Eagle Beach Campground

The trails at Eagle River State Recreation Area (located at milepost 27.5, about 1/4 mile past the Eagle River bridge) are mostly groomed by the onsite caretaker, with occasional grooming by JNSC volunteers. The campground and surrounding trails (~5km) are groomed for skate and classic skiing, with occossional skiing under the Eagle River bridge and back behind the Methodist Camp when snow allows. The trails start from the parking lot and wind through the campground, up-river, past the Berry Patch Cabin, and with enough snow can connect to additional trails at the Methodist Camp accessed under the Eagle River Bridge. The terrain is flat and can offer great river, forest, and mountain views. The forest can offer protection from on-shore breezes. Permanent outhouses are available in the parking lot. A few State Parks rules to be aware of:

  • Dogs must be kept on leash.
  • Be mindful of no parking signs. Limited parking exists in the parking lot, but there is additional overflow parking right outside the park entrance off the highway.
  • Unfortunately, the electric car charging station is out of commission.

Recent Trail Updates

Methodist Loop

Classic track has been set on the Methodist Loop trail at Eagle Beach State Recreation Site. The snow conditions ...

Sweet skiing

Always a treat to ski Eagle Beach trails in these snow conditions with Special green TOKO kick wax! Cold temps, ...

Ginzued

Eagle Beach has been Ginzu groomed for the fist time this year. We had a few minor technicalities with the ...

fast and frozen

Touched up the skating lane this morning. Conditions are cold and frozen with a brisk north wind. Lots of sunshine ...

Track set

An additional 3-4 inches fell at Eagle Beach since it was rolled yesterday morning. All trails were groomed and ...

Winter wonderland

Fifteen inches of fresh dry snow at Eagle Beach this morning and it's still snowing. The road and parking lot ...

Winter at Eagle Beach

Plenty of fresh snow at Eagle Beach this morning and it was snowing hard when the Juneau Nordic Ski Team finished ...

Eagle Beach Back in business!

Four new inches of snow out there. I rolled and groomed this morning for skate. Not enough depth for classic ...

Wind and rain take their toll

I skied EB campground yesterday and today. It really deteriorated overnight, long stretches of ice and slush, lots ...

Eagle Beach still good

EB groomed Friday evening. Conditions haven't changed much: most of the skate and classic track is still good, ...
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