Avalanche debris will keep Hatcher Pass Road closed through the week, officials say
The Department of Transportation plans to do mitigation work in the area before clearing the debris toward the end of the week.
The Department of Transportation plans to do mitigation work in the area before clearing the debris toward the end of the week.
Columnist Christine Cunningham shares some of the highlights of her quest to improve her outdoors vocabulary.
Jeff King feared freezing to death. Philip Hanke was out of food and bogged down in snow. Both pressed the SOS button in the season-ending sled dog race.
The lasting snowpack will be ideal for April fishing, snowmachining and trips into the backcountry.
It’s the most extreme avalanche closure in the area in about 40 years, said an Alaska Department of Transportation official.
The National Transportation Safety Board isn’t expected to issue a report on the heli-skiing accident that killed five until next week.
It may be legal to set a trap 50 feet from a parking area for multi-use activities, but it’s reckless and wrong.
In the spring, a man’s fancy may turn to thoughts of mallards and pintails — and the quality time spent watching and waiting for them, sometimes without ever firing a shot.
After years of steady growth, Knik Glacier has exploded as a destination this winter, especially for fat-tire cyclists.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a grant of about $340,000 for the project through its National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant program.
The group members recovered 40-year-old Erin Lee — who was equipped with avalanche safety gear — from the slide debris, troopers said. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Investigators are looking into the delay and whether any of the five people found dead initially survived the Saturday crash above Knik Glacier. There was one survivor.
“Training plans” with Labradors can go sideways quickly when a chicken sandwich enters the picture.
Kids love dogs, and dogs love to pull. What better place to spend a weekend in the winter than a sprint mushing race?
Feeling trapped in Alaska during a pandemic. Happy to be in Alaska during a pandemic. Both things can be true at once, columnist Alli Harvey writes.
From early guests like snow buntings to Arctic tern, these avian explorers travel thousands of miles each year.
If you feel like you’ve been moving less during the pandemic, you’re not alone. Something as simple as going for a walk regularly can help you get back to a state of equilibrium.
Columnist Steve Meyer shares some of his mishaps with firearms with the hope you can avoid them.
The move follows changes to park road access that began last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Racers ranging in age from 6 to 12 raced 200cc snowmachines and were escorted by adults.