Keeping warm in winter

With winter ready to break down autumn’s door and establish its dominance over Alaska...

BY MIKE NESPER

We’re so sorry, don’t hike Albert

Out of bear necessity, the Eagle River Nature Center’s Albert Loop Trail has once again been closed for the duration of the fall.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Use library when planning summer

Crow Pass — not for the weak

One of the more ambitious summer hikes a person can take begins in Girdwood and winds over roughly 24 miles of spectacular Chugach Mountains terrain to the Eagle River Nature Center. For many people, the trek is a wilderness adventure that can take two or three days to complete.

Matt Tunseth

Mt. Marathon draws big crowd

Alaska Star Staff

Who wants to retire? It’s too difficult

I used to think people postponed retirement and worked longer than they needed to because they wanted to make more money or they wanted to have something to do to feel useful.

BY FRANK E. BAKER

More strange experiences in the Great Outdoors

In our weekly forays we’ve covered embarrassing moments in the Great Outdoors, bungles and blunders, low-pitched humming sounds and even unusual objects that have fallen from the sky.

BY FRANK E. BAKER

Things that are a complete waste of time

You’ve heard one of the definitions of insanity: to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. For that reason and the fact time is a precious commodity, I’ve come up with a list of thoughts and deeds that I believe are a complete waste of time.

BY FRANK E. BAKER

Winter’s snow is a book… Tracks are the chapters and stories

January ski and snowshoe trips to Eagle Lake in South Fork valley reminded me of an essay on snow and tracks by Alaska poet John Haines...

BY FRANK E. BAKER

This is the winter of our discontent

BY FRANK E. BAKER