While waiting for winter to become summer, outdoors lovers turn to beauty pageants
It's a tough time of the year for outdoor recreation in Alaska, but there's always sportsman shows and beauty pageants to help pass the time.
Outdoors/Adventure
If I really like February and March, am I finally a true Alaskan?
The sun is brighter, the days are longer and the skiing is still good, at least at some places, as winter crawls to its conclusion.
Aussie conquers Denali, then heads to Everest in effort to set Seven Summits speed record
Steve Plain of Perth and Jon Gupta of Wales reached the top of Denali on April 3 to become the first climbers this season to summit North America's tallest peak.
How a case of mistaken identity almost spoiled a successful caribou hunt
I loaded the big antlers in my truck and drove to Soldotna to show a buddy of mine. Then the emergency lights flashed from the Crown Vic that had been following me and soon I was sitting in a patrol car, about to be arrested.
From archery to agriculture, 4-H hopes to nurture a kid’s passion
Nearly 800 kids across Alaska belong to 4-H clubs, where they pursue a range of interests from subsistence lifestyles to shooting sports.
With Kobuk 440 victory, Girdwood musher Petit wins every mid-distance sled dog race he started in 2018
“Par for the course for this season,” musher Nicolas Petit told KNOM. “These dogs are kicking butt.”
Getting rid of last summer’s salmon? Here’s how to make your next catch last longer.
Spend a little extra time preserving your fish and you'll still be eating well next spring.
Springtime in Alaska isn’t all dust and foul odors. It’s prime time for crust skiing.
There's plenty of outdoors fun to be had during breakup, especially if you head to the mountains.
Iditarod reports no positive dog drug tests in 2018 race
The report to the Iditarod Trail Committee Board of Directors came after a year of controversy for the annual sled dog race, much of it centering on drug testing.
Two dogs, hunting by their own set of rules
No matter the fact that they were related as father and son or, more appropriately sire and pup, they still acted like strangers in the field.
In Interior Alaska, snow came late and then stuck around with a vengeance
John Schandelmeier: The ptarmigan, varying hares and the dog mushers may be the only ones who are celebrating this season's extension of winter.
This 90-year-old ‘adventurer’s adventurer’ has an almost unreal resume of rambling
Last year, a documentary film crew joined Alaskan Dick Griffith on a rafting trip down the Colorado River, which Griffith first started exploring in makeshift rafts in the 1940s.
Finding the right balance between overscheduling and slothdom
I don’t like feeling aimless. I still know it’s good for me, at least sometimes.
Volunteers find body of crab fisherman missing near Whittier
Volunteers on Tuesday found the body of Karl Stoltze, the Anchorage man who went missing after taking his skiff out in Prince William Sound last weekend.
Searching for the 30-inch Kenai River rainbow
I thought, well hell, I’m old but I can still do 14 miles in waders for a chance at a monster trout.
‘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.
‘Truly a legend’: Champion of first Iditarod dies at 75
Dick Wilmarth's daughter described the mushing gold miner as a hardworking and humble man who sought “spontaneous adventure.”
Cyclists, never underestimate spring breakup in Southcentral Alaska
“I’m on my bike and I don’t know if I’ll ever make it. It’s bad out here. Real bad.”
As luck would have it, ‘solace’ yields fresh arctic char
Every outdoor experience is not a rush toward a lucky strike as much as it is a chance to put silly thoughts aside.
Alaska’s ice fields and ice caves are worth exploring — but do so cautiously
It is wise to travel in pairs and carry a rope plus a pole to probe with. And if you venture into an ice cave, be sure to bring an ax.