Sports in Alaska

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

Anchorage

Main article: Anchorage, Alaska § Sports

Venues

An Aces game at "The Sully"

• Alyeska Resort
• Chugach State Park, a 495,000-acre (2,000 km²) high alpine park.
• 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, some of which reach downtown.
• 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
• Sadler's Ultra Challenge wheelchair race between Fairbanks and Anchorage
• The Tour of Anchorage is an annual 50-kilometer (31 mi) ski race within the city.
• 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
• 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
• U.S. states without major sports teams