Tim Kelley

Skiing the 131 mile Denali Highway in Alaska

The 2010 Southcentral Alaska crust skiing season is here.

Using backcountry routes and trails to ski a 59 mile loop around Mount Susitna.

I know of only one way to remedy a winter-time "clear weather headache" in Alaska ... ski until it's gone!

I had been scheming this ski trip for a while. Finally good conditions and logistics gelled for me to pull off this fun 86 mile ski from Hatcher Pass to my wife's and my cabin at Alexander Creek.

A 47 mile ski from the coast of downtown Anchorage to coasT Pizza in Girdwood.

A 32 mile backcountry xc ski loop to check out the Little Susitna Tidal Flats along Cook Inlet.

A 52 mile loop around the southern part of Anchorage, Alaska.

Fog and frost ... lately Anchorage has been having a lot of both.

As soon as a trail opens across the Big Susitna River, it's time to escape from Anchorage and go to Alaska.

Snow opens the door to the Lower Susitna Valley in Alaska.

Tips for building a single-pole skiing sled.

20 miles of rough ice to check out a new (for us) Nordic skating venue.

The skiing has gotten chilly, but the winter light has become warmer.

Two Alaskans stop by the Waiorau Snow Farm in New Zealand for some spring skiing.

Driving 1700 miles from Anchorage, AK to Prudhoe Bay and back on the Dalton Highway, with stops in the Brooks Range for hiking.

Bald Mountain, Mint Hut, Nancy Lakes Blading, Big Lake Blading, Lower Su, December Light, Susitna Game Flats, Ski Around Anchorage.

This is probably a first for skiing related web posts ... finding furniture while backcountry skiing.

Mt. Susitna (twice), Goose Bay, Pt. MacKenzie, Susitna Valley Winter Trail, Big Lake, Mendeltna, White Mountsins, Hatcher Pass Traverse x 2, Broad Pass.

Lake Louise, Trapper Creek, Alexander Lake, Palmer Hayflats, Chugiak Coast, Bald Mountain Loop, Mt. Susitna, Kenai Lake.