Alaska Outdoor News

Press Release

For Immediate Release Contact: John L. Beath (206) 999-FISH jbeath@Halibut.net Waterfall Resort – WINNER of 2010 BEST FISHING RESORT of YEAR AWARD Monroe, WA – 2-1-2011 – The 1st Annual Go Fish Magazine Awards today named Waterfall Resort as the Best Fishing Resort of the Year. Waterfall Resort received Go Fish Magazine’s highest yearly award [...]

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Surfers in Alaska ride waves for an astonishing five miles

By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com For most surfers, a really long ride might last about 20 seconds and cover 50-60 yards, so imagine the thrill experienced by a group of standup paddlers recently when they rode waves for a distance of nearly five miles — amid the splendor of the pristine Alaskan wilderness. The magical event [...]

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2011 forecast: What’s ahead for Alaska’s travel industry?

These days, Americans are hard-pressed to turn on their TVs without seeing images of Alaska. A spate of “reality” programming combined with several other factors mean 2011 is looking up for Alaska’s travel industry. From crab fisherman in the Bering Sea, truckers in the arctic or even the state’s former governor felling timber in a [...]

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New products and tours

STATEWIDE Holland America Line has introduced a new Cruise Tour in 2011. The Bears & Wilderness Expedition Tour features a seven-day Glacier Discovery Cruise and retreats at rustic Redoubt Bay Lodge near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (with plenty of sport fishing and bear viewing opportunities) and Winterlake Lodge along Alaska’s historic Iditarod Trail [...]

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New facilities

SOUTHCENTRAL The Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge in the Mat-Su Valley plans to install a wildlife viewing tower and picnic pavilion at Reflections Lake in 2011. The refuge is a wonderful birding location and provides easy access to hiking, photography opportunities and more. (www.palmerhayflats.org) The new Athabascan ceremonial house at the Alaska [...]

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New events for 2011

Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, Alaska’s premier winter festival, kicks off a fresh year with new events including an epic snowball fight with origins on the far side of the Pacific. Yukigassen—literally “snow battle” in Japanese—is a team snowball fight and capture the flag game rolled into one. Teams of seven will vie for the tops spot [...]

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