Anchorage is lucky to have three downhill ski areas. Alyeska in Girdwood is a full-scale resort. Hilltop on O’Malley Road is a great place for kids and beginners. What’s the third one? It’s easily forgotten, because Arctic Valley doesn’t advertise and is far off the beaten track, but it has the highest elevation, the fluffiest powder and some of the steepest slopes around. It’s a great place for experienced skiers, and some of the folks who run it as a private non-profit organization are definitely that. Also, their club has been around almost 80 years. On the next show, we’ll learn about Arctic Valley, the changes happening there, and why you might want to go and try it out this winter.
HOST: Charles Wohlforth
GUESTS:
- John Robinson-Wilson, General Manager at Arctic Valley and Second Vice President on the board of directors
- Beverly Luedke-Chan, board member and Treasurer for Arctic Valley
LINKS:
- Arctic Valley website
- Arctic Valley on Facebook
- Alaska Dispatch News article about the improvements made recently at Arctic Valley
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BROADCAST: Thursday, December 08, 2016. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
