Ah, winter — the season of snowflakes, hot cocoa, and cozy fireplaces. But winter’s chill doesn’t have to mean staying cooped ...

Alyeska is Alaska's premier area, located in the Chugach Mountain Range, 40 miles south of Anchorage. Spring delivers the most daylight hours of all U.S. ski resorts, and favorable weather long into ...

Yet, when it comes to altitude, Alyeska's surprisingly tame. The ski resort's base area sits at 250 feet, while the resort reaches no higher than 4,000 feet—that's lower than Denver, Colorado.

Alyeska Resort was forced to close Monday afternoon due to an extended power outage and intense winds. In river culture, its taboo to say the dreaded W word (wind) for superstition that it might ...