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Glacier Hiking - Where To Go?!

Glacier Hiking - Where To Go?!

We often get asked by guests of ours traveling in Alaska or staying with us at our Suites in Downtown Palmer: 'Where can I find a tour in Alaska w...

What Should You Know about the Mud Flats?

The mudflats of Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, and Turnagain Arm are glacier silt, which is the result of glaciers rubbing against rock gradually degrading ...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 8 Update

If you're going to look for the model of how an Iron Dog race could be run, it would be hard to ignore the entirety of the 2022 effort from Team 7 ...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 7 Update

This year's race feels a bit like Groundhog Day, repeating itself over and over in regards to the front runners. Team 7 has a firm grip on the fro...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 6 Update

Every year I try to convey what is actually happening and what these racers are accomplishing during this race. This event is dubbed the 'World’s ...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 5 Update

Coming off of a much needed rest, racers were staring down roughly 1,600 additional trail miles by the time they reach the finish line back in Big ...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 4 Update

With the entirety of the race roster taking some much needed rest and recovery time in Nome, today marks the period of time during the race where f...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 3 Update

Both Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad of Team 7 seem to be squarely in their element as they battled up the coastline toward Nome in first place. Wi...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 2 Update

If you average just over 45mph for the first 759 miles of the Iron Dog race, you'll find yourself in first place. Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad of...

2022 Iron Dog - Day 1 Update

Despite unseasonably warm temperatures, 28 pro-class teams from 8 different states and 15 different Alaska communities left the starting line in Bi...

Spring at Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood

Should I visit the only Ski Resort in Alaska? Yes. This is the shortest way to answer a question you may not even have known to ask. But there is ...

Girdwood Brewing Visit with Ryan

Craft Beer? Great Vibes? Super Cool People? I visit with the only Brewery in the only proper Ski Town in Alaska!

2021 Iron Dog – Day 8 Update

With the top teams leaving the Puntilla Lake checkpoint this morning, just 28 minutes separated Teams 14 and 6 as they made a fairly short (in Iron...