Valdez's isolation means untouched backcountry terrain that stretches as far as the eye can see, and it's what makes Alaska one of the snowiest states to visit for skiing and snowboarding.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta is distinctly short on downhill ski slopes and doesn’t have ... Snow Kite Festival at Thompson Pass near Valdez in April. And after that? Who knows.

Valdez Beautification Program Business owners in Valdez ... Alaska Railroad’s Ski Train Returns in March On March 22, the Alaska Railroad Ski Train will take passengers from Anchorage to Curry, near ...

Valdez, 42:05; 19. North Pole, 46:31; 20. Bartlett, 50:03. The Soldotna cross-country skiing team at the state Nordic ski championships at Birch Hill in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, February 20, ...

Housing, infrastructure, and services swell as residents flow to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska’s growth locus for ...

The group was traveling with guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation, which escorts backcountry skiers via helicopter ...

Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a ...

UAF opened the first day of the NCAA Skiing Championships with All-American finishes on both the men’s and women’s sides.

Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens of feet of snow ...

The avalanche site is 8 miles northeast of the airport in Girdwood. Girdwood is the skiing capital of Alaska, and home to the Alyeska Resort, at the base of Mount Alyeska, where people downhill ski or ...