Alaska Olympian is back on her feet, but still on the comeback trail
Rosie Mancari ruptured both Achilles tendons when she fell during a training run at the Pyeongchang Olympics. She hasn’t snowboarded since and will miss this season.
Skiing
Snow means showtime at Arctic Valley’s tube park
The tubing area will open Saturday and Sunday at the ski hill north of Anchorage.
Kenai biathlete makes World Cup debut
Travis Cooper placed 105th in a 20K race in Slovenia.
For Anchorage skier Sadie Bjornsen, quake’s ripples traveled all the way to Norway
She was riding the high of a World Cup podium finish when she learned about the earthquake — and a water leak in her Anchorage home.
Alyeska won’t open Friday as scheduled
There’s not enough snow yet on the Girdwood mountain.
Schumacher, Kramer sweep nordic ski races in Fairbanks
In the annual Alaska Cup competition, the Seawolves defeated the Nanooks
APU nordic skiers are on a roll in Norway
In two days of racing in Lillehammer, Sadie Bjornsen posted two top-10 finishes and Rosie Brennan enjoyed two career-bests.
Anchorage skier Sadie Bjornsen ranks 10th in World Cup standings after season’s first races
Rosie Brennan placed eighth in Sunday’s 10K classic race in Finland.
Sadie Bjornsen leads Americans on opening day of World Cup season
The Anchorage skier made it to the semifinals of the classic sprint race in Finland.
Hilltop Ski Area will open Saturday morning
The Anchorage ski hill will begin daily winter operations at 9 a.m. Saturday.
No skiing or boarding on Thanksgiving near Anchorage, but the weekend’s a possibility
“It’s the weather,” Hilltop CEO Steve Remme said. “We’re at the mercy of the weather.”
Despite exposed rocks on the trails, nordic skiers have options
Trails are groomed at Beach Lake and Hatcher Pass.
Couple donates Nancy Lake cabin to Anchorage’s nordic ski club
The off-road cabin requires a hike or paddle of about one-third of a mile to reach. “It’s kind of like Nordic skiing. You have to put a little effort into it to have fun,” donor Gordon Wetzel said.
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.
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.