, and then there was all this blood
Cautionary Tales: On the virtues of checking out minor annoyances — an itch here, an uncomfortable hot spot there — sooner rather than later.
An Alaska life: He paddled the Yukon to get here in 1973 and hasn’t looked back
Cautionary Tales: In fourth grade, Chicago kid Jim Dore resolved to get to Alaska, one way or another. Thirteen years later, Dore crafted his plan -- which involved an $89 inflatable raft bought from Sears.