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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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Months After Avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach, Recovery of 3 Heli-Skiers Remains Impossible

More than six months after a devastating avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains claimed the lives of three heli-skiers, recovery teams have been unable to bring their bodies home. The slide struck March 4 near the west fork of the Twentymile River outside Girdwood, burying three longtime friends beneath an estimated 40 to 100 feet of snow. The victims were identified […]
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New Study From Alaska Shows Warming Soil Unleashes Metals That are Deadly to Fish and the Food Chain

A new study detailing the severity of contamination in Alaska’s rivers has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study focuses on the Salmon River, and researchers warn that similar transformations are already underway across dozens of other Arctic watersheds. The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by an Act of Congress, signed […]
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Italian Geologist Dies on Alaskan Glacier He Was Studying

The search for Italian geologist Riccardo Pozzobon, who disappeared after falling into a meltwater channel on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, has been suspended, according to Alaska authorities. The 41-year-old Italian scientist from Padua Univstiry has been declared deceased. Alaska Wildlife Troopers said they received a report on September 2 that a man had fallen into a stream on the glacier and […]
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Aviation Report: Pilot Lacked Key Training and Lead Ski Guide Had Elevated Cocaine Levels in Fatal Alaska Helicopter Crash That Killed 5, Including Czech Billionaire

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On March 27, 2021, under the bright, deceptive calm of a blue sky, an AStar helicopter carrying six people—three Czech nationals, two American guides, and a pilot—lifted off from Wasilla Lake, heading for the remote, untouched powder of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. It never returned. By the end of the day, Petr Kellner, Czechia’s richest man, was dead. So were four others. […]
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Alaska Airlines Expands Winter Access to Ski Destinations With 7 New West Coast Routes

Alaska Airlines is making it easier for skiers and snowboarders to reach top winter destinations this season with 7 new nonstop routes launching between California, the Pacific Northwest, and the mountain West. Among the most notable additions is a new seasonal route between San Diego and Sun Valley, Idaho, beginning Dec. 18. Known for its deep snowpack and rich ski […]
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Tsunami Warning in Alaska Downgraded After a 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Region

Residents living in coastal communities in southern Alaska were ordered to move to higher ground due to a tsunami threat after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday at 12:37 p.m. locl time. Officials quickly downgraded and then canceled the tsunami warning for the region. There were no reports of significant damage. “We have seen other earthquakes in the area […]
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Non-Profit Ski Area Skeetawk Has Plans to be One of the Largest Ski Resorts in Alaska

According to the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), 486 ski resorts operated in the United States during the 2023-24 season. Those numbers do not include the non-profit ski resorts, which are much harder to quantify. This is due to the difficulty of classifying these ski areas; therefore, the exact number of non-profit ski resorts is unknown. Several dozen non-profit ski […]
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Mount Spurr Rumbling: Alaska Volcano Unrest Spurs Eruption Watch

Alaska’s Mount Spurr—a 11,070-ft glacier-clad volcano 75 miles west of Anchorage—is showing worrisome signs of life. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reports elevated seismic activity with numerous small, shallow earthquakes now detected daily beneath the mountain. Over the past month, more than 100 quakes per week have been recorded, some up to magnitude 2.7, totaling thousands of tremors since last […]
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm

Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […]
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