Backcountry skiing on national forest land is normally free of charge, but at the busy Vail Pass Recreation Area in the White River National Forest, there is a $10 fee to ski, snowshoe or ride ...
Most days, Donna Gail Shaw puts on her Xtratufs, arms herself with a canister or two of bear spray and a .44 caliber handgun and strides from her home in a Chugach Foothills neighborhood into a ...