One of the Kenai Peninsula's trails, the Ptarmigan Creek trail takes off from the Ptarmigan Creek campground just off the highway north of Seward.
If Alaska has a metropolitan pulse, it beats in Anchorage, the state's largest city. Theater, music, culture, fine dining -- it's all here. So are strip malls, parking garages, and coffee shops that make parts of Anchorage look like Anywhere, U.S.A.
You don't have to go far to hit breath-taking trails.
Kenai Peninsula hiking (10-12-2005)
The fish are plentiful on the Kenai Peninsula, but getting out into the woods is one of the best ways to experience the beauty of this place.
Whether they're mild or wild, the trails of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska have plenty to keep hikers or bicycle riders busy for an hour, a day or longer.
The long, hard race -- Iditasport Impossible
By the end, after weeks of wallowing in deep snow and battling headwinds that blew the frozen tundra bare, only four of the 20 athletes who began the 1,000-mile Iditasport Impossible race crossed the finish line in Nome.
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