Nordic ski Grooming ends for season on May 22nd.
Well, it finally happened. Flowers are blooming and people are boating. And the Mat-Su Ski Club closed out the 2020-21 ski season with a final groom of the Independence Mine Nordic trails on May 22nd. Still plenty of snow up at Hatcher Pass, but it is pretty smooshy....
Spring Skiing update
The PistenBulley has decamped GPRA for the loftier trails at Independence Mine. The PB left behind beautifully groomed 100% snow covered trails at Government Peak. The Club will continue to groom GPRA (with the XMRs) for however many days (weeks?) are left. Skiing is...MAT-SU SKI CLUB’S GROOMING 2019/2020.
This ski trail grooming season was seven and a half months long! Matching our longest previous season: 226 days of skiing. Volunteers spent 1322 hours grooming and training, and maintaining machines, during the 2019-20 grooming season. This is a 50% increase over...
BIG GROOMING MONTH
April skiing is great! March brought tons of snow and the MSSC volunteer groomers were busy. Our new uber-tool, the PB100, moved in mid-March from GPRA up to Independence to re-open the trails there after massive snowfalls. At GPRA, Archangel, Independence, and the...