Independence Mine Today 10AM by Ed Strabel

"Keep your fingers crossed". Lucas is going to attempt to groom the mine trails early Saturday morning. You can follow his progress on the MSSC web page Nordic Pulse tracking. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Rabbit Creek Valley Today 6AM by Jonathan

There might have been a good crust a day or so ago? This morning I went on skate skis which was ...not the optimal setup. It was silly at times, heinous at times, never "good" but still skiing. The valley is too soft on top, but still supportable/firm underneath- one of my poles is missing a basket and still wasn't penetrating deep. Went up to the bowl by mchugh peak, icy and bomber up high, icy and breakable mid way, and back to supportable but overly-soft-top near the bottom.

Independence Mine Wednesday 8AM by Ed Strabel

Steve is almost done grooming the mine trails. This is probably the last grooming session of the season. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Tuesday 7PM by Ed Strabel

Steve is planning to groom tomorrow (Wed) morning. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Sunday 9AM by Ed Strabel

Steve groomed this AM. Great conditions! Crust solid but won't stay that way long. Warmer weather and rain forecasted for Monday and Tuesday. Steve may groom later in the week. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Saturday 9AM by Ed Strabel

Steve finished up grooming at about 8:45, 33 degrees. Crust skiing should be good if you get on it soon. Steve will be grooming again Sunday AM. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Thursday May 8 by Ed Strabel

Steve is currently grooming the mine trails. Some snow and rain last night and earlier this AM. Looking at the weather cameras, it looks like flat light conditions. Visibility should be improving. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Wednesday May 7 by Ed Strabel

Mat-Su Ski Club (Steve) will be grooming the mine trails Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings for your skiing enjoyment. Crust skiing has been great in the mornings. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Kincaid Park Wednesday May 7 by Gavin Kentch

Raspberry multiuse path has been swept from at least Serenity to Sand Lake. I find it more likely than not that they also headed down Sand Lake but I can't speak to that directly. Multiuse trail between rollerski loop and Serenity had not been swept as of yesterday afternoon, but had unremarkable levels of organic debris on it and was totally skiable, both skate and classic rollerskis. Watch out for gravel on the low-lying spot of the trail coming down to the stadium from the wax bunker, but it's nothing serious.

Hatcher Pass Wednesday May 7 by Erik Flora

Skate and classic skiing were very good this morning at the Hatcher Pass mines with good track and corduroy. Violet klister worked well. Matsu ski club does an amazing job! Great day to ski and a great day to prep for Olympics. Thank you from the APU Nordic Ski Center.

Independence Mine Tuesday May 6 by Redwop

Exquisite crust/corn skiing after a hard freeze, off trail

Independence Mine Saturday May 3 by Dave Bass

Conditions looked amazing for crust skiing!
We exited at 2pm on alpine skis and it was still holding up fine on wider boards

Independence Mine Saturday May 3 by Ed Strabel

Steve is currently grooming the mine trails. 27 degrees at the visitor center weather station, but warmer at the trail head. Crust skiing ??? Should be a great day to be a skier. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Glen Alps Saturday May 3 by Jonathan

Skate skied. Should you? Probably, you're here reading this. Embrace the season you have, not the season you wish you had. It's sparce, as you know. Rotten in places. But there's good adventure to be had. Bring your grass skis

Hatcher Pass Wednesday Apr 30 by Steve J

Matsu ski club is grooming Independence mine as I type. It’s 36F with dusting of new snow.
Head over to https://matsuski.org/
For live grooming reports. Please consider supporting our grooming efforts.
Still winter left up here

Independence Mine Saturday Apr 26 by Ed Strabel

MSSC (Lucas) Groomed the mine trails for classic and skating. Mine temperature at 7 AM was 30 degrees. Get it while it's good! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Kincaid Park Thursday Apr 24 by wayne

For those who don't want to drive to the mountains: Kincaid multi-use trail, Raspberry pathway, Sand Lake Road pathway, and gravel pit neighborhoods are snow-free and roller-skiable. Some sand on the Kincaid pathway between the hill and chalet; Sand Lake pathway at Kincaid Road has the typical sand trap on the south side; Raspberry pathway has sand near curb ramps; the rest of the pathway is pretty clean. Not sure if the gravel pit neighborhood has been swept or not, but sand/gravel wasn't a problem on road or pathways.

Girdwood Ski Trails Tuesday Apr 22 by SkiGirdwood

Happy Earth Day! The 5K loop is still SKI ONLY and a little rough, but a great ski tour. Maneuver around one large tree. Skigirdwood.org

Upper Huffman Sunday Apr 20 by Heidi

Classic skied from Upper Huffman up a smaller unnamed trail to the Gasline and Powerline to Glen Alps, then back down Gasline to Silver Fern to TH.

Snow was spring soft and slushy. First mile uphill from Upper Huffman TH was thin and dirty, but still continuous snow cover for the moment. Winter snowpack starts about halfway between Upper Huffman and Glen Alps. Everything was skiable except Silver Fern trail, which was about half mud patches.

Archangel Road Saturday Apr 19 by Ed Strabel

4-6" heavy wet snow overnight. Mat-Su Ski Club attempted to groom the non-motorized section of the road. Managed to get in a classic lane and most of a skate lane. Snow was isothermal in sections. Some equipment problems. Steve is currently grooming the mine trails. Flat light, 4-6" snow, some drifting. In a while you can go to the MSSC website and check Nordic Pulse for his report. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Glen Alps Friday Apr 18 by Happy skier

Follow up from Gary’s post. Skate ski conditions were not bad! The new snow last week on the previous wind crust smoothed things out considerably. It was slightly soft for skating (more work than usual) but very skiable all the way to the end of the valley before it gets steep at the pass. I assume the crust will continue to improve with warm daytime temps this weekend.

Glen Alps Friday Apr 18 by Gary

I was just testing some new BC gear but skate skiing looked decent on powerline. Wind crust on east side of valley made me wish I had skate gear. Skiff of new snow.

Alaska Pacific University Thursday Apr 17 by CC

Paved multiuse trails dry! Unpaved trails bottomless mud / ice-puddles / decomposing frost heaves.

Archangel Road Tuesday Apr 15 by Zack Steer

Touched up the skate and classic lanes to upper outhouse. Punchy on the bottom, icy on top. Ski-able, but not great conditions. At least it's still mostly white trail. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Eklutna Lake Tuesday Apr 15 by Jeffrey Bannish

Today was more bust than crust. Overall, a dumb idea. I do not recommend. I did see one other skate skier out there.

I made the loop counterclockwise. The south shore had thin snow the entire way. The north shore looked white, but was bumpy clear ice colored white by powder settling into the divots. Out and back on the south shore would have been better. Once I had committed to the loop, I dared not cross the lake. Most of my time was spent double poling. I fell and hit hard once.

Ice thickness was variable. I measured 17 inches in one spot, four in another. Of course the edges had open spots for the entire perimeter. I almost abandoned the adventure right at the beginning.

The best part was that the Eklutna road in was bone dry.

Girdwood Ski Trails Monday Apr 14 by SkiGirdwood

The 2K and 4K loops were groomed again today! The sun is out. Enjoy your ski!! #groomersrock #girdwoodnordic skigirdwood.org

Archangel Road Sunday Apr 13 by RyanM

Groomed the non-motorized portion of Archangel for skate and classic. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Hillside Sunday Apr 13 by Frank

Looks like hillside trails were snow machine groomed this morning. A bit chunky in spots, but overall still very good. Spencer was less chunky, perhaps due to warmer temperatures.

Girdwood Ski Trails Saturday Apr 12 by SkiGirdwood

Last night the 4K was track packed and rolled, HERO Groomed by volunteers! 5K is single track packed. GNSC answered the calls to groom. Go SKI as a thank you! skigirdwood.org #groomersrock @girdwoodnordic

Far North Bicentennial Park Saturday Apr 12 by Ben Neff

Thick snow grabbed at our tires (Trek Top Fuel Mtn Bikes) as we headed south from Muldoon. We made it almost to Moose Ridge before turning back. Fat bikers, where are you? We needed someone to cut trail for us... hehe... Trail showed signs of being very wet underneath, but was stable Sat a.m.

Hillside Saturday Apr 12 by Verena

Thank you groomers for the bonus skiing at hillside the last couple of days. It was wonderful this morning to be back out there! Great snow, good temps, robins, and a lot of happy skiers.

Archangel Road Friday Apr 11 by AWise

Friday night groom with a wide skate lane and a single classic track. Groomed past the upper outhouse to the second gate!! Dusting of new snow has the trail in good shape the farther up you go! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Archangel Road Friday Apr 11 by AWise

Friday night groom with a wide skate lane and a single classic track. Groomed past the upper outhouse to the second gate!! Dusting of new snow has the trail in good shape the farther up you go! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Friday Apr 11 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Surprise! It’s winter again and we just couldn’t resist!  Six inches of wet, heavy snow. Snow machine groomed Mize, Margaux’s and Jodhpur Loops.  Cat groomed SML and a loop around the Stadium. Use caution as there are slush puddles and patches of dirt.  Get it while you can and enjoy!

Updated 4.11.2025

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Hillside Thursday Apr 10 by Scott

Heavy powder snow varying from 4-6” thick. Fishscale and skin skis kick well and don’t have terrible glide. Fat bikes on the service singletrack and multiuse look to be riding in muddy ruts.

Glen Alps Thursday Apr 10 by ipickupmydogspoo

Maybe 6" or 7" fell with no wind, great on classic skis, probably not fun any other way. Yah winter!

Girdwood Ski Trails Thursday Apr 10 by SkiGirdwood

Snowing more in Girdwood! Piled up overnight and still coming down. Be safe and check temps. 5K is likely still great for a ski tour and snow may be sticky

Archangel Road Wednesday Apr 9 by AWise

Nice groom all the way to the outhouse! Dust on crust made for a nice base. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Upper Huffman Wednesday Apr 9 by Spring Skier

Gas line up to powerline not bad (though pretty windy) on classic/skin skis. Coming down the upper half of Hemlock Burn from Glen Alps to. the Upper Huffman turnoff was in great shape with the new snow (and protected from wind). A few spots starting to melt but overall good coverage.

Kincaid Park Tuesday Apr 8 by Katie HICKEY

Three inches of fresh snow made for a gorgeous classic ski. No grooming of course (maybe NSAA will re-evaluate?!), just slow and smooth with plenty of cover to explore single-track trails, frisbee golf areas, and into the woods as I am wont to do.

Girdwood Ski Trails Tuesday Apr 8 by SkiGirdwood

Girdwood Valley received several inches of snow yesterday! However, GNSC did not groom. Skiing could go, just check temps for sticking snow. Bring a scraper. Trail bed was ice before the snowfall. 30* this morning in Girdwood.

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Sunday Apr 6 by bike rider

Don't bother yet -- it's just not ready.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Sunday Apr 6 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Today is the last day for grooming. Not a lot left other than the water, slush and mud. We will be parking the PB‘s and start on our spring maintenance. Have a great summer!

Hillside: The red signs are up and that means it’s time to let the trails dry out. Please refrain from using the system until we get through the muddy season. Have a good one.

Beach Lake Trails: There’s a fair amount of ice and mud on the trails. Time to move to the paved bike paths and roads and give the trails a chance to dry out. We hope you have a great summer!

Updated 4.6.2025

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Kincaid Park Sunday Apr 6 by Bob Lohr

Thank you to Craig and every other Groomer for STRETCHING OUR SNOW SEASON. You created a decent spring skiing season from unnatural conditions, substituting fake snow for mostly none at all when temperatures permitted then groomed groomed smoothly. Plenty of online cautions about icy places and lakes. The recent drainage canals by the Biathalon course made great scenic hazards. Thanks for salvaging a great season!

Archangel Road Friday Apr 4 by AWise

Ski trail is holding up nicely despite warm temperatures. We will watch the weather and look for temps to drop below freezing again before grooming. The mine is skiing excellent with a fresh dusting on top of Friday AM grooming Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Friday Apr 4 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Pushed snow to cover dirt spots. Nothing we can do about the water and slush. Stadium has a slush path around the maze of ponds. Dark Alley, Lower Roller Coaster, Biathlon and Green loop are the only choices left. Use caution and enjoy!

Hillside: The red signs are up and that means it’s time to let the trails dry out. Please refrain from using the system until we get through the muddy season. Have a good one.

Beach Lake Trails: There’s a fair amount of ice and mud on the trails. Time to move to the paved bike paths and roads and give the trails a chance to dry out. We hope you have a great summer!

Updated 4.4.2025

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