Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the Alaska map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak’s ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that ...

While Wisconsin is still waiting on our first snow of fall there's plenty of it heading towards Alaska. Not a huge shocker that they're ahead of us in the snow department, but it's a sign of the ...

Alaska's mountains and oceans provide some of the most dramatic landscapes on earth. Anchorage trails have connected the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet for decades, with a few gaps. Just recently ...

An overview of the south fork of the Fish glacier, Revelation Mountains, Alaska. A - Mephisto (8568); B - Obelisk (9304); C - Charlatan (7350); D - Prophet (6905). The triangle shows the base camp of ...

Out of our group of five skiers, Dave and I were the ones on the first flight in Drake’s small, modified Cessna. That meant we had the responsibility to choose and confirm a suitable area for a proper ...

It’s not uncommon to hear that once you’ve skied in Alaska, anywhere else is bound to be a letdown. And it’s true that, after hitting slopes all over the world, my first taste of Alaska’s ...

Palmer, Alaska, is one of those small mountain towns that seem to have been plucked straight out of the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by towering peaks of the Talkeetna and Chugach Mountains, this is where ...

This small Alaskan city is easy to get to and offers tons of accommodations, with nature cruises and hiking trails right outside your doorstep.

Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it after ...