Government Peak Recreation Area Friday 10AM by Ed Strabel

Melt-down conditions at GPRA. Please stay off the trails. We may be able to renovate the trails once the cold snap hits this coming week. We will try to groom Independence Mine and Archangel Rd once the avalanche danger passes and the road is plowed. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Government Peak Recreation Area Friday 10AM by MSSC Administrator

January 24th, 10 am - Due to overnight rain and more expected this weekend, the snowpack at GPRA is unstable. Please refrain from using the trails to protect their condition. We’re monitoring conditions daily and will provide updates as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Hatcher Pass Friday 10AM by MSSC Administrator

As of January 23rd at 10 am, Hatcher Pass Road is closed to access just above the Gold Mint parking lot. Grooming will resume when conditions improve. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

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

Kincaid: 43 degrees. Lots if ice and water developing on the trails and SML. Stadium flooding. No lifeguard on duty and no grooming today. Be safe out there!

Updated 1.24.2025

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Talkeetna area Thursday 7PM by Jonathan Korta

Snow from Thursday night has turned to rain leading to a layer of slush on area trails, but base was still holding up. Warm temps and rain for the next three days will likely lead to soft trail conditions. Please avoid walking on the trails if the base starts to get too soft to support weight. Expect lots of rain/overflow on lakes. Support grooming by the Denali Nordic Ski Club

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

Kincaid: Yuck! Rain and wind! Trails are saturated and icy. Stadium is icy despite all the grinding. Use caution!

Updated 1.23.2025

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Hatcher Pass Thursday 5AM by Steve J

HEADS UP. DOT has closed the road above gold Mint Parking lot. The road is open to skeetawk but not to Archangel road or Independence mine. 29F HEAVY SNOW at 5AM.
MSSC will resume grooming when conditions are safe.
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Turnagain Arm Trail Wednesday 2PM by Glenn

Nice snow and ice free hike between Rainbow and Windy.

Tour of Anchorage Trail Wednesday 2PM by Larry Rundquist

Walked a loop from Airstrip trailhead over antenna hill to Coyote trail and back on Airstrip trail. Trails were mostly free of debris and marginally acceptable for skiing and I saw skate ski tracks on the airstrip trail. Thin crusty snow layer on ice base had softened by afternoon.

Hatcher Pass Wednesday 9AM by MSSC Administrator

⚠️ We’re keeping a close eye on the incoming storm, and our Snow Crew will be making decisions over the next few days about trail grooming with safety as the top priority. Thank you for your patience as we navigate these weather conditions. We recommend checking with Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center for alerts in Hatcher Pass and Alaska State Parks. Be safe out there! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

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

Kincaid: Warm but groomable. Slow but steady grind. Jodhpur is skiable but watch out for icy spots.  Icebox/Hairpin, only one side has been ground and needs more work. Check out map for current trail grooming. Enjoy!

Updated 1.22.2025

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Kincaid Park Tuesday 9AM by Anne

Are there classic tracks on any of the groomed trails at Kincaid? Also wondering about any icy conditions. Thanks!

Kincaid Park Tuesday 9AM by Bob

Diagonal tracks are much better on trails where snowmaking has made the base deep enough: Elliot’s, Waterfall, Short Lekisch, Green Loop (National championship Loop) and limited trails in Stadium. No tracks where base is shallower. Diagonal skis worked well this morning.

Magic groomers have restored soft grooming to make them not very icy, with occasional scratchy patches that are fairly obvious and still kind to skis.

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

Kincaid: Temps dropped and we were able to groom the SML, Stadium, Elliot’s/WC, Dark Alley, Roller Coaster, the first half of the Mize and the Multi-Use. Be cautious of icy conditions. Enjoy!

Updated 1.21.2025

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Archangel Road Tuesday 12AM by Ryan Maroney

Groomed for skate and classic from the gate to the outhouse Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Independence Mine Monday 11PM by Ben

Groomed all trails x-country tracks set. Groom went well and looks prime for skiing. Temp 20 degrees F. Approximately 3-6 inches depending on drifting. Have fun!!!! Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Glen Alps Monday 5PM by Liz

The skiing was great up at Glen Alps today. 4-5 inches of fresh snow on top of other recent snow. We ventured towards the middle fork and turned back before the turn towards Williwaw. Good coverage. Super fun option. Powering and the valley look great too

Glen Alps Monday 2PM by Sad skier

Question: How skiable is Glen Alps/Powerline? How about Arctic Valley? Where is the snow, if any exists? Thanks.

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

Kincaid: Regroomed Stadium, SML, Elliot’s/WC, Dark Alley and Lower Roller Coster. The Lekisch 1.5 is good but the remaining 2.9 is very icy with a few bare spots. Also scuffed up the first half of the Mize and Multi-Use. Ski with caution and enjoy!

Updated 1.19.2025

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Kincaid Park Saturday Jan 18 by JF

Middle Earth is ridable with studs, but that's about all that can be said. It looks like some clearing has been done and no trees are across the trail (thanks!). There are significant stretches of pure ice that bear scratches from where studs have skidded out. The stretch between the World Cup area and the Stadium seemed marginally better than other sections, but it was all not so good.

Independence Mine Saturday Jan 18 by Ed Strabel

Mat-Su Ski Club groomed all the mine trails including the Sochi hill. If you want to ski on powder snow head to the mine trails or Archangel Rd. GPRA has shaved ice and very fast, abrasive conditions. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Saturday Jan 18 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: We’re venturing out little by little and expanding the grooming to the SML, Stadium, Elliot’s/WC, first half of Margaux’s, first half of the Mize and Lekisch Lighted. Have a great day!

Updated 1.18.2025

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Archangel Road Friday Jan 17 by AWise

Trail groomed for skate and classic to the upper outhouse Friday night. Fresh dusting past the bridge made for nice overall conditions. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Tour of Anchorage Trail Friday Jan 17 by Larry Rundquist

Walked using micro-spikes from MLK ballfields to antenna hill with skier eyes. There are a couple of trees across the trail where it meets Campbell Ck trail and maybe the plan is to just maintain the cutoff trail. There are a couple if partial blockages prior to the NF Campbell Ck bridge. There were numerous large trees that fell and were cut up on the hill between NF and SF bridges and some of the logs are at the edge of the trail. Lots of debris in this section. From SF bridge to antenna hill had no blockage but plenty of small debris. Would be nice if the muni brush sweeper could be run on the trail prior to any snow to clean it up. Otherwise, it will take more snow to cover the debris before it would be skiable. The good news is that there is a fairly uniform ice base throughout with no rocks observed.

Talkeetna area Thursday Jan 16 by Jonathan Korta

Trail conditions are variable in the area, ranging from poor to fair, but there is enough snow to ski on in several places, despite the recent rain and warm temps. Talkeetna Lakes Park Trails are fairly good (Comsat/Whigmi Trailheads) except for the lakes and multi-use trails (poor). X lake Loop is fair. Ridge trail is in fair/good condition, though quite fast and icy. Fish Lake Rec. area trails are in fair condition, some low snow areas. Su Valley HS trails are in good condition for skating. Ski Hill is fair. Support grooming by the Denali Nordic Ski Club

Cuddy Park Thursday Jan 16 by CGil

The Big Thaw was hard on the ice on the 400-meter skating oval, but it was hot mopped today and is back! Alaska Speedskating Club practice 6:30 to 8 tonight and races on Sunday 1:30.

Prospect Heights trailhead Thursday Jan 16 by Larry Rundquist

Late post of a short 5 mi loop of SFR-WS-DV-GG hike with micro spikes. Surprised on upper half to find 2-3 inches of snow! Lower half icy. Trees across SFR shortly before the PV junction and the first is in a blind corner. A couple of partial blockages before WS junction. No tree issues on WS. HB was bike tracked above and below WS. DV had only a few hiker tracks but they knew how to get around multiple tree blockages above the HB crossing. Worst blockage on lower section of DV was about .1mi before PL jct and could be navigated around downhill of trail. GG trail free of tree problems except for just below SFR crossing - probably easiest to go over or under.

Westchester Lagoon Thursday Jan 16 by grammar star

SKATERS! forgot to report earlier that I saw the Muni hot mopping the lagoon around 10am this morning. Should be really good this afternoon

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Thursday Jan 16 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Same as yesterday, mostly…lower roller coaster, purple loop, green loop, yellow loop, turquoise loop, blue loop and the stadium are all freshly groomed. Here’s a map of the SML to help:

Coyote Trails at MLMS: The trees have been cleared off all the trails. Bill used the snowcat to plow up all the tree branches and push them off the trail….it was pretty bad. While it looks like the trails have been groomed, they are unsafe for skiing until we get more snow. There is only an inch of snow that has lightly bonded to a hard, thin layer of ice. Be safe out there!

Hillside: Downed trees have been removed from most wide trails. Please help to clear remaining small debris by tossing it off the trail!

Bartlett HS: Bill cleared the trees and larger debris off the trails but there are still plenty of twigs and sticks. If you’re looking for a fun mission that would have great impact, take a rake and work some of that stuff way off the trails before the next weather system moves in. If it’s just on the edge the grooming equipment pulls it back in. The trails are still just ice and not appropriate for skiing. Thanks a bunch!

Updated 1.16.2025

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Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Thursday Jan 16 by Brian

Glare ice in parts but generally manageable with studs.

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Thursday Jan 16 by Glenn

Any intel on trail conditions? I’m a studded tire biker. Thanks.

Hillside Wednesday Jan 15 by Tim Kelley

With crampons and chainsaw, I headed backwards out the Spencer Trail. I sliced up the 19 trees that had fallen on the Spencer to the south of the gasline. The trees are now in human-movable segments in case anyone wants to help drag then into the woods. I plan on hitting the north side of the Spencer Loop tomorrow.

Kincaid Park Wednesday Jan 15 by SkiDot

NSAA has resurrected SML. Stadiums are mostly ice with a thin dusting over top, loops are skiing fast but well. Not ideal for novice but otherwise Ok all things considered. NSAA posted direction of travel signage to keep things safe

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Wednesday Jan 15 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Lower roller coaster, purple loop, green loop, yellow loop, turquoise loop, blue loop, the stadium and multi use are all freshly groomed. Here’s a map of the SML to help:

Beach Lake: The trees have been cleared off all the trails. Thank you to those who helped! Bill took the snowcat out this morning to see if anything could be done. After making one pass, he realized he was going to turn up too much dirt. The base is roughly two inches thick and less in some areas where the trail isn’t flat. To achieve an edgeable surface, he needed to till at least one inch. It looks good in some places but really bad in others. There just isn’t enough for consistency. He tried, but says we’ve got to have more snow.

Updated 1.15.2025

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Archangel Road Wednesday Jan 15 by Zack Steer

Groomed AA to the upper outhouse, both skate and classic. 1-2 inches new snow last 24 hrs. Road and parking lot plowed. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Government Peak Recreation Area Wednesday Jan 15 by Mark Strabel

Ground up the ice and made some pretty good ski trails, even enough for classic tracks. there are several thin spots, but it is skiable. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Tuesday Jan 14 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Weather event recovery. Temps have dropped and the trails have begun to refreeze. Scratched up the surface on the multi-use, Snow Making Loop, Elliot’s climb and World Cup. Be cautious the trails are icy and there are several unfrozen puddles including large ones in the Stadium and World Cup. Enjoy!

Beach Lake and Bartlett: Still out working to remove downed trees before we get more snow. Trying to stay hopeful!

Updated 1.14.2025

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Archangel Road Tuesday Jan 14 by Larry Lynn

The trail was packed and groomed Monday night for skate and classic to the outhouse. There was half a foot of new snow and it continued to snow during the groom. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Monday Jan 13 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: No new grooming. Temperatures are too warm. Hoping for a cool off as the week progresses.

Beach Lake Trails: Same thing. Checked trails yesterday and removed some downed trees. Trails are too soft to support any machinery and need a consistent freeze before we can even think about the possibility of resurrecting what’s left. They’ve gone clear in some spots with standing water yet still white in other areas. It’s a mixed bag. Will continue to monitor and visit other venues and check for damage, etc. Happy Monday!

Updated 1.13.2025

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Glen Alps Sunday Jan 12 by C$

There’s a little bit of winter up at Glen Alps if you’re on nordic touring gear and stick to the trees on the lee side. Temp was 32-33 with snow barely wet enough to make a snowball to starting to ice up at the end of my tour. Glazed, dirty and rocky snow exposed on the powerline, and mountains were basically bare.

The road up isn’t bad with AWD, but there’s only 1-1.5 lanes plowed and pretty deep on the sides as of 4:30 pm.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Sunday Jan 12 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Nothing new to report. 40 degrees and wind. No new grooming.

Beach Lake Trails: Same thing here. Have a nice day regardless!

Updated 1.12.2025

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Bartlett High School Saturday Jan 11 by Gary

Pretty decent skate ski considering conditions. I flicked a lot of sticks but no rocks. Good enough edging to skate a bunch of laps on the 5 km.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Saturday Jan 11 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: Warm temps and wind. No new grooming on Lighted or Dark trails. Use caution as trails will be icy this morning and saturated in the afternoon. Cat groomed Stadium and Snowmaking Loops. Use caution for the Stadium is showing signs of saturation.

Beach Lake Trails: Bill is taking a wait and see approach. This next weather system is forecasted to bring a wintery mix then more rain this weekend. We’re in preservation mode.

Updated 1.11.2025

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Archangel Road Friday Jan 10 by AWiae

The trail was groomed to the upper outhouse for skate and classic. 5-6 inches of new snow made for lots of spillage and soft conditions. Road and parking lot not plowed but in good shape. Support grooming by the Mat-Su Ski Club

Russian Jack Friday Jan 10 by Gary

Pretty nice skiing, skating or classic (no tracks). Fast, soft layer bonded to ice pretty well. I had a good ski, and only saw one puddle on the fairways. I am guessing Bartlett is similar.

Russian Jack Friday Jan 10 by Gary

Pretty nice skiing, skating or classic (no tracks). Fast, soft layer bonded to ice pretty well. I had a good ski, and only saw one puddle on the fairways. I am guessing Bartlett is similar.

Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage Friday Jan 10 by Friendly Report Bot [?]

Kincaid: 1-inch new, wet snow. Snowmachine track packed until freezing conditions made it possible to groom with a PB. Cat groomed Stadium, SML, Margaux’s, Jodhpur, Elliot’s, World Cup. No track. Arlene’s, Sisson and Mutli-Use have also been refreshed. Enjoy!

Beach Lake Trails: Bill is taking a wait and see approach. This next weather system is forecasted to bring a wintery mix then more rain this weekend. We’re in preservation mode.

Updated 1.10.2025

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