Is anything better than ski jumping under the midnight sun?
Summertime ski jumping went past sunset (11:42 p.m.) at the Midnight Sun Ski Jump-A-Thon.
Skiing
Alyeska-trained skier returns home to race for UAA
Sky Kelsey, who learned to ski as a member of the Alyeska Ski Club, is coming home after spending several years training in Colorado, including four as a member of the U.S. Ski Team's national training group.
17-year-old is among 8 Alaskans named to national ski, snowboard teams
Gus Schumacher, a recent Service High graduate, was named to the U.S. Ski Team's men's development team.
U12, U14 Alpine skiing state championships awarded
Megan Gamez won the U14 giant slalom, slalom and overall title last weekend.
2 Anchorage men take gold, bronze in 50K at XC ski nationals
Erik Bjornsen won the race and Scott Patterson took third. Both men are just back from the Olympics in South Korea.
Diggins nips Bjornsen for 30K national ski title
After nearly 90 minutes of racing, four-tenths of a second separated the two Olympians.
Another Alaska skier makes the podium at U16 regional alpine championships
Mary Grace Stahla captured third place in Sunday's super-G race and placed second overall among girls in the race series at Alyeska.
In duel between gold medalists, Diggins outpaces Randall for relay victory
The two women who teamed up to win America's first Olympic gold medal last month faced off in the anchor leg of Sunday's national championship relay race in Vermont.
Hometown racer Piper Sage claims U16 giant slalom title at Alyeska
A member of the Alyeska Ski Club, Sage won both of Friday's runs to win the Western Region championship by 1.26 seconds.
Bjornsen siblings lead APU skiers at SuperTour sprint race
Erik Bjornsen placed third in the men's final and Sadie Bjornsen was fourth in the women's final in Craftsbury, Vermont.
Blowouts mark 1st day of competition in alpine ski championships at Alyeska
About 170 skiers under the age of 16 are competing in the Western Region Championships this week in Girdwood.
Randall skis her final World Cup sprint, finishing 15th
The Olympic champion, who is retiring at age 35, is competing in her final races this week. Then she'll head back to Anchorage, which will honor her gold-medal victory at an April 4 Town Square celebration.
Kurka ends medal streak by placing 7th in Paralympics super combined
Less than 24 hours later, the Palmer man skied the first run of the giant slalom but did not finish.
Palmer skier Grace Miller makes Paralympics debut
The 18-year-old finished 10th in a field of 11 cross-country skiers in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
4 Anchorage skiers join Diggins with career-best World Cup efforts
Sadie Bjornsen, Kikkan Randall, Caitlin Patterson and Rosie Frankowski all registered career-best 30-kilometer freestyle finishes Sunday in Norway.
Gold in downhill, silver in super-G for Alaska’s Andrew Kurka
After winning the Paralympics downhill race on Friday, the Palmer sit-skier claimed silver in Saturday's super-G.
Scott Patterson impresses again in 50K ski race
The Anchorage skier notched a 16th-place finish in a World Cup 50K race in Norway.
Anchorage skier Wonders completes medal haul with gold in relay
Hunter Wonders upped his medal total to four in four races by anchoring his relay team to victory on the final day of the U.S. Junior National championships in Utah.
4 Alaska skiers claim victories at Junior Nationals in Soldier Hollow
Hunter Wonders of Anchorage boasts a medal in all three races at the championships, two of them gold.