Hikers navigate the trail to Eagle and Symphony Lakes. Photo by Scott Banks. Whether you live in Anchorage or are visiting the city with time allotted for outdoor…
Calling all wildlife weekend warriors IF YOU WANT TO GET A QUINTESSENTIAL TASTE OF ALASKA, and you want to check a few items off your bucket list in…
Stillpoint Lodge opens to adventure As the helicopter pilot angles the chopper for a closer look at a glacial crevasse, I think how much Stillpoint Lodge has changed…
Home of the Alaska State Fair and freakish veggies The traffic light pulsing like a heartbeat at the intersection of Alaska Street and Evergreen Avenue gives Palmer a…
Despite an economy driven by oil and commercial fishing, Valdez earns the moniker “Little Switzerland” honestly. The city of around 4,000 people rests in a deep fjord beneath…
If you blink while driving along Turnagain Arm on your way out of Anchorage on the Seward Highway, you might miss Girdwood. At first glance, the turn-o to the resort town looks like no more than a truck stop and tiny strip mall. In reality, Girdwood o ffers a skiers’ haven a mere 40 miles or
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the town of Talkeetna o ffers some of the best views of the Alaska Range, starring Denali—front and center across the con fluence of three rivers and soaring to a staggering 20,310 feet. Groups of mountaineers with dreams of ascending “ The Great One” give the town its distinctive,
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A return journey to Portage Pass. [by Lisa Maloney]
More than just big bears.
