Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Avalanche safety up Hatcher Pass
by JACOB MANN PALMER — More than 100 people came up to Gold Mint Trail parking lot on Saturday for the
Anchorage man killed in Hatcher Pass avalanche
Frontiersman.com UPDATE, 10:10 a.m. Nov. 24: Alaska State Troopers identified the skier killed in the Wednesday avalanche
Avalanche avoidance starts now
By ZACK FIELDS Anchorage Press A few intrepid bootpackers have slogged in to ski Pastoral Glacier, but most backcountry skiers
Avalanche danger rises as snow piles up in Hatcher Pass
Frontiersman.com While the lower elevations of the Mat-Su Valley in the Palmer-Wasilla areas saw a weekend filled
LETTER: November is Avalanche Awareness Month
To the editor: November is Avalanche Awareness Education Month. As a lifelong Alaskans, I’ve lost a lot of friends
The High Country: Skiing above Peterson and Kern Creek
Headlamp by Zack Fields Thousands of feet above Girdwood, crenellated ridgelines encircle headwater glaciers that overlook Turnagain Arm. Near-vertical
Iconic
Zack Fields Skiing Pyramid’s west face Pyramid’s massive west face beckons to every skier who drives down Turnagain
Mt. Eva
Zack Fields From glaciers to rainforest in the Seward backcountry Seward has some of the best, least-visited ski terrain
Slog of Slogs
Zack Fields Most skiers have never identified Bench Peak on the horizon, let alone contemplated a trip to its lonely