For helping Team AK reach new heights in ski jumping and nordic combined, Zak Hammill is honored as coach of the year
The 30-year-old was named the top development coach in the nation by US Skiing and Snowboarding.
Skiing
A skier born to race, Finnigan Donley rules the slopes at Alyeska, and his empire is about to expand
His grandfather was the first alpine ski coach at Alyeska Ski Club, his parents are accomplished athletes and his sister is a state champion in cross-country skiing.
Alaska’s David Norris is one of the country’s best skiers, but he didn’t make the cut for US Ski Team
A system that favors younger skiers is one reason a skier with two top-20 finishes at the World Championships isn’t on the cross-country national team.
11 Alaska skiers — many of them former high school Skimeisters — named to U.S. cross-country ski team
Alaskans make up more than half of the 21-member national team.
4 Alaska teens make junior national teams in nordic combined and biathlon
Three are biathletes and one competes in nordic combined.
Skiers David Norris, Rosie Frankowski lead the way up Alyeska in a long, steep nordic hillclimb
The race was the third and final stage of the inaugural Tour de Skimeister.
Alyeska Spring Carnival features a grueling hill climb, a daring downhill and a bikini race
With more than 700 inches of snow, the Girdwood mountain is ready for a variety of races this weekend and an extended season next month.
At the Alaska alpine ski championships, a U12 girl beats all the older kids, including the boys
Alexandra Vonwalter-Gentner posted a two-run slalom time that beat the top boy by more than three seconds.
UAA senior Michael Soetaert goes out on top by winning his final ski race
Soetaert’s victory came in the final race of the Western Region FIS Tech Series, a four-day race series at Alyeska Resort.
Anchorage skier Hunter Eid celebrates homecoming with gold, silver at Alyeska races
Eid, who trains in Idaho, shared the podium in both races with UAA’s Moro Bamber and Didrik Nilsen.
UAA women dominate Western Region alpine races at Alyeska by taking 10 of 12 podium spots
Preventing a complete podium sweep by UAA was U19 skier Randi Von Wichman, who finished second and third in Tuesday’s two giant slalom races.
2021 Tour of Anchorage ski and bike results
More than a thousand people -- 801 cross-country skiers and 221 fat bikers -- competed in the March 7 race across Anchorage.
Ski all afternoon, collect gold medals: Anchorage teen Daniel Ferucci is thriving at Colorado ski school
Ferucci won the slalom and giant slalom races at the recent Rocky Mountain/Central Division regional championships.
UAA ski team gets another NCAA All-America finish on a hot and cold day on the alpine slopes
Senior Rebecca Fiegl claimed sixth place in the women’s slalom race at the NCAA Ski Championships in New Hampshire.
Luke Jager double-poles his way to 2nd place and Seawolves produce 4 All-Americans at NCAA ski championships
With temperatures in the 50s, Jager skied the classic-technique race with no klister wax.
UAA’s Georgia Burgess skis to career-best 11th place at NCAA championships
The four-day championships run through Saturday.
UAA ski team wraps up an eventful season at this week’s NCAA Championships
The Seawolves survived a move to eliminate their program and a global pandemic on their way to the four-day championships in New Hampshire.
After skiing 50K, some Tour of Anchorage racers went another 25 kilometers on fat bikes
Eric Flanders and Stephanie Arnold posted the fastest times among those who took on the 75-kilometer challenge.
Alaska skiers make their mark in World Championship 50K, with Scott Patterson leading the way in 10th place
Patterson’s finish is the best by an American in a World Championship 50K since 2003.
The record book gets a rewrite and an ornery moose gets a workout at the Tour of Anchorage ski race
Even though a moose disrupted their races, Rosie Frankowski and Tyler Kornfield posted fast times in the 50-kilometer ski race.