Visits to national parks in Alaska hit their highest number ever in 2018
Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park was No. 1, topping 1 million visits.
Outdoors/Adventure
Alyeska Resort closes mountain operations for second day amid ‘severe weather’
Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.
Iditarod leader whose dogs refused to run counters critics
Nicolas Petit, who dropped out of the race, says he believes a bad memory spooked his team.
Being sick used to include fun couch time, but now it’s just stressful
Catching up on pop culture loses its charm and self-analysis sets in when you keep getting sick.
‘It’s kind of a miracle’: #UglyDogs group helps raise more than $100K for Alaska schools during Iditarod
The Ugly Dogs closely follow Blair Braverman, a 30-year-old Iditarod rookie.
Want to field-dress a caribou, sew fur mittens or use a chain saw? There’s a class for that.
The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshops teach outdoors skills and build confidence.
‘We’re devastated’: Iditarod rookie thought his dog was tired heading into Nome. It died 2 days later.
“I would gladly give everything up to have her back,” said Two Rivers musher Richie Beattie.
With the final Iditarod musher into Nome, here are 8 takeaways from this year’s race
Bethel’s Victoria Hardwick was the last musher to cross the finish line at 1:51 p.m. Monday.
When a dog team quits, patience and an upbeat attitude might get them going again
Just because we “want” doesn’t mean a dog “will," columnist John Schandelmeier says.
From most inspirational musher to most outstanding lead dog, here are the 2019 Iditarod award winners
The winners were announced Sunday at the annual Iditarod awards banquet in Nome.
Iditarod dog arrives sick in Nome, dies 2 days later
Oshi, a 5-year-old female, crossed the finish line in the sled basket of rookie musher Richie Beattie on Thursday.
Our favorite photos from the 2019 Iditarod
From the ceremonial start in Anchorage to Front Street in Nome.
Streeper mushes to first-day lead in North American Open in Fairbanks
The Fort Nelson dog driver won Friday’s first heat by 96 seconds.
Avalanche warning issued for Turnagain Pass and elsewhere in the Chugach Mountains
The danger stems from heavy snowfall and strong winds, which the Chugach avalanche center says have created “widespread areas of unstable snow.”
Jessie Royer and Aliy Zirkle race through ‘whiteout snow globe’ to finish 3-4 in the Iditarod
After their arrivals in Nome, they talked about their dogs, the weather and challenging trail conditions. And wet feet.
Jake Berkowitz: Breaking down Kaiser’s race to Nome, and the Iditarod’s top 10 finishers
Paige Drobny placed 7th to give the race three women in the top 10, and Mitch Seavey battled to his 17th top-10 finish.
Heat-sensitive camera called a ‘game changer’ for Alaska search and rescue
The new system mounted on two troopers helicopters has in some cases cut search times from days to minutes, said public safety officials.
PHOTOS: Iditarod front-runners arrive in Nome
Pete Kaiser claimed victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Wednesday. Joar Leifseth Ulsom of Norway followed about 12 minutes later, and Jessie Royer finished hours later in third.
WATCH: Pete Kaiser discusses his Iditarod victory
See the Bethel musher talk about his team, his kennel and what it means to win the Iditarod.
Pete Kaiser wins his first Iditarod, arriving in Nome as Southwest Alaska’s champion
Kaiser, 31, outdueled defending champion Joar Leifseth Ulsom during the final two days of racing. He’s the first musher of Yup’ik descent to win the Iditarod.