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.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Spring may be creeping up, but not fast enough to budge the storied tripod on the Tanana River in Nenana. The latest measurement as of April 7 docks the ice at 50 inches ...

May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 Updated Jun 16, 2023 Five Fairbanksans are among 18 ticket holders who correctly guessed the winning date and time the ice went out for the 2022 Nenana Ice Classic — 6: ...

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

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 ...

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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.