Ignore those bruises. Just an Alaska mountain-biking trip gone bad.
The Summit Creek Trail that looked good on a map turned out to be too steep and too root-crammed to ride.
The Summit Creek Trail that looked good on a map turned out to be too steep and too root-crammed to ride.
Over the years, biking for fitness and as part of the daily commute has dramatically changed the average age of those killed while cycling.
Settlers Bay Coastal Park is a 295-acre tract being purchased by Great Land Trust for $1.4 million — if the final $40,000 can be raised.
Fireweed 400 gets rolling Friday, but with the growing popularity of mountain biking and fat-tire cycling, it may have trouble attracting the 700 competitors that have raced in prior years.
Outdoors digest: Red salmon bag limit up to 10 at Karluk River on Kodiak; bird watchers gather at Westchester Lagoon and Potter Marsh.
With many hotels now offering free or rental bikes, and rental shops plentiful in many cities, pedaling outdoors is easier. Where to go? Check these resources.
With many hotels now offering free or rental bikes, and rental shops plentiful in many cities, pedaling outdoors is easier. Where to go? Check these resources.
Youth participation in events combining swimming, running and biking showing steady growth among kids as young as 7.
Maulings are rare, and the chances of being injured or killed by a bear while riding a bike are slim. But biking increases your odds of injury in the unlikely event you encounter a bear at close range.
New intermediate and advance routes near the Spencer Loop trail will cost up to $160,000, which the Anchorage-based Singletrack Advocates plans to raise.
The entire trip along Eklutna Lake lasted only two hours, but we felt like we’d been riding much longer, a common reaction among newbies.
With the help of the locals, our long fat-tire bike journey was a success -- despite the ground blizzards.
With the help of the locals, our long fat-tire bike journey was a success -- despite the ground blizzards.
Total of six races for fat-tire bikers, skiers and runners were contested on a snowy course through Alaska's Susitna Valley.
Total of six races for fat-tire bikers, skiers and runners were contested on a snowy course through Alaska's Susitna Valley.
About 100 racers are expected to take on the 100-mile race through Alaska's Susitna Valley.
Winter biking in Fairbanks means pogies, wool Army pants, mukluks, beaver-skin mittens and moose encounters. Sissies stay home.
Winter biking in Fairbanks means pogies, wool Army pants, mukluks, beaver-skin mittens and moose encounters. Sissies stay home.