Chasing Big-Mountain Dreams and Snowboarding’s Future in Alaska

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Alaska has a way of stripping the word “outdoorsy” of any self-congratulation. About 20 minutes north of downtown, the city of Anchorage gives way abruptly, replaced by the sheer scale of the Chugach and Talkeetna ranges’ 8,000-foot peaks, the long pull of Highway 1 into the Mat-Su, and a cold, clarifying sense that human comfort […]

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