UAA Skiing News
(Re)Capping A Salty Season
It was a season of extremes. Our athletes skied in -30F temps while training under a half-light November Yukon sun and melted when temps hit the mid...
Taking Your Temperature
Minus 35 degrees Celsius is roughly minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit. At some point between minus 20C and minus 35C, the Celsius temperature scale hits...
Soul Searching
The NCAA Skiing Championships in Lake Placid, NY ended with a sting. The team skied outstanding slalom on day three of four, with Leon and...
Keep On Truckin’
I rented a perfectly good truck. It took Enterprise half an hour to “find” a four-wheel drive quad-cab full-size truck, but they did. I plan for...
Getting Up To Speed
Fall sped by like a Bullet Train through a short tunnel. A total blur. November was masked by October and caught all of us on our heels. It’s now...
Ski Team Recognized By Alaska Legislature
When I first got word that our ski team was going to be issued a citation, I fell into a bit of a panic. We've been through so much. What could we...
Fifth And Rising
And just like that, final exams have come and gone. Didrik, Olav, and JC have graduated, and our returners are now busy with summer plans and...
Best Laid Plans
A lot of planning goes into a season of competition. Particularly from Alaska. Race schedules fought over and agreed upon on are put in place the...
Shots In The Dark
Alaska is famous for being really light. Land of the midnight sun. But right or wrong, our northern paradise is better known for being really dark....
Podium Sweeps, National Champions, Must Be January…
And just like that, the holiday break is over. It was a busy one. The Alpiners had a small crew at the Canadian Panorama Nor-Am series and scored...