With copious new snow promising good skiing in the Valley and terrific conditions already in place at Eaglecrest, this is a great time to support your local ski club. Please join the Juneau Nordic Ski Club to help us groom your trails.

A mere $25 will get you an individual membership for the year, or $10 if you’re under 18. Go ahead and click on the “Join Us!” link to the membership on the sidebar to the right. Even though the form says 2008-2009, it is the same as this year’s.  (Just cross out the years and substitute 2009-2010 on the top. I’ll be replacing the old form on this website with this year’s as soon as I figure out where it’s located in my website code.)

This year we are looking at more skiing opportunities and more grooming than ever before. Our new trail extensions at Eaglecrest, cut last summer by our volunteer work parties, are opening up fun new terrain. Eaglecrest is already on top of the Nordic trail grooming this early in the season, and they’ve even been grooming the upper loop to offer additional variety for more experienced skiers. Remember, Eaglecrest’s trail pass is now separate from JNSC membership: it’s $5 a day during December but is due to go up in January, or for the best deal you can get a Nordic Season’s Pass for $79. Skiing in the Valley at the campground or on Mendenhall Lake is free, as always. In either case, your $25 JNSC membership helps make it all happen!