Alaska Excursions

Alaska Excursions

Wide range of glorious day trips throughout Southcentral Alaska.

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Wildlife

Bull moose joust as part of their fall mating ritual in Anchorage. More than a dozen moose were seen at one time on an October day on a softball field in South Anchorage.

Hiking and Biking

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Mt. McKinley

Scattered clouds can't hide Mount McKinley in this view from an Alaska Airlines flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage recently.

Sandhill cranes

Sandhill Cranes take flight from a field at the Matanuska Experiment Station on Saturday August 22, 2009. The cranes have up to a 7 foot wing span and are among the tallest birds in the world. They gather into flocks for the migration south.

Fall colors

Fall colors and no snow in Turnagain Pass on Friday, September 18, 2009.

Alaska headlines

Iron Dog winners to claim $50,000

Help wanted: Denali needs a dog musher

Bears strand hunters by destroying their raft

State says it's keeping close eye on gas line project

Two-wheeled light for days of darkness

Fairbanks marathoner tops among Alaskans in New York

AFN convention to touch on village issues

Long autumn means more choices

Barrow 9-year-old may be youngest to harvest a whale

ANWR debate will heat up as caribou herds dwindle

Dead beluga aground on Inlet mud near downtown Anchorage

Heavy flatfish nets hefty purse

City unveils plan to reduce winter natural gas use

New Yakutat gold claims raise concern for rivers

Juneau gets protection for slide-threatened power lines

Redoubt volcano will continue to be calm, scientists say

Alaska Samoans unite to aid tsunami victims

Dipping for red gold

Cleveland Volcano in Aleutian Islands spews ash plume

Red, blue king crab fishing in Southeastern closed