Overnighting in Alaska’s wilderness is about to get easier. The Alaska Cabins Project, a joint initiative from the Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation, will bring 25 new, easily ...

For wilderness lovers, Cordova, Alaska, is a bucket-list destination. Adventurers can enjoy activities like hiking, kayaking, and skiing amid stunning scenery.

In its backcountry avalanche forecast on Tuesday, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center warned that it would be "easy to trigger an avalanche" up to two feet deep on a layer of ...

The avalanche site was 8 miles (13 kilometers) northeast of the airport in Girdwood, in an area along the Twentymile River, according to the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center.

This year’s tree, an 80-foot Sitka spruce, came from the Tongass National Forest. The only other Capitol Christmas Tree to come from Alaska was taken from the Chugach National Forest in 2015 .

The company has suspended operations at least through Thursday. The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center — which includes the mountains around Girdwood in its broader Turnagain ...

The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center said Friday that “very dangerous avalanche conditions exist” in the Western Chugach and Kenai Mountains with a high likelihood of ...

In recent days, forecasters with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center have cautioned backcountry recreators of the potential for triggering an avalanche on a weak layer of snow ...

National Forest Service employees wrap up the Capitol Christmas Tree on Oct. 22, 2024 in Wrangell. It took three days for the tree to be secured on the trailer that will head to Washington, D.C ...

Overnighting in Alaska’s wilderness is about to get easier. The Alaska Cabins Project, a joint initiative from the Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation, will bring 25 new, easily ...

The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center — which includes the Girdwood and Portage areas in its broader Turnagain Pass zone for avalanche forecasting — in recent days has ...