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  2. Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Girdwood is a resort town within the southern extent of the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet , Girdwood lies in a valley in the southwestern Chugach Mountains , surrounded by seven glaciers feeding into a number of creeks, which either converge within the valley or ...

  3. Goat Mountain (Alaska) - Wikipedia

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    Goat Mountain is a 6,450-foot (1,966 m) mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest at the head of Glacier Creek Valley, 30 mi (48 km) east-southeast of downtown Anchorage, and 8 mi (13 km) north-northeast of the Alyeska Resort and Girdwood area.

  4. Alyeska Resort - Wikipedia

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    Alyeska Resort is a ski resort in the Girdwood area of Anchorage, Alaska, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Anchorage. Mount Alyeska is part of the Chugach mountain range and the Alyeska Resort is the largest ski area in the state.

  5. Iron Dog - Wikipedia

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    The event began in 1984 as a 1,000-mile (1,600 km) race in Alaska from Big Lake near Wasilla to Nome. [6] It was approximately doubled to 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at the 10th annual race in 1994. [6] The race route now follows parts of the Iditarod Trail, the route of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. [7]

  6. List of sled dog races - Wikipedia

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    Akiak Dash- Annual 60 mile race from Bethel, Alaska to Akiak, Alaska and back; Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race - The largest sled dog race in the Midwestern United States, held at Bayfield, Wisconsin, on a 60-mile course. [15] Baltic Winter Cup — Series of sleddog races across the Baltic states, on snow as well as on dryland. [16]

  7. Girdwood - Wikipedia

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    Eric Girdwood (1876–1963), British military officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Northern Ireland District from 1931 to 1935 Gilbert Girdwood (1832–1917), English army and civilian physician and surgeon, academic and author, noted for his service in the Canadian Army

  8. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Wikipedia

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    The race's namesake is the Iditarod Trail, which was designated as one of the first four US National Historic Trails in 1978. [6] The trail, in turn, is named for the town of Iditarod, which was an Athabaskan village before becoming the center of the Inland Empire's [a] Iditarod Mining District in 1910, and then becoming a ghost town at the end of the local gold rush.

  9. Glacier Creek (Turnagain Arm) - Wikipedia

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    In the TV show Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine, Dave Turin operates a gold mine located at Glacier Creek.The mine is operated during 2021 mining season in the show Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (appearing in the 2022 season of the TV show) and during the subsequent 2022 mining season in the show Gold Rush (appearing in the 2023 season of the TV show).