NSCF News
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Permits Required for Using Some Birch Hill Trails
Use of some ski trails at Birch Hill now require an easily obtained permit from the US Army Garrison Alaska. Many of the ski trails at Birch Hill are on Fort Wainwright land, including Sunnyside, Cliffside, the Sonot Connector, White Bear (past the White Bear Access),...
Birch Hill Trails Still Not Yet Ready for Summer Use
Birch Hill Recreation Area spring trails report: Snow is going fast and most trails should be mostly snow free by next Monday. However, in snow free areas the ground is very soft. It will take a couple of weeks for them to dry out. Please stay off trails until they...
Birch Hill Trails Not Yet Ready for Summer Use
The trails at Birch Hill Recreation Area are not yet ready for summer use: biking, walking, etc. The snow is melting, but the dirt underneath is soft and muddy. If we use those trails now, we can create ruts and other damage that will last the rest of the season (or...
That’s a Wrap for the Season!
The Birch Hill Grooming Crew just issued their final grooming update for the season. See it below. Please remember to stay off the trails for summer use activities (hiking, running, biking, etc.) until after the snow has melted and the trails have dried out. You can...
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Amazing what a couple of days of +50F and it not going below freezing at night will do to the trails. Sorry to stay it, but we are done grooming for the season. A big thank you to all the skiers that donated to the Trail Fund this season. Without you we would not have...
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Groundhog day! Ran the drag on most of the Lighted Loops, Outhouse to Flat Black to Black Hole back to the Stadium, and White Bear to Sonot Jct.
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Today is day 200 of grooming for the season! Ran the drag on parts of the Lighted Loops, Outhouse to Flat Black to Black Hole and back to stadium, and the White Bear to Sonot Jct. On a lot of the trails only the very top had frozen back up by this morning after the...
The natural refrigeration system is working nicely, snow is holding up. Ran the drag on most of the Lighted Loops, Outhouse to Flat Black over to Black Hole and back to the stadium, and White Bear to Sonot Jct.
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Ran the drag on most of the Lighted Loops, Outhouse to Flat Black to Black Hole, returning to the Stadium (aka The Travis Loop) and the White Bear to Sonot Jct. If you are planning to ski the whole White Bear, the pond is starting to form at Sonot Jct., but there is...
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Reminder: the PistenBully is broken. We're using one of the Sherpas and a drag this morning. Groomed most of the Lighted Loop, and down Outhouse cutting over to the Black Hole via Flat Black then back to the stadium. That worked OK. No new classical tracks. We'll...
Word from the Birch Hill Groomers
Update on this morning's post. The part for the PistenBully can come only by truck from Reno. NWS forecast is not looking good for using the Sherpas with drags (they don't do well on ice and don't work on wet snow at all), but will give it a go in the morning. The...