Groomer

Don drilled close to shore on the lake near skaters cabin. It was less than two inches!! The lake is not safe !!!

“Pop-Up” Race Saturday at EC Upper Loop!

Join us for the first annual “pop-up” 3.5k(ish) freestyle race! This Saturday (12/28). Fun goes off at 11am on the EC Upper Loop. The race is free, but make sure to purchase your EC Nordic trail or season pass. All ages, abilities and styles are welcome!  

Mendenhall lake

Mendenhall lake snows melted down to ice surface. Will take cooler weather and more snow before grooming continues.

Groomers On Fleek

Lake and Campground were double or tripleteamed in an MMF style attack. Result near perfect conditions as the team beat back the washboard with a long slow groove and added milage with a Visitor Center loop. The VC loop was designed to attract only the best people, so...

Finished grooming lake 1:30

Outer loop was finished at noon and inner loop should be done by 1:30. Much of the washboarding was smoothed out by going slow with the groomer, about 10 mph. The downside is that it takes quite a bit longer to groom. Thankfully Doug helped groom the lake. Beautiful...

Friday March 8 grooming

I’ll start grooming the campground about 8:30. Doug will be helping out with the lake and everything should be groomed by about noon. Hopefully we’ll get another couple of good days skiing before the weather turns sour.

Thank you, groomers!

Thank you, groomers! Mendenhall Lake has been so fun this week! I hope everyone who uses the trails remembers to join the Juneau Nordic Ski Club and also make an extra donation. Grooming takes more than volunteer hours – we also need gas, supplies, and...

The lake

Will start grooming lake after campground probably around 10:30 am today 26th

Mendenhall Lake

Conditions are great for skate or classic! I’m posting mainly to remove the spam that somehow appeared in the lake conditions update section, despite JNSC’s efforts to combat junk. Go skiing!