Brave the wilds of Alaska on this island of trails, where breathtaking mountain views await those who risk run-ins with ...

In a single expedition, the four climbed and skied Denali, which at more than 20,000 feet is the highest point in North America, and neighboring peaks Mount Foraker and Mount Hunter. Foraker tops ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article appears in the 2025 Photo Annual print issue of POWDER Magazine. The magazine is still available on newsstands near you, and can be shipped directly to your front door. Out of our group ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska. -- Army Rangers, Navy Seals, and Special Forces are all considered elite troops in the U.S. military. They are all highly trained in their fields and prepared for just about ...

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 ...