Vicky Ho is the ADN's deputy editor/online. An avid hiker and skier, she also writes Cautionary Tales, a column about lessons learned the hard way in the Alaska outdoors. Contact her at vho@adn.com.
A special avalanche bulletin is in effect for much of the weekend due to heavy snowfall and an unstable snowpack at Turnagain Pass and parts of Turnagain Arm.
The 55-year-old Anchorage mountaineer also has 70 first-recorded ascents in Alaska, spanning ranges all over the state.
Cautionary Tales: The most memorable winter moments aren’t always the bomber days spent skiing long and hard.
The avalanche center issued a backcountry avalanche warning in effect until 5 a.m. Friday.
Describing how much bigger, and how much stronger, a quake is compared to another requires some math.
Here's a roundup of ski movies playing in the Anchorage area to tide you over until the snow flies.
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.
Cautionary Tales: I can't say the warning signs weren't there. But this bushwhack off the Johnson Pass Trail was one to remember.
I didn't set out to become a Junior Nordic skier at age 28. But sometimes, that's how the Cookie Tour crumbles.
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.
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.
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.
