Archive for category: Trails

2020 NSAA Ski Swap!

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Join us for our annual SKI SWAP! Get organized this season, buy and sell your ski gear, winter gear, and outdoor recreational items!
This event is OUTDOORS and COVID friendly. Masks and social distancing are required. Verbal symptoms screening will be conducted before entrance. Max capacity inside the swap area will be 50 people. To see the full Mitigation Plan please visit the website: https://www.anchoragenordicski.com/events/skiswap/
To buy gear, just come to the Wendler Middle School covered ice rink from 1-3pm and bring credit, cash, or check. We have people to help you find the right sized gear, and a section just for kids’ gear.
To sell gear:
1. Register your items online for convenient drop off.
2. Equipment drop off Sunday, 10/25 from 8-10am.
3. Come shop the Swap, 1-3pm
4. Pick up unsold items, Sunday, 10/25, 5-7pm.
The NSAA Ski SWAP is a fundraiser consignment sale, 20% of sales proceeds go to trail support! For more information, please visit: https://www.anchoragenordicski.com/events/skiswap/

Brushing at Bartlett and Mowing at Kincaid

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We are well into the summer season and the groomers are as busy as ever.  With all the rain and sunshine the vegetation is really taking off and the crew is doing their best to keep up.  Bill, Annette and Tim have been cutting brush on the trails at Bartlett.  It’s essential to trim those alders back as far as possible so they don’t encroach on the trails when they are heavy with snow in the winter.  Check out these before and after shots!

Bill does most of the cutting using his “modified” weed trimmer (with a humble nod to Tim Taylor) and a chainsaw while Annette and Tim drag the brush away. It’s hot and dirty work and fortunately there aren’t many mosquitoes…thank goodness!!

At Kincaid, Craig and Jack are making every effort to keep the grass from taking over.  They have mowed the Sisson, Mize, Lekisch Lighted, Margaux’s, Jodhpur and Elliot’s, so far, and are really happy to have the right equipment for the job, pass after pass.

 

We sure hope you’re enjoying this beautiful Alaskan summer.  Stay healthy and we’ll keep you posted!

2020 NSAA Photo Contest

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The 2019-20 NSAA Photo Contest is now open! The Submission Deadline is June 30, 2020. The contest is open to all Alaska Nordic ski club members and entrants may submit three images per category.

The categories are:

  • Racing
  • Touring/Backcountry
  • Jumping
  • Kids on Skis
  • Grooming/Groomed Trails
  • Biathlon
  • Fun Ski Events
  • Recreational/Casual Skiing

Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place selections in each category, as well as a grand prize overall winner. Winners also will be featured in the annual NSAA calendar and in an issue of the Alaska Nordic Skier Newsletter.

For more information visit the website: www.anchoragenordicski.com/nsaa-photo-contest/

Red Signs Are Up

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Red signs are up at Kincaid and Hillside! Please do not use trails during the spring melt.

Current Trail Status

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We are Hiring!

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Come join the NSAA Team! Email your resume to program@anchoragenordicski.com

First High School Race of the Season: Service

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The first race of the ASD High School Cross Country Ski season will hit the trails by Service High School on Saturday, December 7, 2019.  Come out to cheer on your local athletes!

Visit the Race Details website for more information about start times.

Snowmaking Update from Tim Brabets

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A brief summary of our snowmaking efforts earlier in the week. We started making snow on Monday at 7:00 AM and stopped on Wednesday at 10:00 AM for a total of 51 hours straight. We used just over 0.5 million gallons of water. Then the rain and wind came. I watched all the action on the NSAA webcam. I went out to Kincaid today to see what’s left. I was surprised. We did lose snow but you can see from the attached pictures that the lower tunnel looks fine and that there still are some snow piles (much smaller than on Wednesday) in the stadium near the Lekisch tunnel and at the north end of the stadium. The lance loop (north of Raspberry – where we focused our efforts) doesn’t look all that bad – there are still snow piles under all the lances – perhaps this area was somewhat sheltered from the wind and the rain.

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