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Ice skating in Southcentral Alaska | Outdoor Explorer

Two people skate on a snowy lake.
Adam Verrier
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Dana Kerr (left) and Paxson Woelber on Kashwitna Lake.

Alaska is a land of snow and ice, and southcentral Alaska has lots of great places to go ice skating. This week on Outdoor Explorer, we search for early-season skateable ice in the Susitna Valley, and we find out about all the places we can go skating right here in Anchorage.

HOST: Adam Verrier

GUESTS:
Paxson Woelber
Dana Kerr
Brad Cooke, Anchorage Parks & Recreation
John Monroe, Head coach and program director for the Anchorage Skate Club

LINKS:
Anchorage Parks & Rec Winter Ice Maintenance
Anchorage Skate Club
Alaska Speedskating Club
Wild Ice Skating Club of Alaska

Adam Verrier grew up in New Hampshire and has lived in Norway, Sweden, and Michigan, but moved to Alaska immediately after graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1992 and has lived here ever since. Adam enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities and was a member of the 1994 Olympic Team in cross-country skiing. After getting out of elite-level ski racing, he found a job appraising rural and remote real estate, primarily in the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay, Pribilof Islands, the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island and Cordova – all places that require travel by air or sea. His work allows Adam to explore remote areas of the state and to meet the interesting people who live in those places. When not traveling around Alaska for work, he is a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Alaska-Anchorage Ski Team, and also does ski race announcing / commentating for major events in Alaska and around the country. A committed bicycle commuter, Adam enjoys going on bicycle and motorcycle adventures every chance he gets.
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