Outdoors

Several Alaskans were near the finish line of the Boston marathon when two bombs exploded in the crowded finish area.  No Alaskans are known to be among the three people killed and the more than 100 others who were injured. Forty-one Alaskans were registered to run Monday’s race and many had family members there to…

Winter ended at Eaglecrest yesterday (Sunday) with a splash.  The city-owned ski area wrapped up its 36th season drenched in sun, warm temperatures, plenty of snow, and the sometimes annual Slush Cup. That’s where brave skiers and snowboarders race down Hilary’s run to a pond filled with water.  The idea is to get across the…

Alaska’s predator control program has resulted in the number of wolves in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve dropping by more than half.

Eaglecrest lifts quit turning at 4 p.m. on Sunday. There’s still plenty of snow, but the city-owned ski area’s budget dictates that it close the second Sunday of April.

A bill that would give cities and boroughs in Alaska the ability to deal with derelict and abandoned vessels is on the move in Juneau.

Only two weekends of skiing and snowboarding left at Eaglecrest. The city-owned ski area will end the season on April 14.