Outdoors/Adventure

Columnist Alli Harvey details the first portion of her trip down the Alcan with a friend.

On a trip to North Dakota, columnist Steve Meyer spotted some handsome birds but was reminded of why he calls Alaska home.

Columnist John Schandelmeier offers tips on constructing with bent nails and building materials on hand, along with building methods that can save money.

Two hikers were rescued from the popular trail on the Kenai Peninsula after encountering more snow than expected, troopers say.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game found an unexpectedly low number of clams during final surveying, but the agency still plans to monitor them in support of perhaps opening the fishery in years to come.

Cold plungers say the practice has led to better mental and physical health. “Cold helps,” said one participant. “I don’t understand why.”

Columnist John Schandelmeier, a two-time winner of the race, has some ideas on how to help the Yukon Quest return to relevance.

The man is presumed dead after falling unroped into the icy chasm in Denali National Park, according to park officials.

A climber from Japan fell through a weak ice bridge on a glacier at the base of Mount Hunter’s North Buttress, park officials said.

Two King Salmon men and a New Mexico resident who left a platform to take photos near feeding brown bears at Brooks Falls pleaded guilty in the case.

Columnist Alli Harvey recounts her long road to personal development and the pains she encountered along the way.

The film, which is being screened in Talkeetna and Anchorage over the next week, features climbers and co-directors Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson traversing the Moose’s Tooth massif.

An appeals board determined the penalties assessed against Mille Porsild of Denmark and Yukon musher Michelle Phillips were outside the scope of the rule in question.

The new, limited fishery could reopen on the Kenai Peninsula in June, allowing for 30 clams per day.

Columnist Alli Harvey documents her experiences with runner’s high and explains why it’s like a galloping ghost.

Efforts to locate Austrian mountain guide Matthias Rimml, 35, began after a friend he’d been routinely checking in with hadn’t heard from him in several days, park officials said.

Columnist Alli Harvey writes about how recent weight loss is much more than the number on the scale, it’s about the practical improvements.

The U.S. Army sent helicopters loaded with supplies to help establish the base camp on the Kahiltna Glacier, ahead of what’s expected to be a busy season in the Alaska Range.

The Long Trail, which would run from Seward to Fairbanks, is a rare bipartisan initiative. Yet it still faces the major foes of all modern ideas: red tape and funding.

Rabbits take little space, are easy to manage and are increasingly popular as a meat source, says columnist John Schandelmeier.

As columnist Steve Meyer embarked on his annual late-spring Interior hunt, he pondered what makes a tradition — and what changes make a tradition better.

Michael Hamilton, who worked at Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, died after getting caught and carried in one of the numerous avalanches that have been occurring in the Southcentral Alaska backcountry recently.

Sightings will tick up as spring goes on, and many places in the state will be inundated with bears soon if they aren’t already.