Outdoor Explorer - Alaska Public Media
On “Outdoor Explorer” you're invited to step outside into Alaska. Follow us to a new trail or fishing hole, learn what to pack, when to go, and most importantly, how to stay safe. Learn about life-long fitness and get inspired to go outside in the backcountry or on the bike trails.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Outdoor Recreation Access in Anchorage Vol 2
HOST: Lisa Keller
GUESTS:
Chris Reynolds, treasurer of Friends of the Stewart Public Trail
Kelly Becker, a long-time trail adjacent homeowner
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Epic Alaskans: Tom Choate the Mountain Goat
HOST: Paul Twardock
GUEST: Tom Choate
LINKS:
Tom Choate Biography
BROADCAST: Thursday, December 1st, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, December 1st, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
Planning for the outdoors: The Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan and What's new in outdoor gear
HOST: Paul Twardock
GUESTS:
Ricky Geese: Director, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Zachary Babb: Program Manager, Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA)
Alaska; NPS
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Outdoor Recreation Access in Anchorage Vol 1
On this next Outdoor Explorer, our guests are Jeff Landfield and Paxson Woelber from The Alaska Landmine. The two journalists have reported extensively on disputed access to public lands in Anchorage…
The Walking Monk in Alaska
On this Outdoor Explorer, we’ll go for a walk with a man known as The Walking Monk, because he’s walked across North America five separate times and he recently published a book about the people he’s…
Off the Chain Bicycle Collective
Anchorage's Off the Chain Bicycle Collective is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization aiming to increase bicycle ridership, awareness, and safety. Started as a UAA bike club Off the Chain is house…
Tidelines Institute of Alaska
ur guests for this show are Laura Marcus and Zach Brown, the founders and co-executive directors of the Tidelines Institute. On two campuses along Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska, Tidelines Institute …
On Track! in Anchorage with Alice Tower Knapp
On this Outdoor Explorer, we’ll talk to Alice Tower Knapp, who grew up in Anchorage, skiing on the local ski trails and participating in events organized by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage…
Rick Steves and Art in Europe | Outdoor Explorer
On this show, our guest is Rick Steves. If you’ve watched public television in the last 20 years, you likely know him from his travel shows Rick Steves Europe and Travel with Rick Steves. Our discuss…
Anchorage Park Foundation
HOST: Lisa Keller
GUEST: Beth Nordlund, executive director of Anchorage Park Foundation
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Register for the Moose Loop Virtual Race
BROADCAST: Thursday, September 15th, 2022.…
Orienteering in and around Anchorage, Alaska
Orienteering is the sport of using a map and compass to navigate the outdoors. The Arctic Orienteering Club in Anchorage organizes orienteering races and events during the summer months that are open…
Orienteering in and around Anchorage, Alaska
Orienteering is the sport of using a map and compass to navigate the outdoors. The Arctic Orienteering Club in Anchorage organizes orienteering races and events during the summer months that are open…
The Chugach 120
Our guest for this show is Jen Aschoff, a geology professor at UAA who recently became the tenth person and the second woman to complete the Chugach 120. The Chugach 120 is the 120 peaks in the Chuga…
Wild Trails with Brad Meiklejohn
What is it like to be an avalanche specialist? A conservationist? A wilderness traveler? A Buddhist? Brad Meiklejohn is a long-time Alaskan who has written a new book titled The Wild Trails that expl…
The outdoor life of Congressional Candidates
Our guests for this show are congressional candidates Nick Begich and Mary Peltola. Your host, Lisa, reached out to the Sarah Palin campaign three times but never received a response. In these interv…
Alli Harvey, traveling landscape artist
• A commission in progress of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, on the easel near Reno, photo by Alli Harvey.
The happy artist pictured with the Colorado aspen in autumn commission, photo by Wes Hoskins
The …
Youth Employment in Parks
A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock.
A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock.
The Youth Emplyment in Parks logo.
A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardo…
Diversifying the outdoors in Alaska: Jody Potts-Joseph | Outdoor Explorer
Denali National Park and Preserve
Walter Harper, photo courtesy NPS
The view from the spotting scope of a busy day on the headwall, photo courtesy of NPS Photo, Chris Erickson
Tucker Chenowith ice climbing, photo courtesy NPS Photo, Ka…
Alaska Adventure: 55 Ways
iking Resurection Pass by John Wolfe.
Skiing to the Skookum Glacier, byJohnWolfe
Rebecca Wolfe, credit Gretchen Nelson.
John Wolfe, credit Anne Raup.
Becca Wolfe and Helen Nienhueser, by John Wolfe
Alaska…