Podcasts about Chugach

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield invite special guest Chelsea Marie Lloyd in studio to share her compelling story and passion for living the Alaska Life Style!   Vlad debuts the Antartica Wiggy's minus 30 bag, Chunky Trout on the Kenai, World Series, contras to AK Elite 12U girls championship, Halloween costumes, And 1 & “The Professor”, favorite local lunch spots, bros already riding pow in Upper Huffman, upcoming events “Awakening of Winter SIX" brought to by Awaken Productions and Artwork by Sierra Winter the event is located at Hilltop Ski Area Saturday November 8th - Doors open at 4:00 PM, with the film starting at 5:35 PM, Outdoor Heritage foundation of Alaska & Alaska Gun Company presents “Talking Sheep” with the great local sheep hunting legend “Lou Bradley” Friday November 21st @ 6PM hosted by The Palmer Ale House in Palmer, Chelsea's first ram in the Chugach, moose hunt with the girls, Project Hunt 2025 & Chelsea's upcoming 2026 Kodiak Brown Bear hunt & film, Nut Farts @ Lake Louise Lodge, treacherous Lake Louise experiences, “Ol'Blue” Piper Cruiser,       Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject

Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are in studio with special guest Paxson Woelber of Ermine Skates to share his brilliant and insightful Alaskan story!   Daniels the OG, broken falange and peezeee, Alaska day, upcoming events, highs and lows of Anchorage, moose loop and Anchorages amazing trail system,  Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, epic mountain and snow biking network, Alaska is home to amazing  innovation in outdoor tech and manufacturing, isportagelakefrozenyet.com, early freeze and wild ice skating in alpine lakes, culture of sharing ice reports Wild Ice Skating Club and Nordic Ice Skate of Alaska (Facebook), Ermineskate.com established 2021, thecapurnicusbrowser for near real-time satellite imagery for finding ice, pulling heavy sled on ice, the release of the new AK1 series skate, skate blade design, Paxsons wild skating start and beginning of Ermine Skates, wild skating the Sheridan glaciers, ”wild Ice” film, South Central is a wild skating mecca, putting in the reps to improve products, direct to consumer is the best way to support small manufacturers, manufacturing in Alaska, NY Times article, Alaska style wild skating, sharpening tips, Ermine seek but mighty, In Ermine, Ice thickness guidelines and variability, shadows outflows and other icethickness factors, testing with ice poles for ice supportability, Alf ice, 50 hikes in the Chugach, Winterbear website,   Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject

Take 20% off a paid annual ‘Storm' subscription through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.WhoJared Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Alterra Mountain CompanyRecorded onOctober 22, 2025About Alterra Mountain CompanyAlterra is skiing's Voltron, a collection of super-bots united to form one super-duper bot. Only instead of gigantic robot lions the bots are gigantic ski areas and instead of fighting the evil King Zarkon they combined to battle Vail Resorts and its cackling mad Epic Pass. Here is Alterra's current ski-bot stable:Alterra of course also owns the Ikon Pass, which for the 2025-26 winter gives skiers all of this:Ikon launched in 2018 as a more-or-less-even competitor to Epic Pass, both in number and stature of ski areas and price, but long ago blew past its mass-market competitor in both:Those 89 total ski areas include nine that Alterra added last week in Japan, South Korea, and China. Some of these 89 partners, however, are so-called “bonus mountains,” which are Alterra's Cinderellas. And not Cinderella at the end of the story when she rules the kingdom and dines on stag and hunts peasants for sport but first-scene Cinderella when she lives in a windowless tower and wears a burlap dress and her only friends are talking mice. Meaning skiers can use their Ikon Pass to ski at these places but they are not I repeat NOT on the Ikon Pass so don't you dare say they are (they are).While the Ikon Pass is Alterra's Excalibur, many of its owned mountains offer their own season passes (see Alterra chart above). And many now offer their own SUPER-DUPER season passes that let skiers do things like cut in front of the poors and dine on stag in private lounges:These SUPER-DUPER passes don't bother me though a lot of you want me to say they're THE END OF SKIING. I won't put a lot of effort into talking you off that point so long as you're all skiing for $17 per day on your Ikon Passes. But I will continue to puzzle over why the Ikon Session Pass is such a very very bad and terrible product compared to every other day pass including those sold by Alterra's own mountains. I am also not a big advocate for peak-day lift ticket prices that resemble those of black-market hand sanitizer in March 2020:Fortunately Vail and Alterra seem to have launched a lift ticket price war, the first battle of which is The Battle of Give Half Off Coupons to Your Dumb Friends Who Don't Buy A Ski Pass 10 Months Before They Plan to Ski:Alterra also runs some heli-ski outfits up in B.C. but I'm not going to bother decoding all that because one reason I started The Storm was because I was over stories of Bros skiing 45 feet of powder at the top of the Chugach while the rest of us fretted over parking reservations and the $5 replacement cost of an RFID card. I know some of you are like Bro how many stories do you think the world needs about chairlifts but hey at least pretty much anyone reading this can go ride them.Oh and also I probably lost like 95 percent of you with Voltron because unless you were between the ages of 7 and 8 in the mid-1980s you probably missed this:One neat thing about skiing is that if someone ran headfirst into a snowgun in 1985 and spent four decades in a coma and woke up tomorrow they'd still know pretty much all the ski areas even if they were confused about what's a Palisades Tahoe and why all of us future wussies wear helmets. “Damn it, Son in my day we didn't bother and I'm just fine. Now grab $20 and a pack of smokes and let's go skiing.”Why I interviewed himFor pretty much the same reason I interviewed this fellow:I mean like it or not these two companies dominate modern lift-served skiing in this country, at least from a narrative point of view. And while I do everything I can to demonstrate that between the Indy Pass and ski areas not in Colorado or Utah or Tahoe plenty of skier choice remains, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Alterra's 17 U.S. ski areas and Vail's 36 together make up around 30 percent of the skiable terrain across America's 509 active ski areas:And man when you add in all U.S. Epic and Ikon mountains it's like dang:We know publicly traded Vail's Epic Pass sales numbers and we know those numbers have softened over the past couple of years, but we don't have similar access to Alterra's numbers. A source with direct knowledge of Ikon Pass sales recently told me that unit sales had increased every year. Perhaps some day someone will anonymously message me a screenshot code-named Alterra's Big Dumb Chart documenting unit and dollar sales since Ikon's 2018 launch. In the meantime, I'm just going to have to keep talking to the guy running the company and asking extremely sly questions like, “if you had to give us a ballpark estimate of exactly how many Ikon Passes you sold and how much you paid each partner mountain and which ski area you're going to buy next, what would you say?”What we talked aboutA first-to-open competition between A-Basin and Winter Park (A-Basin won); the allure of skiing Japan; Ikon as first-to-market in South Korea and China; continued Ikon expansion in Europe; who's buying Ikon?; bonus mountains; half-off friends tickets; reserve passes; “one of the things we've struggled with as an industry are the dynamics between purchasing a pass and the daily lift ticket price”; “we've got to find ways to make it more accessible, more affordable, more often for more people”; Europe as a cheaper ski alternative to the West; “we are focused every day on … what is the right price for the right consumer on the right day?”; “there's never been more innovation” in the ski ticket space; Palisades Tahoe's 14-year-village-expansion approval saga; America's “increasingly complex” landscape of community stakeholders; and Deer Valley's massive expansion.What I got wrong* We didn't get this wrong, but when we recorded this pod on Wednesday, Smith and I discussed which of Alterra's ski areas would open first. Arapahoe Basin won that fight, opening at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, which was yesterday unless you're reading this in the future.* I said that 40 percent of all Epic, Ikon, and Indy pass partners were outside of North America. This is inaccurate: 40 percent (152) of those three passes' combined 383 partners is outside the United States. Subtracting their 49 Canadian ski areas gives us 103 mountains outside of North America, or 27 percent of the total.* I claimed that a ski vacation to Europe is “a quarter of the price” of a similar trip to the U.S. This was hyperbole, and obviously the available price range of ski vacations is enormous, but in general, prices for everything from lift tickets to hotels to food tend to be lower in the Alps than in the Rocky Mountain core.* It probably seems strange that I said that Deer Valley's East Village was great because you could drive there from the airport without hitting a spotlight and also said that the resort would be less car-dependent. What I meant by that was that once you arrive at East Village, it is – or will be, when complete – a better slopeside pedestrian village experience than the car-oriented Snow Park that has long served as the resort's principal entry point. Snow Park itself is scheduled to evolve from parking-lot-and-nothing-else to secondary pedestrian village. The final version of Deer Valley should reduce the number of cars within Park City proper and create a more vibrant atmosphere at the ski area.Questions I wish I'd askedThe first question you're probably asking is “Bro why is this so short aren't your podcasts usually longer than a Superfund cleanup?” Well I take what I can get and if there's a question you can think of related to Ikon or Alterra or any of the company's mountains, it was on my list. But Smith had either 30 minutes or zero minutes so I took the win.Podcast NotesOn Deer ValleyI was talking to the Deer Valley folks the other day and we agreed that they're doing so much so fast that it's almost impossible to tell the story. I mean this was Deer Valley two winters ago:And this will be Deer Valley this winter:Somehow it's easier to write 3,000 words on Indy Pass adding a couple of Northeast backwaters than it is to frame up the ambitions of a Utah ski area expanding by as much skiable acreage as all 30 New Hampshire ski areas combined in just two years. Anyway Deer Valley is about to be the sixth-largest ski area in America and when this whole project is done in a few years it will be number four at 5,700 acres, behind only Vail Resorts' neighboring Park City (7,300 acres), Alterra's own Palisades Tahoe (6,000 acres), and Boyne Resorts' Big Sky (5,850 acres).On recent Steamboat upgradesYes the Wild Blue Gondola is cool and I'm sure everyone from Baton-Tucky just loves it. But everything I'm hearing out of Steamboat over the past couple of winters indicates that A) the 650-acre Mahogany Ridge expansion adds a fistfighting dimension to what had largely been an intermediate ski resort, and that, B) so far, no one goes over there, partially because they don't know about it and partially because the resort only cut one trail in the whole amazing zone (far looker's left):I guess just go ski this one while everyone else still thinks Steamboat is nothing but gondolas and Sunshine Peak.On Winter Park being “on deck”After stringing the two sides of Palisades Tahoe together with a $75 trillion gondola and expanding Steamboat and nearly tripling the size of Deer Valley, all signs point to Alterra next pushing its resources into actualizing Winter Park's ambitious masterplan, starting with the gondola connection to town (right side of map):On new Ikon Pass partners for 2025-26You can read about the bonus partners above, but here are the write-ups on Ikon's full seven/five-day partners:On previous Alterra podcastsThis was Smith's second appearance on the pod. Here's number one, from 2023:His predecessor, Rusty Gregory, appeared on the show three times:I've also hosted the leaders of a bunch of Alterra leaders on the pod, most recently A-Basin and Mammoth:And the heads of many Ikon Pass partners – most recently Killington and Sun Valley:On U.S. passes in JapanEpic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective are now aligned with 48 ski areas in Japan – nearly as many as the four passes have signed in Canada:On EuropeAnd here are the European ski areas aligned with Epic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective – the list is shorter than the Japanese list, but since each European ski area is made up of between one and 345 ski areas, the actual skiable acreage here is likely equal to the landmass of Greenland:On skier and ski area growth in ChinaChina's ski industry appears to be developing rapidly - I'm not sure what to make of the difference between “ski resorts” and “ski resorts with aerial ropeways.” Normally I'd assume that means with or without lifts, but that doesn't make a lot of sense and sometimes nations frame things in very different ways.On the village at Palisades TahoeThe approval process for a village expansion on the Olympic side of Palisades Tahoe was a very convoluted one. KCRA sums the outcome up well (I'll note that “Alterra” did not call for anything in 2011, as the company didn't exist until 2017):Under the initial 2011 application, Alterra had called for the construction of 2,184 bedrooms. That was reduced to 1,493 bedrooms in a 2014 revised proposal where 850 housing units — a mix of condominiums, hotel rooms and timeshares — were planned. The new agreement calls for a total of 896 bedrooms.The groups that pushed this downsizing were primarily Keep Tahoe Blue and Sierra Watch. Smith is very diplomatic in discussing this project on the podcast, pointing to the “collaboration, communication, and a little bit of compromise” that led to the final agreement.I'm not going to be so diplomatic. Fighting dense, pedestrian-oriented development that could help reconfigure traffic patterns and housing availability in a region that is choking on ski traffic and drowning in housing costs is dumb. The systems for planning, approving, and building anything that is different from what already exists in this nation are profoundly broken. The primary issue is this: these anti-development crusaders position themselves as environmental defenders without acknowledging (or, more likely, realizing), that the existing traffic, blight, and high costs driving their resistance is a legacy of haphazard development in past decades, and that more thoughtful, human-centric projects could mitigate, rather than worsen, these concerns. The only thing an oppose-everything stance achieves is to push development farther out into the hinterlands, exacerbating sprawl and traffic.British Columbia is way ahead of us here. I've written about this extensively in the past, and won't belabor the point here except to cite what I wrote last year about the 3,711-home city sprouting from raw wilderness below Cypress Mountain, a Boyne-owned Ikon Pass partner just north of Vancouver:Mountain town housing is most often framed as an intractable problem, ingrown and malignant and impossible to reset or rethink or repair. Too hard to do. But it is not hard to do. It is the easiest thing in the world. To provide more housing, municipalities must allow developers to build more housing, and make them do it in a way that is dense and walkable, that is mixed with commerce, that gives people as many ways to move around without a car as possible.This is not some new or brilliant idea. This is simply how humans built villages for about 10,000 years, until the advent of the automobile. Then we started building our spaces for machines instead of for people. This was a mistake, and is the root problem of every mountain town housing crisis in North America. That and the fact that U.S. Americans make no distinction between the hyper-thoughtful new urbanist impulses described here and the sprawling shitpile of random buildings that are largely the backdrop of our national life. The very thing that would inject humanity into the mountains is recast as a corrupting force that would destroy a community's already-compromised-by-bad-design character.Not that it will matter to our impossible American brains, but Canada is about to show us how to do this. Over the next 25 years, a pocket of raw forest hard against Cypress' access road will sprout a city of 3,711 homes that will house thousands of people. It will be a human-scaled, pedestrian-first community, a city neighborhood dropped onto a mountainside. A gondola could connect the complex to Cypress' lifts thousands of feet up the mountain – more cars off the road. It would look like this (the potential aerial lift is not depicted here):Here's how the whole thing would set up against the mountain:And here's what it would be like at ground level:Like wow that actually resembles something that is not toxic to the human soul. But to a certain sort of Mother Earth evangelist, the mere suggestion of any sort of mountainside development is blasphemous. I understand this impulse, but I believe that it is misdirected, a too-late reflex against the subdivision-off-an-exit-ramp Build-A-Bungalow mentality that transformed this country into a car-first sprawlscape. I believe a reset is in order: to preserve large tracts of wilderness, we should intensely develop small pieces of land, and leave the rest alone. This is about to happen near Cypress. We should pay attention.Given the environmental community's reflexive and vociferous opposition to a recent proposal to repurpose tracts of not-necessarily-majestic wilderness for housing, I'm not optimistic that we possess the cultural brainpower to improve our own lives through policy. Which is why I've been writing more about passes and less about our collective ambitions to make everything from the base of the lifts outward as inconvenient and expensive as possible.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us for 20% off the annual rate through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Daniel Buitrago is in studio with The Mayor and BHA Armed Forces Initiative members Dave Johnson & Andrew Hardy   Hot air balloons, airplane landing, winter is coming, Chugach debacle, favorite places to eat, armed forces initiative, conservation battles, Daves mental health fight,  pint nights, trivia   Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch us on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing on H.R. 681, H.R. 3654, H.R. 3903, H.R. 3925, H.R. 4463 Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 2:00 PM On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills: H.R.681, To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes H.R.3654, “Tribal Emergency Response Resources Act”or the “TERRA Act” H.R.3903, “Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025” H.R.3925, “Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act” H.R.4463,, To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. Panel I (Members of Congress) The Honorable Nick Begich The Honorable Emily Randall The Honorable Jay Obernolte Panel II (Administration Witnesses) Mr. Bryan Mercier [H.R.681, H.R.3654, H.R.3925, and H.R.4463] Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. Mr. John Crockett [H.R.3903 and H.R.3925] Deputy Chief for State, Private, and Tribal Forestry U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C Panel III (Outside Experts) The Hon. Brian Harris [H.R.4463] Chief Catawba Nation Rock Hill, South Carolina The Hon. Cheryl Andrews-Maltais [Minority Witness] [H.R.681] Chairwoman Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Aquinnah, Massachusetts Ms. Sheri Buretta [H.R.3903] Chairman of the Board Chugach Alaska Corporation Anchorage, Alaska The Hon. Quintin Swanson [Minority Witness] [H.R.3654] Chairman Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Tokeland, Washington Mr. Joe Maarango [H.R.3925] Councilman Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Highland, California More on Indianz.Com: https://indianz.com/News/2025/09/08/witness-list-for-house-subcommittee-on-indian-and-insular-affairs-hearing-on-five-bills/

When a fifty-two-year-old traveling nurse disappeared in Anchorage in 2001, the authorities showed little interest, and the Anchorage Police Department said they did not have available detectives to investigate the case. If the authorities had taken his disappearance more seriously, perhaps we would know the answer to the question: What happened to Thomas Nuzzi? Sources “Missing Person Thomas Anthony Nuzzi.” nd. Alaska State Troopers Department of Public Safety. “Nuzzi, Thomas June 2021.” August 21, 2006. Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified. Pesznecker, Katie. “Into thin air.” July 6, 2001. Anchorage Daily News. Pesznecker, Katie. “Missing Bethel nurse walked into a mini-mart, then out of sight.” August 21, 2006. Anchorage Daily News. Pesznecker, Katie. “Mystery woman appears on video. July 31, 2001. Anchorage Daily News. Pesznecker, Katie. “Search for missing man escalates.” June 27, 2001. Anchorage Daily News. Pesznecker, Katie. “Troopers suspend search for man missing in Chugach.” June 28, 2001. Anchorage Daily News. “Thomas Anthony Nuzzi.” nd. The Charley Project. Warder, Robin. “Episode 380: Thomas Nuzzi.” May 22, 2024. The Trail Went Cold. _____________________ _________________________________________________ IF YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR NOVELS, CHECK OUT THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF MASSACRE AT BEAR CREEK LODGE ________________________________   https://youtu.be/7Fv52Bf8yfY ___________________ Join the Last Frontier Club's Free Tier ______ Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master's degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman's Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing. Robin invites you to join her at her website: https://robinbarefield.com, and while you are there, sign up for her free monthly newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Robin also narrates a podcast, Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. You can find it at: https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net Subscribe to Robin's free, monthly Murder and Mystery Newsletter for more stories about true crime and mystery from Alaska. Join her on: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Visit her website at http://robinbarefield.com Check out her books at Amazon Send me an email: robinbarefield76@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to support Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier? Become a patron and join The Last Frontier Club. Each month, Robin will provide one or more of the following to club members. · An extra episode of Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier is available only for club members. Behind-the-scenes glimpses of life and wildlife in the Kodiak wilderness. · Breaking news about ongoing murder cases and new crimes in Alaska ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Merchandise! Visit the Store              

The Amy Demboski Show 5-22-25 Guest- Bernie Smith candidate for Chugach electric Association

Today's it starts with the Weekly Top 3 from Brad Keithley from Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets. This weeks topics: The right question for Chugach and MEA; the AKLEG should stop digging; the real Permanent Fund 'crisis'. Then in hour two we'll visit with Duane Edleman from Liberty Action-Alaska about the citizens initiative that would return the KPB to hand counting of ballots. Then we'll finish up with Chris Story for our weekly PMA and lifecoaching.

Today we get a peek at the upcoming fiscal year with Brad Keithley from Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets and the Weekly Top 3. This weeks topics: the problem with Dunleavy's budget; the BIG takeaway from the Fall Revenue book; Chugach steps up while ENSTAR dithers. Then in hour two we'll recap with some of my thoughts and talk about a new RCV problem and solution. Then we'll finish up with our weekly life coaching lesson from Chris Story.

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & @mnt.div Chad Aurentz invite special guest Molly McCarthy-Cunfer, the newest Executive Director of Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation in studio to hear all about her lifestyle and story in Alaska   Congrats to AWSF president Kevin Kehoe on his African experience harvesting a Rhino & Leopard - Chad's recap on the Chugach sheep father/son party tag, Congrats to Cisco/Jack, (Tok Tag) & Emily/Cole, Molly's first Bull, the game bag debate, cheese cloth or synthetic?, 2024 Brush Busting sesh, public access to agency management of game, social media/influencing and the impact on reporting of game, marketing & media influence on game management, an obsession with Killer Whales, Electro-fishing, he makes Jelly, onto Afognak, recreating and archiving the board of game proposal, the ol'broom stick method Wack!, a passionate sheep hunting community, the goat quiz, Ladies night December 12, 2024, raffles and future in-person events, funding raising a grad student, becoming an outdoorswomen movement, keep sheep on the amount   Visit our Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch the show on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Public Witness Hearing - American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 2, Afternoon Session Date: Wed, 05/08/2024 - 1:00 PM Location: Capitol Complex, RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515 Witnesses Mary Jane Miles Vice Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe Willow Hetrick-Price Executive Director, Chugach Regional Resources Commission Donna Galbreath Senior Medical Director, Southcentral Foundation Michael Douglas VP/Chief Legal Officer, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation, and Intertribal Health Care Quinton Swanson Chairman, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Esther Lucero President and CEO, Seattle Indian Health Board Abigail Echo-Hawk Director, Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board Guy Capoeman President, Quinault Indian Nation Ed Johnstone Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) Nikolaus Lewis Chairman, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Cody Desautel President, Intertribal Timber Council Corinne Sams Chairwoman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Michael Rondeau CEO, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Committee Notice: https://appropriations.house.gov/events/hearings/public-witness-hearing-american-indian-alaska-native-day-2-afternoon-session

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2687 and H.R. 7516 Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 2:00 PM On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2687 (Rep. Peltola), To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes; and H.R. 7516 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2024.” Witnesses and Testimony The Hon. Melanie Egorin Assistant Secretary for Legislation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. [H.R. 7516] https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-EgorinM-20240430.pdf The Hon. Frank White Clay Chairman Crow Tribe of Indians Crow Agency, MT [H.R. 7516] https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-WhiteClayF-20240430.pdf The Hon. Jarred-Michael Erickson Chairman Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Nespelem, WA [H.R. 7516] https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-EricksonJ-20240430.pdf Ms. Janet Alkire Great Plains Area Representative National Indian Health Board Washington, D.C. [H.R. 7516] https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-AlkireJ-20240430.pdf Ms. Sheri Buretta Chairman of the Board Chugach Alaska Corporation Anchorage, AK [Minority Witness] [H.R. 2687] https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/19/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-BurettaS-20240430.pdf Committee Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=415933

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau sit down with the iconic & legendary sheep hunter, author and B&C record holder Lew Bradley   Can Lew dunk?, Lew's double knee replacement, shoulder replacement & back surgures, continued physical conditioning & exercise, horn hunting in the offseason, early years backpacking food, Sgt Major Booze and insisting in the Army in 1967, Dishwater & Ice Cicll monster rams, Chugach sheep genetic, the beast that got away, the 3/4 curl rule back in the day, the first 36 incher, John Lau's 40 incher draw in 2000, Lew's AK Museum & Alaskas stuff, mining buckets, evolution of mountain hunting boots, camp trail packs, barney's packs, Joe Romero (Legendary Taxidermist), Lew's carving and ram horn art, Kevin Dana's ancient ram (16 year old Ram), Bill Murphy (17 year old dinosaur), Marty Webb's beast, Brendon Burns “o'stumpy”, living with sheep (Ryan Miller), Jack's trivia, 19-days for a 36, flock shooting, 300 Weatherby (First 30 Rams), challenge of writing books, 7 years to publish volume 1-3, Paul Klauser (Pilot), 800 books sold, publisher (Freeze & Press), over 1800 pages, $280k to produce the books, where to buy the books, the 1-day sheep hunt, Lew's hardest hunts, the close call finale   Visit or Website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject Support on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject  

Valdez, an area located on Alaska's south coast, is surrounded by the glaciated Chugach mountains, offering a rich habitat for wildlife and natural beauty in Prince William Sound.Camera | Editor | Producer: Gabrielle Weiss

In 1995, Chugach State Park in Alaska turned into the site of a couple of violent bear encounters. Wes details two seperate attacks that happened that year, one with a (kind of) happy ending, and another that ended in tragedy. ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social:  Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year at the end of August in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada, Black Rock City is built, and for about a week it becomes the third largest city in Nevada, with around 60,000 inhabitants. It is the host city for the annual event called Burning Man and it has all the amenities you'd expect to see in any other city of this size. It has with bars, restaurants, bike shops, clothing boutiques, auto mechanics and recreation centers. But the thing that differentiates this city from other American cities is that nothing at Burning Man is bought or sold, traded or bartered; Black Rock City runs on a gift economy. Every resident is expected to participate, and to bring something to contribute for the common good. What you decide to contribute – that's up to you.On this episode of Outdoor Explorer host Adam Varrier explores Burning Man. He speaks with Cherie Yanek. She's the race director for the annual Burning Man Ultramarathon, which takes place in the middle of the week at 5 o'clock in the morning, to beat the mid-day desert heat. In the second half of the show, we hear from the artist Miguel Guzman about the art piece he created along with his partner, Iyvone Khoo, using recycled and biodegradable materials including Mycelium. The sculpture is presented in an area of Burning Man called “Deep Playa," which is open desert, some distance from the tent city that holds the occupants of Black Rock City. The art piece represents the Mayan Rain God, Chaac, and our conversation took place at around 3:00am under a full moon and the stars of the Milky Way galaxy stretching from horizon to horizon across the night sky.HOST: Adam VarrierGUESTS:Cherie Yanek, race director for the annual Burning Man UltramarathonMiguel Guzman and Iyvone Khoo, artistsLINKS:Burning Man websiteBurning Man Ultramarathon 50kMiguel Guzman's Instagram pageIyvone Khoo's websiteBROADCAST: Thursday, September 28th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, September 28th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

What makes an outdoor expedition successful? Most trips in the outdoors, whether one day or two weeks, are enjoyable and fun, that's why Alaskans, even on wet summers like this one, flock to the outdoors. But some outings turn into epics and even tragedy. On this Outdoor Explorer host Paul Twardock talks about what makes a good expedition happen with retired Denali Mountaineering ranger Daryl Miller and current South District Ranger for Denali National Park Tucker Chenoweth. They discuss what made some of their expeditions succeed despite life-threatening weather and what they've learned advising and observing expeditions on Denali.HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Daryl Miller, retired Denali Mountaineering rangerTucker Chenoweth, South District Ranger for Denali National ParkLINKS:Leave No Trace.org: Plan Ahead and PrepareNational Park Service: Climbing DenaliREI: Food PlanningThe Hall of the Mountain King]]>

Alaska author Don Rearden grew up in Southwest Alaska living and observing rural life. His books "Raven's Gift," a novel, and "Without A Paddle," a collection of poems, reflect his Alaska experiences and life. Don also co-authored books featuring two of Alaska's professional military rescuers. Don joins host Paul Twardock to discuss Alaska's culture, history and environment and how they influenced his writing.HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Don Rearden, authorLINK:Don Rearden's website]]>

Will Taygan Executive Director for the Chugach Mountain Bike Riders, Chugiak-Eagle River Alaska # 144 Backstory on how Will got into Mountain Biking The Backstory on the Chugach Mountain Bike Riders Mountain Bike Access in Chugiak-Eagle River Region Building Partnerships with various government agencies Partnering with Professional Trail Builders for Trail Building Transitioning from Volunteer Building to Professional Building Being the Part-Time Executive Director How the 1st Alaska Mountain Bike Summit went Looking forward to the 2nd Alaska Mountain Bike Summit Partnering with IMBA for this summit Winter Fat Biking in Alaska What Will Looks for in Mountain Bike Communities Closing Comments Links discussed in the show: Chugach Mountain Bike Riders: https://cmbralaska.org/ 2nd Alaska Mountain Bike Summit: https://mtbsummit.com/   Trail EAffect Show Links: Discount Code (20%) for both KETL Mtn Apparel and Trail One Components: TrailPod Trail EAffect Podcast Website: www.traileaffectpodcast.com KETL Mtn Apparel Affiliate Link: https://ketlmtn.com/josh Trail One Components: https://trailone.bike/ Worldwide Cyclery Affiliate Link: https://www.worldwidecyclery.com/?aff=559   Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Biking single track trail on mountain bikes has become very popular in Southcentral Alaska. Trails have proliferated and more are planned. Long trails like the Alaska Traverse will help connect communities and increase non-motorized recreational opportunities. In the Matanuska Susitna Valley and Chugiak/Eagle River individuals and groups are busy building and maintaining trails. On this Outdoor Explorer host PaulTwardock welcomes Will Taygan with the Chugach Mountain Bike Riders and Rene Dervaes with the Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers to discuss what is happening in Mat-Su Valley and Chugiak/Eagle River and the upcoming Alaska Mountain BikeSummit.HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS:Will Taygan, Chugach Mountain Bike RidersRene Dervaes, Valley Mountain Bikers and HikersLINKS:Chugach Mountain Bike RidersValley Mountain Bikers and HikersAlaska TrailsSingle Track Advocates]]>

Joe Kurtak embodies a modern day Alaskan. He was raised at a remote mining camp in eastern California, went to college, then came to Alaska in 1971 for a summer job. He quickly fell for everything the Great Land had to offer, especially its geology. Joe worked for 40 years mapping Alaska's geology while working for both private firms and the federal government. Along the way he also pursued his love of skiing and sea kayaking. On this Outdoor Explorer Joe shares his wealth of knowledge of Alaska's geology, including Prince William Sound, and some of his many adventures with host Paul Twardock. HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Joe KurtakLINKS:"Mine in the Sky : The History of California's Pine Creek Tungsten Mine and the People Who Were Part of It""Of Rock and Ice: An Explorer's Guide to the Geology of Prince William Sound, Alaska"Anchorage Nordic Ski Patrol]]>

On the next Outdoor Explorer our guest is Nicole Chamberlain and the Meowtaineer, Petra the Adventure Cat. Petra is a Siberian Forest Cat, well-adapted to the cold, and Nicole has taken her on many adventures on the snow and the water. They recently spent time at the Sheldon House in Denali and Petra became the first cat to ski on the Ruth Glacier.HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS:Petra the Adventure Cat, meowtaineerNicole Chamberlain, meowtaineer guideLINKS:Petra and Nicole's InstagramPetra and Nicole's TikTokPetra and Nicole's WebsiteSheldon Chalet WebsiteBROADCAST: Thursday, August 10th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, August 10th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS:Jessica Cherry, editor of "Wheels on Ice"Andromeda Romano-Lax, author, contributor to "Wheels on Ice"LINKS:"Wheels on Ice"More than a century of tales from the trails in ‘Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska'BROADCAST: Thursday, August 3rd, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, August 3rd, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

On this Outdoor Explorer we're joined by Alison Mariella Dèsir, author of "Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us." Her book unveils the running movement as being centered around and represented by White people, not only ignoring the foundational work and performances of Black distance runners but also not acknowledging that running while Black can be dangerous.HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Alison Mariella DèsirLINKS:Alison Mariella Dèsir websiteHarlem RunRun4AllWomenThe Running Industry Diversity CoalitionRun Alaska Trails POC Trail Running and Adventure RetreatSkinny Raven Book SigningOut & Back with Alison Mariella Dèsir]]>

Many Alaskans have helped preserve the open spaces we enjoy. Their hard work, dedication and perseverance gave us our state parks, trails and environmental standards that we enjoy. This Outdoor Explorer features Peg Tileston. Peg has been active in organizations including the Alaska Center for the Environment (now called the Alaska Center), the Alaska Women's Environmental Network, the Alaska Conservation Foundation, the Alaska Water Resource Board, Trustees for Alaska, the Alaska and Alaska Common Ground. She has also been on the board of Chugach Electric Association, the Anchorage Parks and Recreation Council, and the Anchorage Recycling Task Force to name a few. She has received numerous awards including being inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Along the way she explored much of Alaska. She joins host Paul Twardock to discuss her many contributions and adventures.HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Peg TilestonLINKS:Alaska Women's Hall of FameAlaska CenterAlaska Common GroundAlaska Conservation FoundationTrustees for AlaskaBROADCAST: Thursday, July 20th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, July 20th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

The bike race formerly known as the Fireweed 400 is back. Now simply called “The Fireweed,” this 200-mile race makes its comeback this weekend taking riders from Sheep Mountain Lodge to Valdez! This week on Outdoor Explorer, we talk with president of the board of directors, Sara Wendling about all things race details and catch up with the a few members of the 1wheel1ders, a unicycle team that will be participating in this years race.HOST: Martha RosensteinGUESTS: Sara Wendling, President, Fireweed Board of Directors1wheel1ders, unicycle teamLINKS: Fireweed race websiteFacebookInstagramBROADCAST: Thursday, July 13th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, July 13th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

People come to Alaska for a variety of reasons. Award-winning photographer Mark Kelley came with the hopes of meeting a whale, and almost 50 years later, he's still here. On this episode of Outdoor Explorer host Martha Rosenstein and Kelley talk about the challenges of photographing wildlife in Alaska, turning his passion into a career and what it's like to return to a special spot year after year to observe and photograph bears.HOST: Martha RosensteinGUEST: Mark KellyLINKS:Mark Kelly PhotographyFacebookInstagramBROADCAST: Thursday, June 1st, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, June 1st, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOUR 1Ukraine uses drones on Moscow to retaliate after Kyiv attacked / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/30/world/russia-ukraine-drones-news?President Biden and GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a deal (in principle) that would suspend the debt ceiling until 2025 and put a lid on non-defense government spending / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/29/biden-mccarthy-reach-agreement-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling?Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison (CBS News)https://www.cbsnews.com/video/elizabeth-holmes-set-to-report-to-texas-prison-camp-to-begin-11-year-sentence/Social Media becoming more a toxic for American teens ad Dr. Marc Siegel discusses / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/world/13-year-old-girl-dies-chroming-alarming-social-media-trend Rick Whitbeck with Power the Future on the debt ceiling, Chugach's new Board, and Alaskan resource development / (PTF) https://powerthefuture.com/ [7:35 PM to 8 PM]HOUR 2Tom overviews the lame weather forecasted for Mat-Su and Anchorage over the next week / https://www.weather.gov/afc/tvLongtime allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have formed a political action committee to support Christie as he considers a 2024 presidential bid / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-super-pac-2024-presidential-campaign/Tom orders on Gold Belly pizzas from Picasso's Pizza in Buffalo NY / https://picassospizza.net/DHS Secretary Mayorkas pressed on fentanyl, border crisis during heated Senate hearing / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-hits-china-mexico-sanctions-counterfeit-fentanyl-laced-pill-productionAlaska's nurse shortage is widely acknowledged, but there's less consensus on how to manage solutions. A bill that aims to get nurses licensed and working faster by joining Alaska in a 40-state nurse licensure coalition is mired in pushback. Hospitals and the state's nursing board support the legislation, but nursing labor unions oppose it / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/05/29/a-bill-to-get-nurses-licensed-more-quickly-in-alaska-faces-pushback-from-unions/

On the this Outdoor Explorer, host Lisa Keller is joined by Tom Walker, author of the book "The Wanderer." In less than 6 months, Wolf 258 traversed almost 3000 miles in Alaska and Canada. His amazing journey, documented through his GPS tracking collar, is the subject of a story that mixes what we know about his movement with speculation on what he was doing during his travels.HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Tom Walker, authorLINK:"The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf's Final Journey" at Mountaineers BooksBROADCAST: Thursday, May 25th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, May 25th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

In March, Ben Americus accomplished many firsts on the Linkup: the first late winter completion, the first to ski off the peaks and the first to complete the Linkup since Ptarmigan Peak was added as the 13th summit over 5000 feet. This week on Outdoor Explorer Ben joins host Lisa Keller to talk about how he added his name to Chugach Front Linkup history.HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Ben AmericusLINKS:Chugach Front Linkup websiteAlaska Public Media Outdoor Explorer, May 2018, “The 12-Peak Challenge and Chugach Trails.”Alaska Public Media Outdoor Explorer, October 25, 2019, “Imagine hiking all the tallest summits of the Chugach Front Range in one trip. These people did it this year.”Alaska Public Media Outdoor Explorer, March 10, 2020, “Sophia Tidler's Winter Solstice Adventure.”]]>

Summer in Alaska brings a plethora of outdoor adventure opportunities. Boating, hiking, climbing, fishing, wildlife viewing, fishing, and hunting ramp up and so do the calls for help. Southcentral Alaska is fortunate to have good search and rescue capabilities compared to most of the country. However much of it is provided by volunteer organizations. This Outdoor Explorer has representatives from the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, the Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs, the Anchorage Nordic Ski Patrol, and the Alaska Incident Management Team. With host Paul Twardock they will discuss their roles, how search and rescue works in Alaska, how to volunteer, and most importantly how avoid needing a rescue.HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Erin Boklage, Alaska Search and Rescue DogsMark Miraglia, Alaska Mountain Rescue GroupAmy Holman, Alaska Incident Management TeamZach Liller, Anchorage Nordic Ski PatrolLINKS:Alaska Incident Management TeamAnchorage Nordic Ski PatrolAlaska Mountain Rescue GroupAlaska Search and Rescue DogsAlaska Search and Rescue AssociationBROADCAST: Thursday, May 11th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, May 11th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

What was it like to be a field scientist in Alaska during the 1970s and 80's? John Schoen spent 20 years working for Alaska's Department of Fish and Game as a scientist studying Sitka black-tailed deer, mountain goats and brown bears in the Tongass National Forest. John's research influenced the prevailing thoughts on the effects of clearcutting on deer habitat, and added to our understanding of Brown Bears importance to their ecosystem. His strong conservation ethic, influenced by Aldo Leopold and others, melded with science and advocacy continued after he left Fish and Game to work for Audubon Alaska. John is a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in field science, the Tongass temperate rainforest, and conservation. John joins host Paul Twardock to discuss his fascinating career and memoir titled "Tongass Odyssey: Seeing the Forest Ecosystem Through the Politics of Trees, A Biologist's Memoir."HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST:John Schoen, author, former Fish and Game field scientistLINKS:"Tongass Odyssey: Seeing the Forest Ecosystem Through the Politics of Trees: ABiologists Memoir"More information about John SchoenSoutheast Alaska Conservation CouncilThe Landmark Trees ProjectAudubon AlaskaPrince William Sound Natural History SymposiumBROADCAST: Thursday, May 4th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, May 4th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

Hosted by Ania Wiktorowicz, Created by Mari FeherAndrew Holman is a Portland, Or transplant living and climbing around Anchorage, Alaska. In the process of climbing all the peaks of the Chugach  Mountain range near Anchorage, one night he found himself tumbling 500 ft on the South side of Avalanche Mountain  (5,050 feet) . What do you do with one microspike on a side of a 45 degree icey slope? As a BCEP grad from the Mazamas (an established climbing and mountaineering club in Porland, OR), luckily Andrew knew just what to do and ended up in a helicopter rescue with some friendly humanoid aliens. helpful links: mazamas.orggarmin.comhttps://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/camping-and-hiking/best-personal-locator-beaconhttps://www.alaska.org/destination/chugach-state-park

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS:Arlene Blum, mountaineer, scientistPam Miller, Alaska Community Action on ToxicsLINKS:Arlene Blum websiteAlaska Community Action on ToxicsGreen Science Policy InstituteBROADCAST: Thursday, April 27th, 2023. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, April 27th, 2023. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Harlow Robinson, executive director of Healthy Futures and the Alaska Sports Hall of FameLINKS:Alaska Sports Hall of FameHealthy Futures 100 Miles in May]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Holly Brooks, two-time Olympian and licensed professional counselorLINKS:Holly Brooks' websiteAlaska Eating Disorders Alliance with link to “Winning at All Costs: Breaking the Silience on Athletes and EatingDisorders”Project Red-S]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS: Steve Cleary, Executive Director of Alaska TrailsDonnie Hayes, Director of Parks and Recreation for the Fairbanks North Star BoroughMark Kimerer,]]>

The first migratory birds are showing up and bear tracks have been sighted in the Chugach. That means it's time to dust off the backpacks, boats, and tents and start planning for summer! Join host Paul Twardock and guests on this week's Outdoor Explorer to get a start on summer.]]>

Harlow Robinson is an accomplished mountain runner and the founding member of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. Since 2006, he worked as direct care staff and board member with Healthy Futures, a statewide program that helps thousands of at risk youth around Alaska build self-esteem and life skills. He grew up living a subsistence lifestyle in remote Alaska until third grade and in 1973 his family was the subject of the Alaska Family Robinson article in National Geographic. He and his Kiwi wife Gina spend a substantial amount of time in New Zealand and both of their fathers are renowned mountain climbers. He's raced dozens of Alaskan mountain races and wilderness races and won several, including both the winter and summer Alaska Wilderness Races, an unsupported 100-200 mile point-to-point race through the Alaskan wilderness. Hd also did the Transalpine stage race in Europe, which is about 200 miles over a span of eight days through and over the European Alps. Additionally, after many years and many attempts, Harlow completed the 12 peak challenge, a 24 hour race that links the twelve 5,000-foot mountains in the Chugach range overlooking Anchorage, Alaska. In the past five years, Harlow has experienced life passing by quickly, and so in that time, he's changed some of his personal paradigms. This effort required acceptance, commitment, a new level of honesty with yourself, personal vulnerability and has revealed wonderful and surprising layers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cutting-for-sign/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cutting-for-sign/support

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Randy Dowd, Executive Director and founder of Onward and UpwardOnward and Upward StaffLINKS:Onward and Upward websiteFacebookInstagramYoutubeBROADCAST: Thursday, March 16th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, March 16th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS: Beth Nordlund, executive director Anchorage Park FoundationJoe Connolly, chair of the Glen Alps Road Service Area Board of SupervisorsLINKS:Anchorage Park FoundationGlen Alps Board of SupervisorsBallot information]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Steve Mock, Denali Rescue Volunteers, the Alex Lowe Foundation, and the Khumbu Climbing CenterLINKS:Denali Rescue VolunteersKhumbu Climbing CenterDenali Climbing HistoryAlex Lowe Foundation]]>

HOST: Adam VerrierGUESTS:Sara Studebaker-Hall, Director of Operations at TeamUSA BiathlonZach Hall, Team Manager and Head Coach at the Soldier Hollow Olympic Legacy ProgramLINKS:Biathlon AlaskaAnchorage Biathlon ClubNordic Skiing Association of Anchorage: BiathlonTeam USA: Biathlon]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Beth Bragg, former sports editor at the Anchorage Daily News]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS: Sally Burkholder, the Alaska Ski for Women co-founderMolly Mylius, Alaska Ski for Women race directorBROADCAST: Thursday, January 26th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, January 26th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Adam VarrierGUEST: Jim BurkholderLINKS:Kincaid Park Web PageKincaid Park Ski Trail MapBROADCAST: Thursday, February 9th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: February 9th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Dan Osborne, Dick Jabonowski, Ed Minot, Steve O'Brien, Tom Kensler, and MikeSalleeLINKS:Denali Climbing HistoryBROADCAST: Thursday, February 2nd, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, February 2nd, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

This is the tragic tale of an Air Force cargo plane that went un-rescued for 60 years after it crashed in a blinding snowstorm and over some of the harshest terrain that Alaska has to offer. Lost and entombed in a glacier after the large Globemaster II crashed in 1952, it was finally recovered in 2012 thanks to an Air National Guard helicopter crew on a routine training mission. Today, each summer, dedicated members of the Air Force and Army return to the Colony Glacier to search for remains of the souls lost, as well as pieces of the C-124. What happened to this plane and why did it crash? Radar Contact Lost has the answers and proposes new ideas as to why the plane was where it was when it crashed.

Sheep hunting seems to be pretty high up on every hunter's bucket list adventure, and in this episode I am joined by my husband Dustin Prete to chat about his Chugach sheep hunt. You will also hear us talk about the contrast between hunting Kodiak and Sitka and what life is like living and adventuring on Baranof island. Dustin is a passionate hunter and loves to unplug in the mountains no matter who the tag holder is.  We also dissect our most recent hunt and the mistakes we feel we made on that trip. Tune in and soak up this casual conversation about Alaska hunting with the Prete's. Keep up with us online @heroutdoorjourney @soulsummitmedia @dustin_prete Or tune into our YouTube Channel to take the journey together!  Today's episode was brought to you by:  Sawyer - Sawyer‘s line of water filtration products offers clean water solutions for any situation. From adventures in your favorite spot to traveling through remote quarters of the world, Sawyer has set the standard for water filtration. These long lasting high-performance water filters start at just 2 ounces which means you don't have to sacrifice weight in your pack on your off-grid outings. Head to sawyer.com to see their full lineup of products. Or visit your local Bass Pro, Cabela's, REI, Scheels, or Sportsman's Warehouse. Don't have a store close to you? You can find Sawyer products on Amazon or locate a store near you by heading to sawyer.com   Bakcou - Have you had a chance to check out Bakcou ebikes? If you're ready to add some fun to your hunts and make getting to and from your hunting spot faster and easier, go take a test ride one of these electric bikes, at the BAKCOU  head quarters in Ogden, Utah! Just be aware, your hunts are about to be a lot more fun! Use the code HEROUTDOORJOURNEY to save $300 at checkout! That's bakcou.com  Are you ready to unplug and adventure on the trip of a lifetime! Join us July 15-22, 2023 in Sitka, Alaska!  This all-inclusive, 7-day Alaska Fishing + Exploration  Tour will have you fishing world class fisheries, hiking some of the most beautiful and untouched parts of Alaska, and relaxing on the waterfront with a small group of likeminded women. Find all the details at heroutdoorjourney.com/Alaska  Did you enjoy this episode? We'd love to hear from you! Please take a minute to leave a review on the show. Tell us what you think OR what you want to hear next! We appreciate this community of outdoor junkies and we're looking forward to what the future holds! Now go get after it! Tag us in your adventures #SoulSummitPodcast      

The western Chugach - the mountains surrounding Anchorage and the Mat-su valley to the east, are a veritable playground for hikers and climbers.  Although the rock is predominantly poor in quality, the peaks are striking, sometimes rising 5,000 from the valley floor, with a variety of snow and ice lines penetrating their faces.  Historically, these peaks have been scaled by mountaineers of all skill levels.  But in recent years, skiers have started exploring some of the larger objectives - and one of the most sought after lines, is the north couloir of Mount Rumble.Resembling a lower-elevation K2, Mount Rumble rises nearly 5,000 out of the headwaters of Peter's Creek Valley - it's symmetrical walls forming an almost perfect pyramid.  The North Couloir nakes it's way up the mountain, and is consistently 40-50 degrees for almost 4,500'.  Suffice to say - it's an epic climbing or ski line - depending on conditions of course.In April, local Anchorage skiers and endurance athletes, Brian Harder and Lars Flora, skied the line - but the did it incredible style - making the 26 mile round trip, with over 14,000' of elevation gain, in 13 hours round trip.I recently caught up with Brian to hear about the experience, what he learned along the way, and some future objectives that he might explore.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••NotesProduced by Evan PhillipsEditing & Sound Design by Pod PeakMusic & Sound Design by Evan PhillipsSupport The Firn LinePatreonPayPalMerchSponsorsAlaska Rock GymThe Hoarding Marmot