Face paint, silly socks and fast skiing carry Anchorage skiers Maubet Bjornsen and Brennan to silver medal in relay
A second-place finish in a World Cup relay race continued a strong season for the American women.
Skiing
Cougars sweep team titles in season-opening ski race
The race was a freestyle sprint on the trails near Service High.
Gus Schumacher makes impressive showing at Government Peak ski races
The Anchorage man set a fast pace to top a field of UAA and UAF skiers in a 10K freestyle race.
With snow on the ground, ski trails are starting to shape up
Nordic trails around Anchorage are being groomed and Alyeska is making snow in preparation for a Dec. 13 opening.
Maubet Bjornsen makes history as 1st US woman to lead Cross Country World Cup overall standings
The Anchorage skier placed fourth in a Saturday distance race in Finland, one day after finishing third in a sprint race.
Maubet Bjornsen opens World Cup ski season with a podium finish
The Anchorage cross-country skier places third in a classic sprint race in Finland.
Fairbanks school district suspends West Valley ski coach
Nick Crawford previously worked as the head coach at UAF and in September was named the head coach for the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks.
Olympic champion Kikkan Randall honors her cancer recovery by running in New York City Marathon
Cross-country skier Kikkan Randall, who grew up in Anchorage, has always wanted to run a marathon. After breast cancer treatment, she’s trying to “not take any moment for granted.”
Kenai biathlete Cooper is returning to World Cup competition
Travis Cooper is one of four men who will compete for the United States at the first three World Cup this season.
Miles to go before they ski: Backers of new Hatcher Pass alpine area hustle ahead of snowfall
Skeetawk is getting ready for the first season of lift-served downhill skiing in the Talkeetna Mountains in decades.
Anchorage biathlete named to U.S. team for Youth Olympics
Maja Lapkass is one of six teens named to the team that will compete in Switzerland in January.
Anchorage athlete grabs rollerski victory in Norway
Racing against some of the World Cup’s top skiers, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen won a 25K race and posted the second-fastest time in a pursuit.
Anchorage teen becomes first Alaskan to make nordic combined national team
Carter Brubaker, 15, will head to Europe later this summer to train with the U.S. junior national team.
It may be May, but Alaska skiers are still making news
Trond Flagstad is back as UAA’s nordic coach, 10 Alaskans were named to the U.S. Ski Team and Jan Buron of the Alaska Winter Stars was named one the nation’s top coaches.
Biathletes make national team, Bjornsens collect gold and Alyeska racers shine as ski season wraps up
Biathletes Travis Cooper of Kenai and Maxime Germain of Anchorage both earned spots on the national team.
Olympic skiers honor Anchorage’s Rosie Brennan
Brennan, who had the best season of her career despite being dropped by the U.S. Ski Team, was the inaugural recipient of the Inga Award.
Adam Loomis skis to new record in 24-hour Kincaid ski race
He came to Anchorage as a ski jumping coach, but he demonstrated his endurance last weekend to win the final race of the cross-country season.
Led by triple-winner Donley, Alaska alpine skiers impress at U14 Western Regionals
Finnigan Donley swept all three races at the race series in Big Sky, Montana.
Kramer, Schumacher propel Alaska relay teams to gold on final day of junior national championships
Both provided swift anchor legs to put their teams on top of the victory podium.
Alaska skiers Schumacher, Kramer complete their sweep of gold medals
Gus Schumacher and Kendall Kramer go 3-for-3 in the individual races at the U.S. Junior National cross-country ski championships at Kincaid Park.