As a wildlife field technician, Luke Metherell combines job, hobby and homework on weeklong backpacking trips in the mountains. A biology student at University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), Metherell ...

For Dall sheep in the Chugach Mountains, winter used to be a real cliffhanger, the toughest of the four seasons to survive. Nowadays, surviving summer may be the more challenging life skill. Don't get ...

Years ago, when I lived on Anchorage’s Hillside, I would sometimes watch Dall sheep from my front yard. Even through binoculars, they were small white dots on the green or brown slopes below a Chugach ...

Drone footage of Dall's sheep high up on a mountainside against the backdrop of a stunning Alaska sunset will make your day.

Imagine if you lived in a state with the only wild population of Dall sheep in the country — a species highly coveted by hunters from across the world — and the way that state managed those sheep in ...

The Chugach Range rises up from the outskirts of Anchorage, offering a world-class playground for locals to explore year round. Alaska Public Media’s Emily Russell recently climbed some snowy peaks in ...

Oct. 8—Three hunters were rescued early Thursday after they were caught in an avalanche in Hunter Creek valley in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska State Troopers said. The three were hunting Dall sheep ...