Sports in Alaska

The following is a list of sporting venues, events, and teams based in Alaska.

Anchorage

Venues

An Aces game at "The Sully"

• Alyeska Resort
• Chugach State Park, a 495,000-acre (2,000 km²) high alpine park.^[1]
• Anchorage has a large number of groomed cross-country skiing trails within the urban core. There are 105 miles (169 km) of maintained ski trails in the city,^[2] some of which reach downtown.^[3]
• Mulcahy Stadium
• Sullivan Arena

Teams

• Alaska Aces
• Alaska Quake
• Anchorage Bucs Baseball Club
• Anchorage Glacier Pilots
• Alaska Wild
• Rage City Rollergirls

Events

• Great Alaska Shootout, an annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament^[4]
• Sadler's Ultra Challenge wheelchair race between Fairbanks and Anchorage^[5]
• The Tour of Anchorage is an annual 50-kilometer (31 mi) ski race within the city.^[6]
• World Eskimo Indian Olympics

Fairbanks

Venues

• Carlson Center

Teams

• Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
• Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey
• Fairbanks Ice Dogs
• Fairbanks Rollergirls

Events

• Sadler's Ultra Challenge wheelchair race between Fairbanks and Anchorage^[7]
• Sonot Kkaazoot
• World Eskimo Indian Olympics

Elsewhere

Teams

• Denali Destroyer Dolls
• Kenai River Brown Bears
• Mat-Su Miners
• Peninsula Oilers

Events

• Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic
• Arctic Winter Games
• Mount Marathon Race
• World Extreme Skiing Championship

Dog mushing

Dog mushing is arguably the most popular spectator sport in Alaska

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
• Iron Dog
• Junior Iditarod
• Kuskokwim 300
• Tustumena 200
• Yukon Quest

See also

• List of college athletic programs in Alaska
• List of athletes from Alaska
• Hunting and fishing in Alaska

References

1. Guide to the State Parks of the United States-2nd Edition. Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society. 2004. pp. 340–342. ISBN 0-7922-6628-5.
2. "Trails". Parks and Recreation. Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. "Tony Knowles Coastal Trail". Alaska Trails. State of Alaska. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
4. "Great Alaska Shootout". Anchorage: 100 years of big wild life. Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
5. Pedeferri, Tony (18 October 2012). "Alaska Race will Return in 2013". US Handcycling - News. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. "Tour of Anchorage". Anchorage: 100 years of big wild life. Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
7. Pedeferri, Tony (18 October 2012). "Alaska Race will Return in 2013". US Handcycling - News. Retrieved 25 February 2014.