...waters is Dall's porpoise, and the beautiful, white-furred mountain sheep that dares the blizzards of the Talkeetna Mountains in the interior bears the name of Dall. The name of William Healey Dall is dotted liberally on the maps of Alaska...
...resort. Alaska authorities said there are no plans to hunt down the grizzly because of the remote location in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage and the likelihood it was a mother protecting a cub. The condition of the most seriously injured...
...heed. The first thing to say to the group of seven outdoor leadership students attacked by the grizzly in the Talkeetna Mountains? Bravo, kids. By all accounts they regrouped with skill, courage and presence of mind after the terror of the...
...30-day backcountry course by the National Outdoor Leadership School when the attack occurred Saturday night in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage. They were rescued early Sunday. The teens told troopers the attack occurred as they were...
...four teens, including Gottsegen, were injured. Three others were unhurt.The attack Saturday night in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage came as the group was nearing the end of a 30-day course to learn how to survive in the backcountry...
...ranges: the Alaska Range on the north, the Wrangells on the west, the Chugach Mountains in the south and the Talkeetna Mountains to the east. "It's an area about the size of Indiana," said Department of Fish and Game spokesman Bruce Bartley...
...resort, and they're taking their message nationwide. A prime recreation area 55 miles north of Anchorage in the Talkeetna Mountains, Hatcher already draws borough and Anchorage residents to ski, hike and snowmachine under craggy peaks. The...
...killed. Dec. 26, 1999 - Hatcher Pass, in the Talkeetna Mountains 50 miles north of Anchorage, one snowmobiler caught...caught, buried and killed. April 16, 1999 - Talkeetna Mountains near Cantwell, seven snowmobilers caught, three...
...22-pound fat-bellied laker Sept. 27 on her second fishing trip to the long, thin lake that fills an old Talkeetna Mountain canyon just off the Glenn Highway not far from Chickaloon. Larson admitted to being "hugely surprised. We go...
...people going to Thane to attend the Black Sheep Ball. In 1959, the U.S. Army dropped its plans to use the Talkeetna Mountains as a long-range missile range. A recovering Gov. Bill Egan received his first visitors in a Seattle hospital...
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