Groomed
John groomed the campground for “diehard skate skiers” this morning. Classic tracks mostly gone.
Picnic on the Lower Loop Today Sunday 4/8/18!
Celebrate Nordic skiing on the last day of Eaglecrest operations today on the Lower Loop 12-2. Bring some snacks/beverages to share and something to sit on. See you in the meadow (northern corner) by the…
Great spring skiing today!
Skiing conditions at the campground are still great today. A great big Thank You to all the groomers!
Campground groomed – firm and fast
Scott finished grooming the campground this morning around 10 a.m. Ideal ski conditions starting around noon as the firm track started to soften a bit. It is fast and very fun skate skiing! Classic track…
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Grooming Campground about 10 am Tuesday
I’ll start grooming the campground about 10 this morning and should be done by noon. The classic track will probably be too hard to reset.
Artisanal groomery
Who says JNSC doesn’t cater to it’s membership? Grooming recomenced at 4pm for the working stiffs who havn’t managed to retire yet. The Iris Neary loop, on the other side of the road got a…
Artisanal groomery
Who says JNSC doesn’t cater to it’s membership? Grooming recomenced at 4pm for the working stiffs who havn’t managed to retire yet. The Iris Neary loop, on the other side of the road got a…
Campground
Annika groomed the campground this morning. John Staub will groom on Sat and Jeff White on Sunday.
Campground
Annika groomed the campground this morning. John Staub will groom on Sat and Jeff White on Sunday.
Campground
Annika groomed the campground this morning. John Staub will groom on Sat and Jeff White on Sunday.
Campground
Annika groomed the campground this morning. John Staub will groom on Sat and Jeff White on Sunday.
Campground groomed this morning
The campground was perfectly groomed this morning by 10:30 a.m., compliments of Mother Nature, the Juneau Nordic Ski Club, and master groomer Scott Fischer. Skate lane and classic track both in excellent condition.
No grooming until we get a good batch of below freezing weather
We’re done until the next cold snap or next winter. It was a good bit of skiing we did on the lake this year eh?
Montana Creek Classic track Reset
Montana Creek classic track set this afternoon. Should be good for 2 to 3 days. Skate track is still very good. Now have to hike below first hill. Hence grooming begins.
Grooming done at 8:30 am
Groomed for skate. Still good conditions….possibly a little better than yesterday. 40 degrees and light rain at 10 am.
Montana Groomed for skate.
Snow surface still good and plenty thick. Skate track in nice shape and classic getting worse because we can not reset it with equipment so far away. You have to walk down from the upper…
Grooming Montana Ck. this morning from 8 – 9
Will reset skate but classic equipment not available
Montana Ck. groomed and wondewrful!
Groomed skate early and it was 28F there. Excellent conditions then but will warm up in this sun. Earlier is better. Still a classic track but starting to fade. All in all though plenty of…
Grooming this morning from 6:30 – 7:30AM
I will post on conditions after returning from grooming this morning.
Monday, April 16 Grooming – Update
Finished grooming at 9am. Good skate conditions. The classic track is getting weaker. A piece of paradise.
Monday, April 16 Grooming
I’ll start grooming Montana Creek today about 8am. Conditions should be similar to yesterday. Get there early before the snow softens up too much.
Montana Creek Grooming Sunday April 15
I’ll start grooming about 8 am this morning. A good freeze last night so it should be good, fast corny snow after grooming.
Montana Creek Grooming Saturday
Montana Creek groomed for skate. Conditions are good for skate and classic track is fast. Skiing starts at top of first hill. Grouse are Hooting today.
Finished grooming at 8:30. Good zprin8c
Good skate conditions. Classic track still holding up fairly well. Some debris on parts of trail–some stretches pristine.
Thursday grooming report
Finished grooming at 9:00 am. Great conditions for skate skiing. Classic still looks good.
Tuesday April 10 Grooming
Groomed for skate at 1030 this morning. Soft spring conditions. Still good skiing!
What you’ve been waiting for! It’s Fun & it’s Free!
Conditions are good on Porcupine. Join the 4-H Luge Club on Muskeg for luge sledding tomorrow (4/14) from 9:30 to 11:30. For ages 10 and up. Luges and instruction provided. Fun guaranteed. Bring a helmet…
Picnic on the Lower Loop Today Sunday 4/8/18!
Celebrate Nordic skiing on the last day of Eaglecrest operations today on the Lower Loop 12-2. Bring some snacks/beverages to share and something to sit on. See you in the meadow (northern corner) by the…
Faster and harder
Lower loop faster and a bit harder on the classic track at 630 pm than two days ago. Looks like the snow is simply evaporating, making the trail a little harder and icier everyday. Great…
Lower Loop great!
Waxless skis on the classic track was great tonight at 6 pm and the skate track looked just as good. Eaglecrest groomed and the snow is not as hard as at Montana Creek so they…
EagleCrest Lower Loop EXCELLENT at 3 pm Sunday.
The Eaglecrest Lower Loop was EXCELLENT ( that is better than excellent) at 3 pm Sunday. It was fast but controllable. Just all around nice. Best I have had up there in a long while.…
Lower and Upper Loops will be good for a few days
The lower and upper loops were beautifully groomed for today (lower – skate and classic, upper – skate only) and should stay that way as long as the temps stay cold. Despite all the skiers…
No fooling – Lower Loop groomed, upper loop is packed
Thanks to JNSC volunteers, shoveling in bare spots, Eaglecrest groomers were able to nicely groom the lower loop for skate and classic. The upper loop is packed and looks like fun for skate skiing or…
This afternoon at 3pm:Shovelers needed to keep Lower Loop grooming possible.
With the grooming happening on Lower Loop some bare spots have occurred. Dave Scanlon, Eaglecrest manager, has asked if we can find some JNSC volunteers to shovel snow on three or more bare spots on…
Lower loop eaglecrest
Lower loop was freshly groomed last night (fri) about 7 pm. There are just a couple of bare spots on hills, otherwise the conditions were excellent. Fun and fast! Thank you Eaglecrest staff!
Lower loop groomed Friday for skate and classic
Eaglecrest groomed the lower loop for skate and classic again today and it was fantastic. There are bare patches starting to show in a few spots, including one gravel patch. I spoke with management and…
Lower Looped is groomed and WOW!
Got up to the Lower Loop this morning and skate track was outstanding! Be sure and go early as the sun will warm it up and soften it significantly as the day heats up in…
3 inches new snow
Three inches new snow and full snow coverage returns. Hopefully they can groom and pack it down for a base. The hooters chirping on Sunday have gone silent.
Lower Loop could be better with grooming
It’s best skied after it softens. Coverage is good but there are a few obstacles. Eaglecrest could fix them…
Lower Loop Skiable
One bare spot of gravel coming up the hill from the lower loop and a few spots of overflow but other than that, still good snow cover and a pretty good track for classic.
Lower loop is hanging in there
The lower loop is hanging in there and Eaglecrest groomed it today (Monday) for skate and classic. Warm temps are taking their toll on the snowpack. One big puddle has formed in the meadow and…
Lower loop
There’s no rain. It’s a little bit breezy in the meadow. Classic is good with scales or violet klister 45. Skating is good too.
Lower loop groomed for skate and classic
Lower loop groomed for skate and classic this Saturday morning. If you want a last minute classic ski tune-up before the Buckwheat Ski Classic (2 weeks from today) give me a shout, because the Eaglecrest…
Upper loop corduroy
Upper Loop was groomed w/o diagonal track last week. Not officially open. Skating and touring are possible.
Picnic on the Lower Loop Today Sunday 4/8/18!
Celebrate Nordic skiing on the last day of Eaglecrest operations today on the Lower Loop 12-2. Bring some snacks/beverages to share and something to sit on. See you in the meadow (northern corner) by the…
Eagle Campground Groomed 03/13/2018
Groomed and set classic track. Mostly good with some puddles to navigate around.
Eagle Beach groomed 3/10 Saturday
Eagle Beach is groomed for skate and classic early Saturday morning. Conditions are good. The snow is somewhat wet and compressable, with a fairly thin but good base underneath.
Eagle Beach Campground Grooomed 3/8/2018
Groomed the main campground roads this afternoon, didn’t get the cut-off trail. Skate track is soft, classic track looks good. Sun breaking through the clouds as I got the ginzu unstuck.
Eagle Berach groomed for both classic and skate. Great conditions
Both skate and classic in great shape after two new inches of snow from last night. Snow stopped as of 11:30 when I left there and some skiers just showing up. Track set up Mt.…
Grooming Eagle Beach this morning 9:30 – 11
I will post after grooming this morning but planning to reset both classic and skate tracks.
Eagle Beach campground groomed 3/2
Eagle Beach campground is groomed Friday night for skate and classic. Conditions are very good. The track will be touched up again on Saturday early afternoon in advance of the Border to Border ski event.
Eagle Valley Center
Classic and Skate groomed this afternoon by Wayne, Arne and Del. The Classic looks great Skate has a few rough spots. Loading driving grooming driving back and unloading. 6 hours
Border2Border
O.M.G. The biggest ski event of the year is Saturday! Border2Border, 3.O EC: 9-11 (Bring your Eaglecrest Nordic Pass) Campground/Lake:11:30-1:30 Montana Creek 1:30-2:30 Eagle Valley Center 3-4 Eagle Beach State Park 4-5 with BBQ, fire,…
Eagle Beach groomed 2/28
Eagle Beach campground is rolled, packed, and groomed for skate and classic. The snow is currently soft and dry.
Eagle Beach groomed evening 2/23
Eagle Beach is groomed for skate and classic Friday night. The snow was fairly wet and is somewhat thin back in the trees, but all of the track is still very skiable and groomed up…
Eagle Beach groomed 2/16
Eagle Beach is groomed for skate and classic Friday night. Snow coverage is good. The snow itself is soft and cold.
Eagle Beach groomed Fri 2/9 evening
Eagle Beach was groomed Friday evening. Skate and classic are in good shape. As we’ve seen in recent weeks, the snow is thin but very skiable in the sections under the trees. Out in the…
Eagle Beach Campground Groomed 2/7/2018
Ginzu-good, groomed and set classic track. Still a few thin spots with gravel underneath in the skate track under the trees to be wary of, otherwise very nice.
Eagle Beach groomed Sat 2/3
Eagle Beach campground was groomed Saturday morning Feb 3. Conditions are the same as the last several days: quite good cold groomed snow out in the open stretches, with thin but skiable snow in the…
Eagle Beach Campgroound Groomed 1/30/2018
Groomed campground trails, set classic track. Coverage improved with last snow, but there are still thin spots in the canopy along the river.
Smoothed Eagle Beach Track
Rolled and groomed Eagle Beach campground. Too thin to set a classic track, but good classic and skate skiing in the open on the corduroy. Be aware of rough spots under the canopy. Wow is…
Eagle Beach Campground Gromed 1/25/18
Groomed campground this morning. Good in open areas, thin and rough in places under the canopy. Too thin to set the classic track, but should be good classic skiing on the groomed trail. Skaters should…
Soft for skating
Eagle Beach was a little too soft to skate on, but the classic track looked a bit better everywhere but in the trees along the river by the bridge.
Eagle Beach Campground Groomed January 13
Rolled the trails this morning, and set classic track. Mostly good, but watch out for this spots back under the trees.
Spaulding Meadows was awesome
I hit the Lake Creek (UAS) trailhead at 6 and was skiing by 7. Conditions were firm and coverage was great. I started hiking back by 9:45 and it was just starting to soften.
Hurbert Glacier trail
Hurbert Glacial trail is in good shape for classic tour, a firm base on fresh snow and good glide. Better go soon before conditions change.
Hurbert Glacier trail
Classic ski up Hurbert Glacier Trail to 4 kilometer pond. Was a nice tour in falling snow. 2 wind fall trees across trail.
Spaulding March 2017
Thought it was time to change up the Spaulding conditions for 2017. Skiable from parking lots both ends of trailhead. Tree route on Peterson side pretty good skiing. Deep snow, fun skiing. Use big baskets…
Spaulding Meadows perfect for skate skiing
Spaulding Meadows is in perfect condition for crust cruising! Grippers recommended for trail starting around the second meadow. Snow is firm and you can walk anywhere. Good skate skiing starts in the very top meadows.…
Peterson to Auke nu
Broke trail along the blue diamond route on Sunday. Shin deep with minimal navigation obstacles. Get your fish scale skiing in before the rain washes it away.
Dan Moller
The Dan Moller valley will be very sweet for one more day even though the machines are there. Parking at the lower Dan Moller lot, hike up out of the woods and and head to…
Dan Moller
Enjoyed the quiet of the valley sans snow machines again Saturday – starting from the DMoller trailhead on Pioneer, hike the short woods trail till the trees open up where you can put on skis…
Dan Moller
Dan Moller Valley was delightful skiing Friday evening could ski down through the Narrows keeping an eye out for rocks. starting from the Dan Mohler trailhead hiking to the first meadows going to the North…
Dan Moller Valley
Velvety conditions up in the Dan Moller valley. Started waking at the lower lot on Pioneer. Once out of the trees skied over to the meadow north of the boardwalk, still below the Treadwell. The…
Dan Moller – a little history and correct spelling
During the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC’s) era in the 1930’s, the U.S. Forest Service supervised CCC labor to construct the first two cabins at 1st and 2nd Meadows. The construction foreman was Dan Moller. At…
Dan Moeller Valley
Skinned up to the basin above Dan Moeller cabin on Madshus Eons on Friday eve. The snow was breakable crust so could really only traverse down and step around. Still it was nice to get…
Spaulding Meadows
This evening I hauled my skis up to the John Muir cabin in Spaulding Meadows. Approaching the meadows, what appeared at first to be snow was actually the white air drop gravel bags. I had…
Dan Moeller Upper Meadows
Yesterday evening hiked to Dan Moeller cabin using spikes put on once into the narrows. Skied the upper basin. Very soft and a bit difficult to turn coming down the meadows northwest of the cabin.…
Dan Moeller Upper Meadows
Yesterday evening hiked to Dan Moeller cabin using spikes put on once into the narrows. Skied the upper basin. Very soft and a bit difficult to turn coming down the meadows northwest of the cabin.…
JohnMuir trail conditions?
Wondering if anyone has been up The John Muir trail this week? Do you need snow shoes to hike to the cabin? Thanks.
Spaulding 12/28
Spaulding is in great shape! We headed straight up to the meadows via the Spaulding Trail (not John Muir or the Lake Creek access) both days this weekend. Grippers on boots might help at the…
Trail Etiquette
- Walkers / Snowshoers, walk to the far sides of the trails when possible.
- Dog Owners, control your dogs and pick up the scat. Please, no dogs or walkers on the groomed trails at Eaglecrest. Please use the dog loop.
- Skiing the loop trails- It’s common to ski the loop trails in either direction. Just watch for oncoming skiers and give right of way to the skier zooming downhill.
- Show courtesy for all and share the trails.