Outdoors

The school’s outdoor exploration class is not unique in Alaska. But to many readers of the New York Times, which recently published a story about the class’s successful hunt, it was a surprising and unfamiliar topic.

As always, first place is $10,000. Second place is a set of steak knives.

Finding some types of ammunition has been tough recently, amid supply shortages and rumors of hoarding.

Juneau’s hazard maps haven’t been updated since the 70s. New proposed maps have roughly 50% of the buildings in downtown Juneau in a moderate or severe risk area for avalanche or landslide.

Part of the reason is that the city-owned ski area’s pay scale begins $1.84 below Alaska’s minimum wage.

The 24-year-old says that his total averaged out to more than one climb per day for every day he’s been on island this year.