slippery slope - I spent some time on my butt sliding down
one foot in front of the other
me on the ascent - it was so windy - I took my time
Jason was heading up - he was very patient with my slow pace
Denali and Alaska Range from the trail (you have to look closely on the horizon)
Anchorage Skyline from the trail
Sleeping Lady from the trail
3/20 Sunday hike around Blueberry loop (under Flattop Mtn)
supermoon
The "supermoon" rose over the Chugach Mtns just after 10pm on 3/19
Two plows follow each other down the road - they have a great system up here to maintain roads and remove snow!
this "golfcart on steriods" clears the sidewalks
lots of snow
planes snowed in
the Diehls left right before the snowfall - can't even see the mountains in the mirror
Merrill Field covered in fresh snow
woke up on St. Paddie's Day to a lovely snow
3/9 - viewing the northern lights up on Old Glenn Hwy - photo by Tutu
3/9 - viewing the northern lights up on Old Glenn Hwy - photo by Tutu
group of hashers chasing the northern lights (photo by Perverazzi)
#18 - Ally Zirkie leads dogs to start line
dog waiting patiently
neat hat!
always interesting characters downtown
dogs waiting to get out
sled dogs doing their thing
Jason in the Alaskan Amber bottle
#47 - Kurt Barnham leads his dogs on 4th Ave
lead dogs
#17 - Lance Mackey - won last 4 years in a row! (he overcame cancer too)
#22 - Magnus Kaltenborn from Norway - rookie
#49 - Rick Swenson - only 5 time winner - on 4th Ave
#55 - rookie Kelly Maixner enjoying the crowd
#57 - rookie James Bardoner and dogs going down
#60 - Matt Giblin heading towards Cordova hill
#15 - Bob Story from New Zealand - he's a rookie this year
#62 - Gerald Sousa's dogs
"suicide hill" on Cordova - going down to the ball fields
the start line in downtown Anchorage
the trail wove through Anchorage - some intersections were temp closed
#61 - Matt Hayashida greeting fans on the trail
sled dogs are anxious to start
arial shot of the Town Square in downtown Anchorage
Senator Murkowski in the crowd on 4th Ave
Dogs ready to run in downtown Anchorage
#54 - Peter Kaiser's lead dogs
#28 - veteran Mitch Seavey won in 2004 and continue to come back for more
#23 - Hans Gatt runs his dogs around the corner to the start - guess he didn't retire!
#12 - Melissa Owens inches up to the start in downtown Anchorage
they don't call this suicide hill for nothing!
