Alaska Archives

Department of Agriculture Reinstates Roadless Designation for Tongass National Forest

The move comes on the heels of a Trump-era decision to allow road-building and logging in America’s largest national forest.

Written by Andrew Marshall January 26, 2023

Controversial hunting practices like certain forms of bear baiting and killing animals and their young in dens are on the block in Alaska.

Written by Andrew McLemore January 09, 2023

It’s a tale as old as sports: Take a champion athlete, put them in the wilderness, and see what happens. You know it won’t be…

Written by Andrew McLemore December 28, 2022

Follow Sam Anthamatten and Victor De Le Rue as the free-rider pros assault spiny mountain walls from an unexplored glacier.

Written by Will Brendza December 15, 2022

I tested the new Marmot Col -20-Degree sleeping bag in true expedition conditions over 35 days in the Alaska Range.

Written by Christian Black December 08, 2022

How can you not want to watch a world-class skier ride a line he described with the giddy radio call: “That was the best run…

Written by Sam Anderson December 05, 2022

It’s time to choose your favorite Alaska brown bears for Fat Bear Week, and celebrate the iconic animals’ yearly life cycle.

Written by Sam Anderson September 28, 2022

The Yup’ik people of Newtok, Alaska, were few but mighty. This film by Patagonia details what forced them to leave their village behind.

Written by Jilli Cluff April 26, 2022

Every line that ski mountaineer Cody Townsend pursues in ‘The FIFTY’ is classic, but good luck finding one with fewer descents than Mt. St. Elias.

Written by Jilli Cluff December 30, 2021

Caite Zeliff describes backcountry Alaska skiing as the ‘pinnacle’ of the discipline. She reckons with her first big outing in a short clip.

Written by Sam Anderson December 28, 2021

Filson’s ‘Above Alaska’ film highlights what this land means to the aviators who live and work here, and the reasons why so many make the…

Written by GJ Staff June 27, 2019

President Obama’s recent trip to Alaska to stump for his climate change initiative brings with it the odd partnership with Bear Grylls.

Written by Patrick Murphy September 01, 2015