
Glacier City Gazette – August 14, 2019
Glacier City Gazette – August 14, 2019
Goat Mountain Plane Crash
By Marc Donadieu Glacier City Gazette Before 5 p.m. on Aug. 4, a four-seat plane crashed near the top of a ridge on Goat Mountain. People in Girdwood could see a plume of black smoke rising in the north end of the upper valley. Shortly…
The Rush and Reward of Downhill
By Emily Maxwell Associate Editor Straddling a downhill mountain bike at the top of Cheechako at Alyeska Resort’s bike park, I take a deep breath. Above me: bluebird skies. Below me: unknown territory. Downhill mountain biking is something I’ve always wanted to try, and with…
Hand Tram Rescue
By Marc Donadieu Glacier City Gazette On Sat. Aug. 3 around 10:11 a.m., Girdwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue (GVF&R) responded to a call about another Winner Creek Trail hand tram fall. It was the second within two months from the terminal on the Alyeska Resort…