Just a little more than two weeks are left to buy tickets for the greatest guessing game in Alaska — the Nenana Ice Classic.

The “tripod,” which is actually a “quadrupod,” is placed on the ice on the Tanana River, tethered to two onshore clocks.

As Seward musher Travis Beals parked his team, an Alaska Railroad horn echoed off nearby rock walls as it crossed the long ...

Denali Park cancels summer camps. Mat-Su holds a firewise event. The Tour of Anchorage ski race finishes despite low snow. The Nenana Ice Classic tripod is up for the 2025 ...

It takes a community to raise the Nenana Ice Classic Tripod every year — up to 20 people on each side, holding onto ropes to make sure the tripod is ...

One story that really defined Alaska’s long wait for spring was the Nenana Ice Classic. This wasn’t a wildlife spectacle, but it was a quirky insight to life in central Alaska, and what spring ...

After dusk, teams began to pull their snow hooks and head downriver, passing the Nenana Ice Classic tripod and under the Parks Highway bridge. Manley, the next race checkpoint, was 85 miles away.