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Category: ice skating

ice skating…

Lake Clark Skate Date

4 Apr 20235 Apr 2023
Lake Clark, and Lake Clark National Park, is a precious pocket of Alaska bound by the Chigmit, Neacola, and Alaska Ranges. The tallest mountains rise 10,000 feet from rugged beaches,…
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Trusting Tustumena

20 Mar 202324 Mar 2023
Tustumena is the largest lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (and one of the ten largest in Alaska), three hours south of Anchorage. The Dena'ina name is reported as…
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Navigating Pressure Ridges at Skilak Lake

5 Feb 2023
We caught a brief window of skating on Skilak Lake last week. The prominent hazards turned out to be pressure ridges—zones of cracked ice under compression. This post contains: The…
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One Boot for All: Backcountry Ski Boots For … Everything

2 Feb 20236 Mar 2023
I wear backcountry ski boots in places where folks don't expect to see them—cross-country ski trails, ice skating, and ice climbing. "What's the deal with those big boots?" The deal…
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Dead rabbit saves the day!

16 Dec 2022
The wild ice skating season is filled with ephemeral goals—evenings spent monitoring weather forecasts and satellite imagery hoping to catch days on good ice. Days like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlR_Z0iPafc Grewingk Lake…
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Putting the Shoulder in Shoulder Season

29 Nov 202029 Mar 2023
A recent fall on the ice gave "shoulder season" new meaning for me. This post is about shoulder dislocations and a reduction technique that you can teach yourself. Based on…
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