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Club-Wide News
Registration Open for 2023-24 FXC Season
FXC Summer registration is open! Our website has descriptions of all the options for this summer, as well as year-round options, and links to registration. We've got options available for all levels of skiers ages 10 through U23. We'll take kids with any level of ski...
Help Needed Now with Steese Expressway Trail Underpass
(See 04-25 update on this HERE.) Ski and trail advocates, your help is needed. CONNECTING BIRCH HILL TO CREAMER'S FIELD An effort has been underway for several years to connect the Birch Hill Recreation Area and other trails north and east of the Steese Highway to the...
Love Spring Skiing? Let’s Keep the Trails Groomed!
Do you love spring skiing? If so, please consider donating to the Birch Hill Trail Fund! March and April offer some of the best skiing of the year. But without good grooming the trails can become icy and rough, the tracks washed out. The ski club wants to keep...
Tour Report: Cleary-to-Chatanika Lodge via Fairbanks-Circle Trail & “ZEUS”
Report from the March 11 Cleary-to-Chatanika Lodge via Fairbanks-Circle Trail & “ZEUS” by Tour Leader Phil Marshall: Tour route in excellent conditions with bright sun. Three other skiers; eight snowgoes passed by. Zeus chute walked down.
Cleary-to-Chatanika Lodge via Fairbanks-Circle Trail & “ZEUS” set for March 11
When: Saturday, March 11, 2023 Where: Meet at Skiland Road DOTPF (highway dept.) pullout just off the Steese Highway at 11 AM. Tour Description: Advanced level ski, 3.5-4.5 hours. Car shuttle to Old FE Lodge at Chatanika (bring shovels to dig parking spots) then back...
Tour Report: ALPA-C Trail Ski Tour Changed to Skyline-Goldstream
Report from Tour Leader Phil Marshall: Mara B. skied with me the Skyline Ridge Trail, the Goldstream Connector then on to valley floor & trail. Changed venue as would be too much trail breaking out at ALPA- C. Superb conditions, didn't need skins to reascend; ~4...
ALPA-C Trail Ski Tour at Cleary-Summit set for February 26
This ski tour in the Cleary Summit area has nice views. Skins are recommended. When: Sunday, 26 February 2023 Where: Meet at Fox General Store parking lot at 11 AM. Carpool to start off the Ft. Knox/Kinross Rd, where we may have to shovel out parking spot. Tour...
Registration for the 2023 Sonot Kkaazoot is Open!
We're pleased to announce that registration for the 2023 Sonot Kkaazoot is now open! You can get all the details and register on the Sonot Kkaazoot website. We look forward to seeing you at Birch Hill in March!
Skarland 12-Mile Ski Tour Report
Report from the Skarland 12-Mile Ski Tour on February 11 by leader Joel Young Great day to tour the full Skarland loop! There were 7 of us total. Stan groomed the course the evening before and temps were just right for superb classic ski conditions. Three of the crew...
“Norsk” Ridge Ski Tour Report
Tour report from leader Philip Marshall: Had three dogs and eight people for the 5-hr tour on Norsk Ridge in perfect conditions. Tons of traffic: 1 dogmusher, 3 fat-tire bikers, 1 snowmobiler, 3 skiers! Never seen so many and it was Super Bowl Sunday, usually the...