Chester Creek Trail Yesterday 11AM by Larry Rundquist

Skate skied upper Chester and Campbell trails from Goose Lake overpass to MLK ballfield. MOA fresh drag of the skate lane with no change to shallow classic track. Nice firm uniform surface for all users but realized that the grooming machines are leaving a rut where the ski tracks are not wiped out by the sled. Icy behind the SCF building where sun reflects off windows and on the Tudor overpass. Get it before the rain.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Yesterday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Fresh groom on the Lighted Loops, Sisson and most of the Dark trails north of Raspberry Rd. Enjoy and drive carefully out there!

Hillside: Reset skate lanes. Track solid. On cue, rain sprinkles.  Will monitor situation over next 24-48 hours. Stay tuned!

Beach Lake Trails: Made three passes on the Stampede racecourse. Worked a little bit on the start area also.  Hope this weather system brings snow and not rain!

Beach Lake, the Lake: The trail around the lake has been scuffed up and refreshed. Have fun out there!

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Kincaid Park Monday 11PM by BackcountryBilly

Preach it ski bird!!
So fast and silky, a little wind drift in the corduroy only a few inches to the dirt!!! Amazing skiing!!!
Thanks NSAA

Kincaid Park Monday 6PM by SkiBird

BullyBoys!? TrackStars?! The Groomsmen?! Kings of Corduroy?! It’s pretty early in the season to run out of gold stars or award but we have to thank the groomers for their incredible work out there! I don’t know what to call these guys out on the trails grooming ALL OF KINCAID and doing the Lord’s work of turning a few measly flakes into race ski worthy (not your favorite pair but far from rock skiing) absolute symphonic skate skiing masterpiece conditions… thank you thank you NSAA! Trails are unreal - go get some K’s in. Kincaid is as good of skating as it has ever been (considering)! Conditions are flat, smooth and ready for you to take ‘em on a spin. Look what that early season prep did for Zanden & Gus. How lucky are we here in the Anchorage bowl?!

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Monday 1PM by John meyn

Mile post seven on the coastal Trail a branch is down covering the track

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Monday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Lots of freshly groomed trails today! Everything but the Lake and Horseshoe Loops is good to go. Have a wonderful day!

Hillside: Refreshed the skate lanes on the Lighted Loops, Double Bubble and Gasline. Track is in solid condition.

Beach Lake Trails: Hit the skate lanes on the high traffic trails on the Chalet side of Main St. Still a little crumbly but decent skiing. Have a great Monday!

Bartlett HS: Cleaned up the skate lanes and set new track. Came out pretty nice and should be great skiing today.

Eagle River HS/Yosemite Dr: Made several passes on both sides and set new track where needed. Enjoy!

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Archangel Road Monday 1AM by Darren Black

Archangel Road is groomed with fresh skate lane and classic tracks to Reed Lakes parking lot and two passes wide beyond Reed Lakes lot up to the gate. Please support grooming efforts by the Mat-Su Ski Club.

Government Peak Recreation Area Sunday 11AM by Ed Strabel

With the forecasted warm weather and possible rain later in the week, the Mat-Su Ski club will probably not be doing any more grooming at GPRA until we get colder temps and more snow. Once the warmup hits, we encourage all skiers to ski at Archangel Rd or Independence Mine. We will try to keep those trails in great skiing shape. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Girdwood Ski Trails Sunday 11AM by SkiGirdwood

The 5K has a fresh groom and it came out smooth with a bit crumbly surface. Arlberg bike path not touched. Thank you for supporting GNSC!

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Sunday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Refreshed the skate lanes and set new track with the snowcat on the Lighted Loops, some Dark trails, Multi-use, Lake and Horseshoe Loops. Let’s hope this new month brings us slightly warmer temperatures and more snow. Happy December!

Hillside: Double Bubble, Gasline, Lighted Loops and the Service Stadium have been refreshed with the snowcat. Old track remains in good shape. Hoping for solid precipitation this coming week to allow for grooming of multiuse trails and BLM. Have a great Sunday!

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Hillside Sunday 3AM by Bart

Classic skied the Hillside & Besh lighted loops. Both have good track (amazingly!) that is pretty deep all the way around except right at intersections, and the glide is good. There are a number of places where the grooming machines have kicked up a bit of dirt, leaves or other debris but overall the skiing was good and dodging the marginal areas was easy. Grooming of the skate lanes looked about the same - more dirt on uphills and around curves, but overall good.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Saturday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: As we say goodbye to November, the majority of the trails (except the Lake and Horseshoe Loops and Raspberry Multi-use) have been refreshed for your skiing pleasure today. New track may be shallow in places. Cheers!

Hillside: Scratched up the Lighted Loop skate lanes for your Saturday skiing satisfaction! Classic track and Spencer loop remain in great shape. Have a good one!

Beach Lake Trails: Packed the stadium.  Worked the skate lanes with snowmobiles, all the major trails.  Took many base measurements 2 to 4 inches, average around 3 1/4.  Granular, medium density, no ice layers, no bond to the trail surface.  A Pisten Bully would certainly break it to the bottom in some settings, a little patience now will go a long way to keeping the dirt down. Have fun out there!

Coyote Trails at MLMS: Refreshed skate lanes with the snow machine and wing. Set up nicely and skiing looked great. Enjoy!

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Government Peak Recreation Area Saturday 1AM by Ed Strabel

Mat-Su Ski Club re-groomed all trails at GPRA for classic and skating. 8 sets of classic tracks have been set in the stadium for the FREE Nordic skiing 101, on snow class at 11 AM Saturday. Temperature inversion occurring. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Archangel Road Friday 11PM by Darren Black

Groomed Archangel road with fresh classic tracks up to the Reed Lake lot and fresh skate lane up to the gate. Please support Mat Su Ski Club grooming.

Moose Range Friday 1PM by Kirby

MatSu Ski Club has been busy grooming in the Moose Range. Bridge to Bridge, Headwaters, Secret Trail, Linguine, Horseshoe, and down to Yarrow from Moose Meadows. Good early season ski conditions. Some roots, sticks, and dirt.

Talkeetna area Friday 12PM by Jonathan Korta

As of Wednesday (after the 7" snowfall) the following trails have been groomed -Ridge Trail, Ski Hill, Fish Lake, Multi-use trail from Whigmi to TIggger, Z, X, Heart, Inlet (trails in the woods need more snow but lakes are in great shape). SU valley High School trails are groomed also. FYI Trails will be 100% groomed by volunteers for the next week. Enjoy the fresh snow! Support grooming by the Denali Nordic Ski Club

Talkeetna area Friday 12PM by Jonathan Korta

As of Wednesday (after the 7" snowfall) the following trails have been groomed -Ridge Trail, Ski Hill, Fish Lake, Multi-use trail from Whigmi to TIggger, Z, X, Heart, Inlet (trails in the woods need more snow but lakes are in great shape). SU valley High School trails are groomed also. FYI Trails will be 100% groomed by volunteers for the next week. Enjoy the fresh snow! Support grooming by the Denali Nordic Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Friday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: The Lighted Loops, SML and Elliot’s/World Cup have been refreshed. Enjoy!

Hillside: Check ride over Spencer.  Clear and cold squeaky snow. Rest of the park in good shape. Have a good one!

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Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Thursday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Weather event recovery! Icy boiler plate trails requiring multiple cats for grinding and setting track. Lake and Horseshoe Loops have new track. Lighted Loops and Sisson have been groomed with new track. All other trails will be icy. Use caution. Happy Holidays and enjoy!

Hillside: Snowcat prowling Lighted Loops, Dbl Bbl, Gasline. Packed powder over ice. Tiller box ringing on occasion so them means rocks. If you see’em, toss’em. Happy John Madden Day!! Mind the track!

Beach Lake Trails: Cleaned up the skate lane on most of the park. Subzero temperatures couldn’t get a new track in with a track sled better than the one that I was taking out, so the old track remains. Still breaking shear bolts on my cutter, bringing home the lack of base depth. Have a great day!

Happy Thanksgiving!! All of us at NSAA are grateful for our members who make this grooming possible.  Stay warm out there!

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Archangel Road Wednesday 10PM by Zack Steer

Groomed AA to the upper outhouse. Set new tracks to Reed Lk Trailhead. 1-2" new snow last 48 hrs. Both road and parking lot are plowed. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Girdwood Ski Trails Wednesday 6PM by SkiGirdwood

The 5K and Arlberg bike path has a fresh groom tonight in time for a brisk Thanksgiving ski! Enjoy the outdoors and snow we do have.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Wednesday 8AM by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Snow machine groomed Lighted Loops. There are some icy spots still, but very skiable. Cat groomed Stadium, Biathlon and SML. Should be great skiing today!

Hillside: Refreshed skate lanes throughout the park.  Have a good one!

Coyote Trails at MLMS: Made multiple passes with the snowmachine on the trails and Stadium. The leave was a little crumbly but it’s firm underneath with a dusting of powder on top. Have fun!

Beach Lake, the Lake: Trail around the lake has been refreshed with track. Enjoy!

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Kincaid Park Tuesday Nov 26 by Gavin Kentch

Parts of Kincaid with legitimately good skiing tonight: inside stadium tunnel, inside lower tunnel. With surprisingly good skiing: multi-use trail is actually really good, big shout-out to NSAA there. With decent-ish skiing: stadium, snowmaking loop. With passable skiing but your adductors will probably get sore from holding an edge: everywhere else. Big picture, though, there's a lot more snow there than I feared there would be during yesterday's rain event; props to NSAA for the last four weeks' worth of grooming that made things so indestructible.

Hillside Tuesday Nov 26 by Dave Bass

Bivouac connector is no longer flooded
Rovers/tour trail/gasline dog loop was firm but remarkably well covered given current conditions
More snow please!

Anchorage Parks and Recreation Tuesday Nov 26 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Chester Creek Trail:
- Chester Creek - Campbell Creek Connector, Tracks set
- Chester Creek Trail, Tracks set, Conditions Warning
- Goose Lake, Tracks set
- Tikishla Park, Tracks set

Russian Jack Springs Park:
- East High School Loop, Tracks set
- East High to Russian Jack Unlit, Tracks set
- Russian Jack South Groomed Golf Course Trails, Tracks set
- Russian Jack Springs Intermediate North Trails, Tracks set
- Russian Jack Springs North Trails
- Russian Jack Springs North Trails, Tracks set, Conditions Warning
- Russian Jack Springs Park Craig Drive Spur
- Russian Jack Springs Park Partial Lit Trails
- Russian Jack Springs Park Partial Lit Trails, Tracks set
- Russian Jack Springs Park Partial Lit Trails, Tracks set, Conditions Warning
- Russian Jack Springs Park South West Loop

Campbell Creek Trail:
- Campbell Creek Trail Currently clearing the trail of snow and Ice, Tracks set

Beach Lake Trails - Chugiak Tuesday Nov 26 by Tony DeGange

Very nice skate skiing this afternoon throughout the park

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Tuesday Nov 26 by LynAry Skier

MOA scuffed up the skate lane on the CT this a.m. First few skaters out there will have a good ski. The classical track set last week is still in place; klister or waxless skis recommended. Hard packed for easy walking, running and fat tire biking.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Tuesday Nov 26 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Groomed stadium, snow making loop, and multiuse trail with snowmobile. Trails are thin and boiler plate hard. Ski with caution.

Hillside: Base hardened off. Mixed in half inch of new. Did not touch the track. Fair skiing. Have a good one!

Beach Lake Trails:  Touched up the skate lane with snowmobiles, pretty much the whole park. Enjoy!

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Government Peak Recreation Area Tuesday Nov 26 by Ed Strabel

Mat-Su Ski Club Groomed all the trails with the Pistenbully 100 late last night. Trail cameras (on the ski club website), show smooth trails at GPRA as well as Independence Mine and Archangel Rd. The Hatcher's Pass Road has not been plowed. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Archangel Road Monday Nov 25 by Zack Steer

Groomed AA to the upper outhouse on Mon night. 6-8" new snow from the last storm. Set new tracks. Road and parking lot not plowed yet. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Kincaid Park Monday Nov 25 by wayne

Margaux's in alright condition, Sisson too. Everything else: if the trail hasn't been groomed in the last day or so, it's probably glazed ice. Very fast conditions, don't fall!

Hillside Monday Nov 25 by Happy Skier

Don't let the morning rain deter you. Hillside trails are in great shape! Skated lighted loops and Spencer, snow is still pretty cold. No new accumulation since last nights snow machine groom (probably not any before then either?) The surface is even and conditions were reasonably fast.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Monday Nov 25 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Attempted to refresh skate lanes, but unsure if more good was done than harm. Temperatures were high, and the snow was abnormally soft, leading to some sharp corners becoming difficult to groom properly, so watch out for snow lumps and gouging in the snow. Happy Monday!

Hillside: Lighted loops and Double Bubble have been snowmachine groomed. Old classic track is starting to break down. Fresh snow is starting to fall. Have a great day!

Bartlett HS:  Cleaned up the skate lane, left the track as it was still in decent condition.

Eagle River HS/Yosemite Dr:  Cleaned up the skate lane and cut a track in with the Elliot sled. Pretty tough conditions.  The Yosemite side is a little bit better since there’s only been dozens of walkers with their dogs as opposed to hundreds. If you’re serious about skiing, WITHOUT your furry buddy, you’ll be happier at the Beach Lake trails.

Coyote Trails at MLMS:  The trails and the Stadium have been refreshed. Conditions are soft due to warmer temperatures.

Beach Lake, the Lake: The ice is frozen and there is a snowmachine groomed trail around the outside, no track yet. Enjoy!

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Far North Bicentennial Park Sunday Nov 24 by Bart

Classic skied the trail from the Abbott Loop park parking lot, out on the Viewpoint trail to the creek and back. The trail is nicely packed and clean with essentially no debris. There is no classic track, but it was still very easy skiing with a bit of soft surface to help guide the skis. Really nice out there and the sunset was nice & red.

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Sunday Nov 24 by Gary

I made the mistake of skiing home from Kincaid today. Some parts were decent, and grooming was OK but 1) very thin snow by Clitheroe Center, could see pavement a lot 2) super sandy by Point W from recent winds and 3) major traffic and dirt on trail by the ever popular dead fin whale, which at least is an unusual impediment to skiing. Wait for more snow before you go.

Talkeetna area Sunday Nov 24 by Jonathan Korta

Relatively low snow conditions (approx. 6" base) make for limited grooming capabilities. Best skiing is on lakes (Fish, Tigger, X) or the ski trail in Talkeetna Lakes Park. Ridge trail and ski hill have been packed but there are still some frost heaves and vegetation showing. Su Valley High school trails are packed. Snow in forecast for Monday should help. Support grooming by the Denali Nordic Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Sunday Nov 24 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Lighted and most Dark trails have been groomed by snow machines to refresh skate lanes, no new tracks. Enjoy!

Hillside: Skate lanes on wide trails are groomed. Bivouac connector is still flooded. Trailside/ Sahalee connector has been smoothed out. Have a great day!

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Girdwood Ski Trails Sunday Nov 24 by SkiGirdwood

The 5K has been brushed for a nice Sunday ski! Get out there and Check skigirdwood.org, Nordic Pulse for updates

Archangel Road Saturday Nov 23 by Skijorer

Archangel was the best skate skiing I’ve experienced in decades. Great groom, amazing glide, perfect temps, and quiet.
Get out there before the snowmachines chew up the end of the trail.

Campbell Creek Trail Saturday Nov 23 by Alex m

Nice. Campbell crk trail also groomed

Chester Creek Trail Saturday Nov 23 by Alex marban

Yay. Chester crk trail snowmac groomed this morn

Eklutna Lake Saturday Nov 23 by Dee

Lakeside Trail at Eklutna Lake is snow-covered and skiable with classic skis. The snow is occasionally thin under trees and on the lower trail. The lake is ice-free.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Saturday Nov 23 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: All Lighted Loops, Multiuse and some Dark trails groomed with PB and set new track. Enjoy!

Hillside: Lighted loops, Multi-use, and BLM trails have all been scuffed up with a snowmachine. Should ski well. Have fun out there!

Beach Lake Trails: Cleaned up the skate lanes both sides. Pulled a heavily laden Elliot sled over the track and refreshed it, sort of.  Cow with calf hanging around chalet, both seemed pretty chill. Have a great weekend!

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Government Peak Recreation Area Friday Nov 22 by Ed Strabel

Mat-Su Ski Club Re-groomed all trails including the Mtn Streams loop. Stadium and Flat Top not groomed. Snow getting thin, with several dirty spots. Probably no more grooming until we get more snow. Monday/Tuesday?? Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Archangel Road Friday Nov 22 by D.Black

Skate lane was freshened up tonight to Reed Lake parking lot. Classic tracks and upper trail still in great shape!! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Hillside Friday Nov 22 by Sara Skier

The skiing is sooo good on Hillside BUT beware of skiing Randy’s in the dark. About 1/2 of the lights on Randy’s are not working, at one point about 4 in a row … DARK! That mixed with the tire ruts Service Ski Team mentioned below, it was an adventure. I hope the lights gets fixed soon. Thanks groomers!!