Thank you for your membership for the 2018-2019 nordic ski season!
Read about the year’s highlights here.
Eaglecrest Nordic Advisory Committee meeting Wed Apr. 24 5:30 Rm 224 City Hall
If you use the XC trails at Eaglecrest please come and find out what’s going on and add your 2 cents.
Courtesy reminder: poop patrol
Spring thaw is here. Dog owners please ‘catch-up’ on poop patrol on Montana Creek. Also if you see Grateful Dogs doing a clean up, thank them for their efforts. Get out and ski while we still can!
Border2Border- Pioneer Road to Eagle Beach Sat. Mar 9th.
Our 4th annual Border 2 Border Ski Event, inspired by a 500KM classic ski event across Finland, will be held ONCE AGAIN this Saturday March 9th, concluding at Eagle Beach State Park. This is NOT a race but a chance to enjoy all of our groomed ski trails on the same day!
We start (with the Finnish Flag, and a bib to log your kilometers) at the North Douglas Pioneer Road, move to Eaglecrest Lower Loop parking lot and move along to the Mendenhall Campground and lake, Montana Creek and will finish at Eagle Beach State Park. There will be Finnish-themed snacks and drinks at each trail.
Here’s the B2B schedule:
North Douglas Pioneer Road: 8:00-9:30
Eaglecrest Lower and Upper Loops: 9:30-11:30 (Bring your Eaglecrest Nordic Pass and park in the lower loop lot)
Campground/Lake:12:00-2:00
Montana Creek: 2:30-3:30
Eagle Beach State Park: 4-5 with BBQ, fire, and PRIZES to follow after 5PM.
BRING POTLUCK ITEMS AND YOUR OWN EATING UTENSILS
Ski as much as you want at each trail. Ski at all of the trails if you are able, 44 km!
Can’t make it to all trails? Come to as many as you can and meet at Eagle Beach State Park for the celebration of a great Nordic ski season!! See the website for more info and any updates. jnski.org
3,334 km skied on Sunday at Mendenhall Lake and Campground!!
Wahoooo!! Thank you everyone – today was such a success and it is truly because of all the wonderful humans who helped prepare and showed up today to make it happen! Thank you to the Juneau Ski Club volunteer groomers who groomed the extra loop on the lake in addition to the normal trails. Thank you to the many volunteers who manned brought snacks and hot drinks and kept the fire going. Thank you to the skiers and families and coaches!
We skied a collective 3334km!! 198 people skied today!! That’s 25 Juneau ski team athletes and 173 members of the public!
Over 130 individuals and businesses contributed over $4600 to skier pledge sheets prior to the event! Valley Medical was our major sponsor for this event and donated $4000, bringing our total to about $9000. the hard fast numbers yet, will try to get those soon and share)
So proud of the Juneau Nordic community! Cannot thank you all enough for making the 2nd annual Ski for Gold such a success!
Check out our links including the new Swix Wax Wizard
Do you need help figuring out how to wax your skis? We’ve added the Swix Wax Wizard link to our Links page. There are other links to greater regional Nordic ski areas, the best retailers and more.