Whittier News

Here at Gadling, our inboxes are full of pitches on the fabulous skiing conditions in Colorado and Utah , but news about the latest lifts and bases rarely sparks our interest.

Two dudes found an abandoned five-story building in Whittier, Alaska. Like anyone would, they decided to take high quality video of one of them skiing down the cramped stairwells of the building and post it to Vimeo.

The "Ask a Builder" series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life.

Here on the Portage Glacier Highway is where the trip begins to turn around. I've been to Alaska before so I know what to expect, but it's my dad's first time and the previous two days didn't quite match his expectations of snow-covered mountains and wildlife everywhere.