Photo archive for January 30, 2008
A group of mountaineers pauses in a safe zone along an ascent route in the Chugach Mountains south of Anchorage. The 20-mile valley is popular among snowmachiners in Southcentral.
The most important thing to do if someone is caught in an avalanche is to identify the last point they were seen so they can be located and dug out as soon as possible.
Reggie Christ, a member of a professional skiing and film crew, traverses under a large cornice to begin a descent in the Chilkat Mountains near Haines.
The exhaust from the Aurora Energy power plant breaks through an inversion layer as seen from the Hagelbarger Road pullout off of the Steese Highway on Jan. 30, 2008.
West Valley senior Amy Oats, left, presures Lathrop senior Kristina Brawley as she looks to pass in the first half of their game Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at West Valley.
The deserted A-frame lodge at the old Cleary Summit Ski Area at 21 Mile Steese Highway burns Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2008, destroying the final piece of Fairbanks’ oldest alpine ski area. The lodge had been closed for the past 15 years after Cleary Summit shut down in 1993.
Explaining he had lived in the neighborhood of the J.P. Jones Community Development Center for 48 years, Don Thibedeau, right, introduces himself Tuesday night, Jan. 29, 2008, during Fairbanks Mayor Terry Strle’s first Talk Tuesday gathering. The last Tuesday of each month, the mayor and representatives from city departments will meet residents at different neighborhoods to exchange ideas about taxes, public services and other issues.
Needles and cones are laden with snow and frost on this conifer along First Avenue on Tuesday.
