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3 Latvian Climbers Die After Fall Near Denali Pass on Alaska’s Denali

Three climbers have died and a fourth was rescued after a fall near Denali Pass on Alaska’s Denali, North America’s highest peak. The climbers were part of a seven-member Latvian mountaineering expedition ascending the mountain’s popular West Buttress route when four members of the team fell Wednesday near Denali Pass at approximately 18,200 feet (5,550 meters), according to Denali National […]
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Alaska Heli-Ski Guide and Avalanche Educator Dies Following Chugach Mountains Avalanche

The Alaska backcountry community is mourning the loss of a respected guide and educator after a fatal avalanche accident in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska. Dylan Lenzie, a lead guide with Crown Mountain Guides, died Saturday, May 2, from injuries sustained in an avalanche three days earlier while working in the West Bench area of Gannett Glacier, south of Knik Glacier. […]
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I Camped on a Glacier in Alaska with 3 Finnish Dudes and Had a Life-Changing Experience

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“Aleksi and I have been talking about going to Alaska for 10, 15 years now and it’s always something we wanted to do.” “Well…Why don’t we go?” “Yeah, that’d be cool.” “…No…Seriously. Let’s plan a trip—what about next spring?” That brief conversation sometime during winter 2024-2025 between Finnish splitboarder Janne Lääkkö and I—someone who I am lucky to consider both […]
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Freeride World Tour Returns to Alaska for First Time Since 2017 With Huge Lines in Haines

The Freeride World Tour has returned to Alaska for the first time since 2017. Haines replaced Kicking Horse Mountain Resort as the fifth stop on the tour and the first stop following the cut. The freeride athletes have endured a particularly tumultuous season leading up to this point, with three stops in a row that were scheduled but ultimately cancelled due […]
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Last Seats Available: Join Miles Clark for Heli-Skiing in Alaska This April With Pulseline Adventure

Heli-skiing in Alaska sits at the very top of many skiers’ lifetime bucket lists—endless glaciated terrain, deep maritime snowpacks, and dramatic spines rising straight from the sea. This spring, a small number of remaining seats are still available for a guided trip with professional freeskier and SnowBrains founder Miles Clark through Pulseline Adventure, which has one available window left on […]
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6 U.S. Athletes Make The Cut for Freeride World Tour Finals in Alaska

March 6, 2026 – The FIS Freeride World Tour (FWT) by Peak Performance Commissioners and the Safety Team evaluated the FWT Fieberbrunn Pro venue, Wildseeloder face, and scoped several alternative faces in Fieberbrunn and across the Tyrol region. While Fieberbrunn, Austria still offered the best available conditions, none of the options assessed met the safety, snow quality, and contestability standards […]
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Alaska, A Place Known for Massive Snow Totals, Records Snowiest January in Recorded History

Alaska, America’s most northern state, is no stranger to snow. In fact, the state records more snow totals than any other state by a large margin. By those standards, it would take a massive amount of snow to cause any disruption in a place known for the fluffy white stuff. Unfortunately (or fortunately for ski and snowboard enthusiast) for residents […]
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[VIDEO] Alaska to Antarctica | Big Mountain Skiing with Miles “SnowBrains” Clark [2024/25]

Big mountain skiing across the planet. From Alaska’s steep spines to the high Alps, Patagonia, and Antarctica, this edit captures Miles Clark’s 2024/25 season skiing some of the most remote and consequential terrain on Earth. This is skiing driven by curiosity, awe, and respect for the mountains, not podiums or rankings. Filmed across both hemispheres during a single year. “Hey […]
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Why Does Alaska Gets So Much Snow?

Every year, as Spring dawns on North American ski resorts and the snow begins to melt, it happens: the pros ship it up to the Last Frontier. Easily the largest state in the US, Alaska is 663,298 square miles – and could comfortably fit the next three largest states inside its borders. Alaska not only has the country’s highest point (Denali at 20,320 feet), but also the coldest temperature on record (-80 F in Prospect Creek, 1971).
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Alaska on Steroids: Inside the Greenland Heli Realm That’s Redefining Big-Mountain Skiing

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There are ski trips you remember…and then there are ski trips that quietly reset your idea of what skiing even is. Greenland does that. Most people have never skied anything like what’s found amongst the fjords of Greenland with Greenland Heli Skiing. And Hans’ Solmssen’s operation is not about luxury, nor is it about the thrill of a helicopter—it’s the […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Freeride World Tour Announces Return to Haines, Alaska, and Inaugural World Championships

Some of the best freeride athletes in the world will assemble in the Catalan Pyrenees in mid-January to kick off the 2026 edition of the Freeride World Tour. The world-renowned freeride competition will feature six different stops including a return to Haines, Alaska, after a nine-year hiatus. Related:GoFundMe Helps Athletes and Para Athletes Make The Olympic Dream A Reality Known […]
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[VIDEO] “DIG:” An Alaskan Snowboard Film Where Ryland Bell Rides “The Line of His Life”—A 3,200-Foot Spine

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“It was hands down, unequivocally, the line of my life.” – Ryland Bell Ryland Bell has always been a dark horse. Born in Alaska and based year-round in Haines, the notoriously hardcore snowboarder and lifelong commercial fisherman spends his winters quietly hiking world-class spines from his backyard. In April of 2025, he headed deep into his home mountains in search […]
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Adrift in Turnagain Pass: Printmaker Captures Alaska’s Ski Soul with New Film “Carving Lines”

This article was written by guest author Dmitry Surnin Turnagain is a special place for me. One of my first backcountry experiences happened there—back when I had snowshoes, cotton sweaters, and too much excitement. Fast forward fourteen years, and I still can’t get enough of how magical this area is. Countless memories and long adventures with incredible people will forever […]
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[VIDEO] Skiers Dorian Densmore and Mya Akins Chase Alaska’s Steepest Lines in Black Diamond’s Latest Ski Movie “Slope Ascenders”

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Black Diamond’s latest short film, Slope Ascenders, follows professional skiers Dorian Densmore and Mya Akins through another winter of chasing gravity, weather windows, and soul in the mountains of Alaska. Filmed by Greg Stafford (stills and drone) and Jordan Pockrus (FPV), the project drops viewers into the raw pulse of Alaskan freeride skiing—the deep turns, the cold bivies, and the […]
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Ski for Free When Flying Alaska Airlines at These Destination Resorts

Alaska Airlines, the premier Seattle-based carrier serving the Pacific Northwest and beyond, has partnered with a list of well-known ski resorts to offer free lift passes when flying into select airports. The airline will provide free or discounted tickets at a variety of ski areas, from local ski areas to mega resorts and everything in between. States and provinces with […]
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[TRAILER] Clean Slate: Chasing Pow and New Lines from Wyoming to Alaska with Teton Brown

Hey ski bums, Clean Slate is my latest project with Zag Skis, a short film capturing last season’s hunt for gnarly zones and fresh pow in Western Wyoming and Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. Most of the winter was spent ripping around Wyoming on my sled, scoping out new zones and dropping in on steep, technical terrain. Conditions were tough overall for filming […]
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