Today we skied from Birch Hill to the Chena River on the trails that will be used Saturday for the 2016 Sonot Kkaazoot. The preliminary grooming has already created a wide trail on the west side of Ski Road on Fort Wainwright that will allow skate skiers to easily overtake and pass slower skiers on the skate platform. There will still be two road crossings that skiers will traverse but these places will be staffed by volunteers with snow shovels and stop signs.
Here are photos from the trail on the west side of Ski Road today:
Pat on West Ski Road trail
Eric on West Ski Road trail
And here are Pat and Eric skiing up the base of the alpine hill after looking longingly at the rope tow to the left of them:
Pat and Eric on lower end of Sonot Connector
The new snow has really brightened up the ski trails on the Chena River, Fort Wainwright, and at Birch Hill. Skiing is awesome and temperatures are predicted to be springlike. What are you waiting for? Sign up now.
https://sonotkkaazoot.org/register/
and thank our great groomers again:
Sonot Kkaazoot 