Girdwood resident comments on Eaton Fire response
FOLLOW UP COMMENTARY PROVIDES HIS OPINION ON CHILDHOOD HOME
By John Gallup
Girdwood Resident
As of the week ending Feb. 14, some amazing progress has been made on the long process of rebuilding Altadena, Calif.
Through cooperation of FEMA, State of California, Los Angeles County, and the Army Corps of engineers, Phase 1, the removal and sorting of hazardous waste is almost complete, and Phase 2, the removal of debris has begun, at no cost to homeowners!
This is on a first apply first served basis, so it will be slow at first, but as it scales up it will involve 1500 trucks. This is huge, remember the fire itself was only 6 weeks ago.
Property owners can opt out and do their own removal if the want, but few have so far.
Also, if a property owner wants to rebuild the exact same house they had, only with non-flammable exteriors, they can get a building permit based on their original plans, short cutting a long and expensive process.
The only downside is that the already overcrowded 210 freeway will have to carry all those debris loads east to their final resting place in Duarte, a few miles to the east.
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Federal firings hit U.S. Forest Service in Alaska, with at least 30 jobs cut on Thursday
By Corinne Smith
At least 30 federal workers with the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska have been terminated immediately, as of Thursday, according to the National Federation of Federal Employees union.
“We got word yesterday that there were going to be 3,400 terminations of probationary employees within the U.S. Forest Service nationwide, and those terminations started at midnight,” said Matt Brossard, a national business representative with NFFE, speaking Friday at 10 a.m.
“There were 30 employees terminated yesterday,” he said, in Alaska. “I don’t have any numbers of what has occurred today, but I would say that there’s been a significant increase in that number, just from what we’re seeing in other areas of the country.”
Brossard said the firings will have an immediate and severe impact nationwide. “This is going to severely handcuff the agency’s ability to perform the necessary work that we do,” he said. “Whether it’s wildland firefighting, recreation facilities, visitor centers, this mass termination is going to affect every function in the national forests.”
The union, which represents over 110,000 federal employees nationwide, joined a coalition of labor organizations in filing a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the firings by President Donald Trump’s administration, and what they say is an attempt to gut the federal workforce.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, urges the court to intervene in the federal terminations, challenging the firing of probationary employees. The lawsuit also alleges that the federal administration has pressured employees to voluntarily resign, and the large-scale reduction in federal workforce violates the law.
“It’s going to be a waiting game to wait and see what the courts are willing to do to support federal employees,” such as putting a stay on the firings, Brossard said. He added that the union is looking at filing a temporary restraining order to prevent further firings.
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Alaska Senate approve 18-year-old alcohol servers, plus 16-year-old restaurant workers
By James Brooks
Alaskans as young as 16 will be allowed to work in restaurants, and those as young as 18 will be allowed to serve alcohol if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law.
Senate Bill 15, which passed on a 19-0 vote, advances to the state House for consideration.
The bill is almost identical to House Bill 189, which the Legislature passed last year but Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed it. In his veto message, the governor noted that the House passed it after the midnight deadline on the last day of the session.
HB 189 was sponsored by Rep. Jesse Sumner, R-Wasilla, who did not seek reelection last year. Sen. Kelly Merrick, R-Eagle River, reintroduced the bill at the start of this session, and it moved quickly through the Senate, becoming the first bill the Senate passed this year.
“Alaskan businesses are asking for relief when it comes to workforce shortages. Many establishments were in support of this bill and they wanted it to get through the Legislature as quickly as possible,” she said.
Restaurant and tourist businesses typically staff up during the summer with out-of-state labor or foreign seasonal workers, she said. If SB 15 becomes law, it would allow businesses to hire younger Alaskans instead, Merrick said.
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Late January Avalanches were close calls
By Soren Wuerth
TNews Editor
We all live at the mercy of Mother Nature, as on-going ecological catastrophes attest.
For people living below the shadow of a mountain, in the path of an avalanche, the reverberations of this reckoning become particularly poignant.
Centuries ago, the Incas brought young women to the peaks of mountains in sacrifice. They revered the mountain deity "Apus", protector of land and animals. In the Peruvian highlands, folklore still has locals crafting gifts for mountain spirits.
In Nepal prayer flags flutter along ancient trails and pilgrims chant the words, om mani padme hum.
For Norwegians, the Bergrisi, or "mountain giant", guards craggy peaks and could command or prevent an avalanche.
In Chinese mythology, mountains were said to hold up the sky.
Two Girdwood avalanches, one in upper Crow Creek and another on Mt. Alyeska came so close to disaster, it was as if an Apus or Bergrisi had been summoned.
Though the slides were considerable in both locations, no one was hurt and property escaped damage.
An avalanche that shed from Ragged Bowl above a small community along upper Crow Creek Road during a late January evening passed beside one cabin, went over the top of a vacant garage and stopped short of several homes.
Avalanche forecasters had warned of "high" danger during a turbulent storm that brought wind, rain and a half dozen feet of snow in places.
During the storm, one resident thought he'd heard something, an earthquake he thought, but outside he couldn't see much beyond a white-flurried gale.
When another local woke up the next day, he saw the avalanche beside, beneath and above his home. The avalanche sailed over the top of a vacant steel and concrete garage (designed for such events) loading the roof with feet of snow, branches and debris and came to a stop just before a house.
In the end, only an abandoned car and fish smoker were damaged.
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Community comes out to support Challenge at Annual Gala
By Allison Sayer
TNews Staffwriter
On February 1, Challenge Alaska welcomed about 680 guests and 40 volunteers to their annual fundraising gala at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. The theme was “Wild West,” and attendees dressed in their best cowboy attire.
Challenge is well known in Girdwood for its adaptive ski and snowboard program. They also offer opportunities for intellectually or physically disabled Alaskans to master archery, cross country skiing, water sports, hockey, tennis, mountain biking, and many other sports.
Ski racer Anna Boltz, who has spina bifida, captivated the crowd with her keynote address. She described her journey from being strapped into a tiny sit-ski at the age of two to racing at the national level now at age 18.
Through her experiences at Challenge, Anna has found community, independence, and focus. “This is what I want to do with my life,” she said, “I want to train. I want to race. And I want to be around these people.”
“I don’t feel like I have a disability when I ski,” she said, “I feel free… I can be a teenager and go out and ski with my friends… I can go wherever I want on the mountain.”
Anna has formed lifelong relationships with her fellow racers and coaches. She credited Performance Director Jeremy “Jaha” Anderson with helping her push the limits of her comfort zone, even recounting a crash right underneath the chairlift that resulted in a bloody nose but no other injuries.
Executive Director J. Nathan “Nate” Boltz, who is Anna’s father, described Challenge’s vision during his words: “When the mission is complete, Alaskans of all abilities will have equal access to sports, recreation, and community.”
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Girdwood Art Institute offers Fine Arts Camps
By Tommy O’Malley
TNews Contributor
Through careful financial management and with support from the Girdwood community, the Girdwood Fine Arts Camp has been able to offer Art Technique Classes through the fall and winter for school children through adults.
Arts Camp has been offering these art classes tuition free.
The classes have included portrait drawing and painting; Finger painting for adults, Stained glass; and PLAYDOH, (not Plato) for adults; making ROBOTS using Artistic Intelligence; PLAYDOH and Hey Clay for children; and Ice sculpture for children and adults.
All together there have been nine classes offered with 148 students participating.
Coming up are Printmaking and Collage for school children and teens, Batik style Silk scarf making, Wire Jewelry, Encaustic landscape painting, Tye Dye and Watercolor painting with more to come.
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Commentary: Dark against an Oven of Yellow Fire—My Home of 41 Years
By John Gallup
TNews Contributor
I was just another college grad at loose ends.
I didn't have any idea what I wanted to do, and my supervising professor at college said, "If I were you, I'd go to Alaska."
It seemed like a good idea at the time, so here I am, 52 years later.
This story is about where I was born and spent the first 23 years of my life: Altadena, California.
Set up against the San Gabriel Mountains on sloping ground, Altadena was laid out on a basic grid pattern when old haciendas were broken up and Pasadena became built-out and expanded north.
It is divided almost exactly in half by north/south Lake Avenue. East of Lake was more upper-middle class, larger homes and lots, and it was here that Dr. Gallup moved into 1560 Homewood Drive on my sixth birthday in April 1955. I was enrolled in Noyes Elementary school.
The house at 1560 was huge by our standards, it was called a "New Orleans Colonial" and had wide balconies on three sides. In the backyard was a formal garden with a rectangular fish pond which was quickly emptied of its fish and became our summer swimming hole. To the west, down a steep slope, was well over an acre of raw scrubland which we called "The Jungle" and where four young boys could dig for buried treasure and build forts.
Fifteen-sixty was at the end of a cul-de-sac, so the street also was our playground and our football and baseball field. The Baby Boom provided us with lots of other kids to play and make mischief with.
We all had bikes, and our mother would greet us as we came home from school, saying, "I don't want to see you or hear you until dinner." Which was just fine with us. We pedaled off into the afternoon smog in search of adventure.
Elementary school, junior high, high school, then off to college. College was only about a 20 minute drive away, so I was back home a lot, usually with my hand out for spending money.
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Look Up to the New Moon Night Sky to see the Old Wanderers
By John Gallup
TNews Contrbutor
Ancient civilizations spent a lot of their evenings looking up and telling stories about what they observed.
They noticed that almost all the bright things they saw in the night sky moved very slowly westward with each passing night and returned to the same place in the heavens at about the same season of every year.
However, five of the brightest objects didn’t follow this pattern. They behaved oddly, wandering back and forth against the slow-moving background.
The ancient Greeks called them “planets,” which is Greek for “wanderers.” They seemed to confine their wandering to a narrow strip in the sky, the same stripe that the Moon and Sun moved through.
Three of them moved east across the night sky against the background, but all three stopped moving east and moved back to the west for a period of time, stopped again, then resumed their easterly course.
The other two were stranger yet. They would bob up in the morning or evening sky, rise to a point, then fall back down to disappear from where they rose, only to reappear in the morning sky, rise to about the same angle from the horizon, then turn around and head back down.
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PSAC Seat D vacant
Public Safety Advisory Committee Seat D is currently vacant. Qualified individuals must be registered to vote in the Girdwood Valley Service Area. Term for this seat is through Spring 2026. GBOS will make appointment at their next regular meeting.
To apply, send an email with your resume and/or letter of interest to:
GPSAC
PO Box 390
Girdwood, AK 99587
or email it to GBOS@muni.org
Great Land Trust completes Land Deal to establish new Potter Marsh Watershed Park
Great Land Trust, a local nonprofit focused on land conservation, successfully completed a landmark transaction on Tuesday, Dec. 31, in partnership with the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) that creates the 300-acre Potter Marsh Watershed Park in Anchorage.
After four years of negotiations and fundraising efforts, GLT secured over $6 million to protect this vital habitat. The newly acquired land has now been transferred to the MOA Department of Parks & Recreation, where it will be managed as a public park, with a conservation easement held by GLT to safeguard its ecological values forever.
Located directly above the iconic Potter Marsh, the new park stretches from Golden View Drive on the east to the Old Seward Highway on the west. The 300-acre park is adjacent to the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge (which contains Potter Marsh) and Chugach State Park, creating a significant corridor for wildlife conservation and recreation. Multiple streams run through the new park property and significantly contribute to the wetlands of Potter Marsh below.
“This has been a long-awaited project for the Anchorage community, and we are thrilled to see it come to fruition,” said Ellen Kazary, Executive Director of Great Land Trust. “Not only will this park provide new opportunities for wildlife viewing and hiking, but it will also protect critical habitats, including wetlands, streams, and forests that support abundant wildlife in the new park and in Potter Marsh. It’s a win for both conservation and the community.”
Strategic Partnerships & Funding
The creation of Potter Marsh Watershed Park was made possible through strategic partnerships and generous funding.
GLT raised funds and acquired 200 acres of undeveloped land above Potter Marsh from GCI, a telecommunications company operating in Alaska. GCI sold the land below appraised value, and the discounted sale price was used to leverage federal grants.
GLT also collaborated with the MOA Real Estate Department to designate 100 acres of adjacent land from the Heritage Land Bank for conservation and parkland. Combined, the properties form a 300-acre public park, now owned and managed by the MOA Department of Parks & Recreation for all of Anchorage and its many visitors to enjoy.
The project has been supported by a variety of funding sources, including two National Coastal Wetlands grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the first-ever Community Forest Program grant from the U.S. Forest Service awarded in Alaska, and a grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Additional financial support has come from the Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage Audubon, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, ConocoPhillips Alaska, and Alaska Conservation Foundation, alongside over $240,000 raised from local community donors.
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Spring Lineup at the Sitzmark: Old, New, Borrowed and Blues
By Allison Sayer
TNews Staffwriter
This season of music at the Sitzmark features new faces alongside familiar acts. According to Alyeska Resort Director of Special Events Arab Ginnett, the mix is intentional.
Ginnett’s goal was for every month to feature one Outside band, one established Alaska band, one emerging Alaska band, and one “wild card.” She wanted to create variety in both the music and the price point to serve a wide range of fans.
One of the “wild card” events new to the venue this season was a two night music showcase in December. Each night featured a series of bands playing short sets. This event was a fundraiser for Toys for Tots, and raised $1635.00
Bands from the Lower 48 often want to return after they get a taste for Alaska’s scenery and friendly, appreciative fans. However, Ginnett decided to book Outside bands that have not played in Alaska for this season’s lineup. She also used social media to ask locals who they would like to see. Dizgo, who will be playing March 21 and 22, was one of the requested acts.
Other upcoming national bands include The Sextones, playing February 28 and March 1. On January 16, the resort announced that Thumpasaurus will play April 24 and 25.
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A Heating Planet and La Niña add to Colder Spring with Less Precipitation in Southcentral, Scientists Say
By Soren Wuerth
TNews Editor
A series of warm winter storms that have walloped Girdwood and Southcentral Alaska in recent weeks has caused power outages, difficult travel, downed trees, avalanches and mudslides.
Climate change—driven largely by ever-increasing amounts of oil pollution—has increased the severity and unpredictability of weather events, scientists say, so that new monikers have spread, such as the "climate emergency", "climate chaos", and "global heating".
Last year was, globally, the warmest year on record. Alaska has warmed by more than 3 degrees in 50 years with the biggest changes taking place in the winter, according to climate scientists, and, they say, "the frequency of avalanches, landslides, floods and coastal storms is increasing in Alaska."
Are recent storms and warmer temperatures in Southcentral Alaska this winter unusual? Unprecedented?
Record-breaking heat waves, widespread warming and above average precipitation plagued the Arctic last year, according to an "Arctic Report Card" issued in December by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"The rapid pace and complexity of Arctic change demand new and strengthened Arctic adaptation and global reductions of fossil fuel pollution," the report summarized.
And, despite above-average snowfall in the Arctic, snow melt is occurring 1-2 weeks earlier in the spring, the report said.
Researchers found December to be a warmer than average month at all its data stations and that it was a "relatively dry month" in most of the state, according to the UAF's Alaska Climate Research Center.
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A Personal Tribute to former president Jimmy Carter
By Frans Weits
Jack Sprat Restaurant Owner in Girdwood
In July, 2005, four years after we'd opened Jack Sprat in Girdwood, my two year old son and I were about to go camping on the Kenai Peninsula when Kurt Hoessel, owner of Girdwood-based Alaska Wildland Adventures, contacted us.
Kurt said he could not say what was happening, but that he was bringing a "very important guest" to our restaurant for Sunday brunch.
“Just make sure to be there!" he said.
This was my first time taking my son, Frans Ryker, camping and his mom was getting a much deserved break from child rearing.
What did my wife, Jen Weits, do with her free weekend? Well, she cooked brunch, of course, as she often did.
Jen has a way with making excellent soups, and on this particular weekend, she made a Welsh Rarebit Soup special served in a sourdough bread bowl.
We had only been in business for a few years so I was rarely away from work. Having a baby to care for turns out to be a great reason to take time off and so I was cashing in.
James Dare had invited me to go fishing with him on the Kenai River and it was peak summer in mid- July. James was a chef for us and I have no idea how he had the weekend off. We were open seven days a week back then, so anything was possible, I guess.
I was sure to leave camp earlier than normal so we would not miss whatever surprise was waiting for us.
Meanwhile, Jen's cousin Tom Herrick was visiting from Michigan so he, Ryker and I made it back to the restaurant with time to have a latte before we found out what was happening.
Two secret service men briefed us on the situation: Ex-President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were coming in for brunch.
Top photo courtesy of Frans Weits. Official photo courtesy Library of Congress.
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Grocery shoppers willing to pay more for Alaska Grown produce, study finds
By Yereth Rosen
How much are Alaskans willing to pay for produce that is homegrown? A newly published study has some answers: a significant premium, especially when they have information about the benefits of locally grown food.
Alaska grocery shoppers on average were willing to pay $1.90 extra for a head of lettuce if it was labeled as “Alaska Grown,” the study found. When given information about locally grown products’ benefits to health, the environment and the state economy provided by products with the “Alaska Grown” label, that premium jumped to $3.31 on average, the study found.
The study is based on surveys and interviews of shoppers at Anchorage grocery stores and farmers markets. The surveys and interviews were conducted by University of Alaska Anchorage students; the study was led by Qiujie Zheng, an associate professor of business analytics at the University of Maine. Zheng was previously at UAA.
While the surveys and interviews were conducted several years ago, in 2018, Zheng said she believes the results still stand.
The COVID-19 pandemic that came later may have changed food consumption patterns worldwide, she said by email. “However, due to Alaska’s unique geographical location, I believe that the state’s agricultural supply and consumers’ fresh produce options have remained relatively stable over the past few years,” she said.
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Commentary: Savoring the Darkness in Alaska
By Tim Lydon
In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of the lack of light. Instead, I lament the impending loss of winter’s long nights, with all their calm and beauty.
This makes me a contrarian amid all the hoopla over returning light. Yet, as we freefall into a climate-changed world, it seems more people are giving darkness and its benefits a fresh look.
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Alaska DOT&PF Awarded $1.13M for Avalanche Mitigation Technology along the Seward Highway Corridor
By David Nyman
TNews Contributor
With the weather visiting southcentral this week, new funding to support southcentral avalanche mitigation efforts is timely. Alaskans traveling the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Seward will get a safer highway with the Avalanche Mitigation Alert Detection (AMAD) project that was recently awarded $1.13 million award as part of a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant program. This grant program is a component of the bi-partisan infrastructure law and from US Department of Transportation.
The AMAD project being led by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (AK DOT&PF) will utilize cutting-edge remote avalanche control systems and forecasting technology to mitigate significant avalanche risks along the Seward Highway corridor. The Seward Highway is a National Highway System (NHS) route and one of Alaska's busiest roadways, serving as a vital connection between the Kenai Peninsula, Seward and Anchorage, for commerce, residents, and visitors alike.
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Opinion: ‘Girdwood’ missing in Assembly’s view of our Comprehensive Plan
By Brian Burnett
Girdwood Resident
“It is so unfortunate that where once we spent hours agonizing over what trees needed to remain to protect Stumpy’s Trail or Enchanted Forest, we will now be agonizing over whether the road there should be paved or gravel.” – Girdwood Wanderer
Being a part of Anchorage has never been smooth; from 1977 when over 80% of Girdwood did NOT vote in favor to join the Municipality to when Anchorage voters declined to bond a local cemetery that over 80% of Girdwood voters approved to self-fund. However, we have carved out a great place to live and we are in the process of mapping out the future of Girdwood for all of us living here and all of Anchorage that comes here to recreate. Regardless of set backs, we continue to move forward and drive events and actions to be the community we all want to live in. We are now putting forward a new comprehensive plan for our community. We have rolled up our collective sleeves to engage the community in the multi-yearprocess of achieving a vision for G’wood. This effort is no different than Forest Fair, the community playground, GVFD and the fire station, or the Scott & Wesley Gerrish Library. Girdwood works together to build solutions regardless of support from Anchorage.
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Task force report identifies ways to make child care more available and affordable in Alaska
By Yereth Rosen
Child care shortages could be addressed by a combination of actions to help families with subsidies and help providers work through what is currently a daunting bureaucratic process, according to a new task force report released by the Alaska Department of Health.
Recommendations to expand child care options came in the second and final report of a task forceestablished last year by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The Governor’s Task Force on Child Care report, released on Dec. 27, follows an earlier report released last year.
Altogether, they contain 56 recommendations for action.
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Earn Your Turn
By Soren Wuerth
TNews Editor
No snow to move from beside a trailer, no snow to rake, pull and shovel from a roof. No heavy, moist snow, the kind that makes an easy snowball, packs into the bottom third of a snowman on just one roll. No snow heavy in a shovel, like shoveling dirt or dog food or rice. No back cracking snow.
But, then, there is the ride on the snow's back. The surf. The drift. The ride.
Into the backcountry with a friend we climbed and talk and then, after the switch, he cuts telemark turns through buttery snow that is so easy packing. I drifted in and out of hemlocks and over soft hillocks.
Yeah. And there were several others up there on tour today, some friends with whom we traded runs. They went right on the first lap when we went left for the ridge and, on the next hike, we stole right and they took a left and we skied similar paths, but criss crossed. There were others, whooping and we whooped for them.
Jane’s Addiction has a wild song that seems perfect for the lift-free mountain. Coming Down the Mountain is an anthem to a hero above, a mountain to respect and thank for her pleasant snow and curvaceous slopes, for her unyielding snow pack, for allowing it all to settle in the broad bowl of her abdomen.
While cannons tear away at a lifted mountain, ripping snow from its flanks and littering its walls with death cookies, some folks shun the lift entries and exits, the machines that churn day and night, all that industry over there, for an industry for leisure.
“Earn Your Turns” is the familiar phrase of the backcountry skier or rider. And many agree that hiking through a forest with friends is as good as any chair lift, as good, even, as a ski down a crowded slope, as good as the expensive food and beer at the mountain top café, where people stand in line holding trays, sweating, wet, tired, and stiff like zombies.
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Alyeska Resort: Basecamp for Adventure
By Alyeska Resort staff
TNews Contributors
Alyeska Resort, nestled in the scenic town of Girdwood, Alaska, is one of North America's premier mountain destinations, celebrated for its breathtaking views, diverse outdoor activities, and exceptional skiing terrain. Located just 40 miles south of Anchorage, Alyeska offers a year-round escape into Alaska's wilderness, with activities suited for every season.
Winter Wonderland
Alyeska is perhaps best known as a winter paradise, attracting skiers and snowboarders from around the world. The resort receives an impressive average of 650+ inches of snowfall each season. With over 1,600 skiable acres, Alyeska caters to all skill levels, from gentle beginner slopes to challenging advanced runs. For thrill-seekers, Alyeska is home to some of North America's steepest terrain, with trails like Christmas Chute, which challenge even the most experienced skiers. In addition, Alyeska offers night skiing on select evenings January-March, allowing guests to prolong their time on the slopes! On clear nights, keep your eyes peeled for the Northern Lights shining above the Chugach Range.
For those not interested in skiing, Alyeska still has plenty to offer during winter. The resort offers snowshoe, Nordic ski, and fat bike rentals. With the surrounding Chugach Mountains creating a dramatic backdrop, winter activities here feel both invigorating and awe-inspiring.
End your winter adventure day with a snack at the Sitzmark or a hydrotherapy session at the Alyeska Nordic Spa. Hot and cold pools, saunas, steam rooms, and relaxing café offer the perfect place to recuperate after a long day on the snow. Hot, Cold, Rest, Repeat!
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