Moose Pass

A damaged cable cut power to Moose Pass last weekend for almost 12 hours.

Recent high winds and rapidly changing weather in Southcentral increase the potential for avalanches in the backcountry.

Chugach Electric sent an email to customers last Friday, apologizing for recent excessive power outages. Residents say a lack of local maintenance workers extends the length of outages, and the utility says it's looking into the possibility of local linemen.

Just over a week from the start of the school year, the Moose Pass School was lacking a principal and an instructional aide. The district worked to fill those roles at the last minute, but some worry about larger recruitment issues for small community schools.

The 500-mile trail between Seward and Fairbanks, following the model of the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trails, is being coordinated by the organization Alaska Trails. Organizers say it could bring economic growth to the communities it runs through.

Pond skating is a favorite Alaska winter pastime, and no setting is more picturesque than Trail Lake in Moose Pass. But before any skating can happen, someone first has to remove snow off the surface of the lake.

A 2021, a book documenting the history of Moose Pass was published by Palmer-based Ember Press. Next, the team behind the book is working on creating a Moose Pass historical walking tour.

This year was the fifth annual Cooper Landing Woodpile Contest, where competitors showed off their wood-stacking creativity, and participated in contest-sanctioned bribes. The first place winner impressed judges with a face-shaped woodpile.

When schools in Alaska drop below 10 students, they lose full state funding and can be shut down. Today, the peninsula's smallest schools are in the clear — but it hasn't always been that way.

At the Moose Pass School, every student gets involved in everything. That's true for robotics, an activity that volunteer Wendy Bryden brought to the school almost a decade ago.