Trails

Mendenhall Campground

Poop Scoop

By Sedgesprite April 4, 2019 3:23pm

Grateful Dogs and JNSKI are hosting a Campground caca cleanup Sunday April 14 at 11:30. I know.

Over

By Groomer March 19, 2019 9:08am

No grooming today. It’s been a great run.

Camground

By JS March 18, 2019 10:23am

Mon 3/18. For the gonzo die hard classic skier, there is a semblance of track all around. Skaters, unless you are ultra gonzo & with a sense of humor, without more snow, I’m afraid. It’s…

Saturday Campground Conditions

By JT March 16, 2019 2:06pm

Conditions at campground were remarkably good at 11:30 this morning! Classic track was well groomed and a little firmer than yesterday. The classic track looked very good too. Well worth your time to take a…

Saturday grooming @ Campground

By Craig March 16, 2019 8:12am

Finished Saturday’s grooming Friday evening in the hope that it might set up over night a little. Reset the classic track as well. Both skate and classic were in great shape when I finished last…

Mendenhall Lake

Lake surface flooded

By Craig March 16, 2019 8:23am

The Mendenhall Lake has not been groomed as it is mostly covered with standing water.

Mendenhall lake

By Don March 15, 2019 7:33pm

Mendenhall lake snows melted down to ice surface. Will take cooler weather and more snow before grooming continues.

Groomers On Fleek

By Sedgesprite March 10, 2019 8:10am

Lake and Campground were double or tripleteamed in an MMF style attack. Result near perfect conditions as the team beat back the washboard with a long slow groove and added milage with a Visitor Center…

Finished grooming lake 1:30

By JT March 8, 2019 1:15pm

Outer loop was finished at noon and inner loop should be done by 1:30. Much of the washboarding was smoothed out by going slow with the groomer, about 10 mph. The downside is that it…

Friday March 8 grooming

By JT March 8, 2019 3:15am

I’ll start grooming the campground about 8:30. Doug will be helping out with the lake and everything should be groomed by about noon. Hopefully we’ll get another couple of good days skiing before the weather…

Montana Creek Kaxdigoowu Héen

Skiing well

By SKE December 8, 2019 8:33am

Yesterday’s grooming held up well through the night. It is well skied from yesterday, but fast skating this morning.

Montana Ck. Groomed for skate and

By The Stone Guy December 7, 2019 11:49am

Skate track set as well as possible for first grooming of the season. Enough snow for skating and will become flatter with more snow. Only a few scars on the corduroy and ripples where we…

Grooming Montana Ck and working the track this morning 10 – 12

By The Stone Guy December 7, 2019 9:01am

Working on track this morning and trying to get it set up. Will post afterwords with an update!

Conditions 12/6/19 Fri pm

By Mossy December 6, 2019 8:15pm

12/6/19 Fri Nite 32-36 degrees. Hardened corn snow starts at trail head. All trail peppered with dog and walker tracks. Bike ruts start at top and stop at 2nd Archery bridge. Classic tracks icy. Skate…

enough already

By Ernest October 21, 2019 8:11pm

If you could please start grooming soon.

It’s a taxing Monday

By JT April 15, 2019 5:59am

It’s a taxing day but there’s luv too. Last day of grooming TODAY. Alas it’s getting difficult for the grooming equipment–spring is here as is gravel and ice. There’s still decent skate skiing but you…

Sunday grooming

By JT April 14, 2019 6:36am

I’ll groom starting about 8:00 and should be ready to ski about 8:30-9:00.

True luv

By SE April 13, 2019 10:29am

You sexy groomers 😍 2k skates fast at 10:30 Saturday, classic looks good too😚. Let’s make a date for Sunday😉

Montana Creek Groom

By Don April 13, 2019 9:11am

Groomed early today , Upper half excellent for skate skiing. Lower section from bridge to Slide zone icy . Will be groomed again on Sunday Morning. Grouse are hooting.

Grooming finished at 9 am

By JT April 12, 2019 9:03am

Trail has more ice than yesterday on the first part of the trail and the first gravel has appeared just past Montana Creek bridge. A classic track was set yesterday afternoon starting about 1/4 of…

Friday morning grooming – April 15

By JT April 12, 2019 6:49am

I’ll begin grooming about 8:00 this morning. I’ll post afterwards.

Thursday April Grooming

By JT April 11, 2019 5:53am

I’ll start grooming montana Creek about 7:30. Should be ready to ski by 8:30. It froze last night so will probably have to wait until the snow softens up to set a classic track. Should…

Montana Creek Groomed

By Don April 10, 2019 6:26pm

Montana Creek was groomed for skate skiing this afternoon. This improved condition a lot. More grooming early on Thursday morning with the addition of classic track is planned. Much thanks to Del Carnes for repair…

200 yards

By Mike April 7, 2019 7:18pm

200 yards to skiing! It’s best for classic as there are some deep 4 wheeler tracks in places.

Obstacle course skiing great

By Shawn April 7, 2019 10:38am

9am Sunday snow is wet fast, well compacted for skate skiing with a nice overnight crisp. Unfortunately ATV tracks are there to keep you on your toes the entire way. And someone was walking a…

New snow- We are still skiing!!!!!!

By Mike April 5, 2019 12:50pm

There is a dusting of new snow on the trail at upper Montana Creek covering the needles. And the rain has softened things a little bit so you can ski straight across those former ice…

Montana is good

By Mike April 1, 2019 8:03pm

Both skate and classic are good despite no grooming. Go after it softens.

Mmachine Down

By Del Carnes March 31, 2019 1:53pm

Problems with MC machine Transmission. Moving machine out on Tuesday. No more grooming for the season. Should be skiing for rest of week with out grooming. See you next year and have a great summer!

The Secret of Roan Innish

By Sedgesprite March 31, 2019 10:46am

Awdigaan Yeèdat. That’s nice day to you in the local argot. If you know the secret to Roan Innish, you know you will have to find the empty skin of the selkie in the attic…

Best Classic Track In Town 🙂

By Island Boy March 30, 2019 1:52pm

Ok – it is still very skiable on classic gear. The track is icy and glazed in spots, but still ok. Skating is probably the best

Eaglecrest

Groomer

By Peter December 7, 2019 1:04pm

Lower loop groomed for skate and classic. Classic is good. Last groomed late morning today

Eaglecrest Update

By Eaglecrest December 7, 2019 8:06am

We’ve been rolling the lower Nordic trails for the past five days. There’s a 4-5km route, no classic track. Conditions should be excellent. Eaglecrest will groom again on Sunday. The plan is to hit the…

Lower Loop Eaglecrest rolled

By Frankie December 4, 2019 2:45pm

Thanks to a small group effort and especially Peter Ord, one of the most experienced JNSC groomers, the first rolling of the season has been accomplished. Some wet spots, high humidity snow (sticky on fish…

Upper loop EC on Saturday, March 23

By Tom Meyer March 24, 2019 6:38am

Classic Xcd Upper Loop Saturday afternoon. Apparently had not been groomed since the 21st (?). Several “water hazards” to navigate and many pole plants went straight through the weak, soft snowpack with no bottom. And,…

Upper Loop is good

By Mike March 19, 2019 8:49pm

It’s worth the hike up. Coverage is great. The groomers fixed a couple creek crossings that overflowed. The cat left a few chunky spots but very skiable. 54F Tuesday afternoon and HOT.

Eagle Beach

EB grooming done for the year

By Tsiutoo March 20, 2019 11:24pm

Cheers to all skiers, cabin users, sledders, & casual walkers that enjoyed Eagle Beach this winter. Grooming is finished for this season, and we hope everyone had fun out the road at the area this…

Eagle Beach Groomed Today

By AlexW March 11, 2019 2:55pm

Groomed Eagle Beach for skate and classic. Soft conditions for both. Classic track gets soft along main road on left side towards hill, beware the ditch, I got stuck twice! A lot of debris from…

Eagle Beach ready for Border to Border!

By Tsiutoo March 8, 2019 7:34am

The snow machine is fixed and grooming is back at Eagle Beach. The area will be ready for Saturday’s Border to Border event. As of Thursday night, all of the track had been groomed for…

Grooming at EB on hold until further notice

By Tsiutoo February 20, 2019 12:33pm

As of Feb 20 the snow machine is still in the shop. I will likely be a few days before it can be used for grooming. Until then, EB grooming is on hold. We will…

Eagle Beach grooming on hold Feb 15

By Tsiutoo February 15, 2019 11:16am

Eagle Beach is skiable with good snow coverage. However, the snow machine is down for needed repairs; consequently, the trails will not be freshly groomed over the weekend of Feb 16-17.

North Douglas Pioneer Road

Cheers for the Pioneer Road!

By Tsiutoo March 11, 2019 7:29pm

The Pioneer Road grooming effort is a perfect example of our Nordic ski grooming efforts – it sounds trite, but it’s very true: “if you build it, they will come.” A huge pat on the…

A Pioneer Road Goodbye (until next season)

By Island Boy March 11, 2019 5:25pm

The ski season for the Pioneer Rd is over. The snow is melting away fast and Enco is plowing the road so they can remove their logs. Thanks to Tim, Mike, and Hank for coming…

Sunday will likely be the last day to ski

By Mike March 9, 2019 9:48pm

The road will be plowed early next week so the logs can be hauled off. It’s been a fun first season. Thanks to JNSC Board member and groomer Wayne Carnes for making it happen!!!

Border to Border committee member

By Merry Ellefson March 8, 2019 11:56am

THANKS TO THE CLUB, Eagle Beach state park, Dave/Eaglecrest and all our overtime and amazing groomers for getting all nordic areas in Juneau ready for our Border to Border event. Ski one or ski all…

Pioneer Rd

By Island Boy March 2, 2019 6:36pm

Not groomed today to preserve the limited snow cover. The classic track is still okay. The skate lane is very firm – almost skittery in a few locations – and rocket fast.

Backcountry

Spaulding Meadows powder

By Mike November 26, 2019 10:30pm

The lake creek access is a bit muddy but the skiing is awesome with about 10 inches of powdery snow up high.

Incredibly deep snow at Spaulding

By John February 24, 2019 8:29pm

skied to Auk Mountain and found a foot more snow than last weekend, wow! Possible to walk to the Muir Cabin but we skied all the way down past the big bridge on the trail.

Peterson/John Muir/Spaulding

By Mike February 18, 2019 4:46pm

On Friday the lower Peterson Lake trail has ok coverage for rock skis. The traverse through the woods is thin. The marked trail between John Muir and Peterson is excellent as is the ski to…

Pioneer Rd

By Island Boy February 16, 2019 7:38pm

Laid fresh corduroy for skating this evening. It should set up tonight and be really good Sunday. Merry said it was excellent! I did not touch the classic track as we need more snow. Enjoy…

Pioneer Rd

By Island Boy February 15, 2019 11:06am

Groomed for classic and skate. Fresh corduroy for the skaters. Still a few rocks in the classic track

Please do your part to help maintain Juneau’s trails this winter by becoming a member or renewing your membership. The 2019/2020 season is upon us! We replace some grooming equipment yearly so please consider an additional donation for these capital costs. JNSC is a 501(c) (3) non-profit.

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