26Mar 2025 by Neyman, Jenny

TTA Bylaws revision

The Tsalteshi Trails Association Board of Directors reviewed TTA's Bylaws and proposes making a few changes to better align our bylaws with changes to the organization's current structure and function. All current TTA members are welcome to review the changes and offer feedback to the board. The board will consider all comments on the proposed bylaws revisions when making a decision at its next meeting, April 16. Proposed changes can be viewed here: TTA Bylaws April 2025 revision Proposed areas to be changed are highlighted in YELLOW. Proposed language to be added is UNDERLINED. Proposed language to be deleted is STRUCK THROUGH. Please submit comments for the board by April 14 at info@tsalteshi.org.

26Mar 2025 by Neyman, Jenny

Pick.Click.Give. deadline March 31

General

It's Pick.Click.Give. time! Alaskans filing for their Alaska Permanent Fund dividend can choose to support organizations that make a difference in their community through PCG. The dividend filing deadline is March 31. File for your PFD or update your Pick.Click.Give. donations here. We would appreciate your support of Tsalteshi Trails Association! Donations help us cover the costs of grooming, trail lights, Port-A-Potty rentals and everything else it takes to keep the trails open for community use year-round. Help us help you have a fun time on the trails!

26Mar 2025 by Neyman, Jenny

Follow us on Instagram!

General

You can now follow @tsalteshi on Instagram! We're still on Facebook and, to a limited degree, on X. For grooming updates and trail reports, check us out on Nordic Pulse. For maps showing your location on the trails, download the app and check us out on Trailforks. We can't do it without you! Membership support plays a big role in everything we do at Tsalteshi. If you use the trails and aren't a member, please become one. Or if you know of trail users who aren't members, tell them why you support the trails. Thank you!

08Mar 2025 by Neyman, Jenny

Winter Rules suspended

Maintenance/grooming

Like it or not, spring has apparently sprung. We're unable to groom and there is no appreciable snow in the forecast, so we're calling a wrap on the winter that largely wasn't. As of today, Winter Rules are suspended. That means the ski trails from the Skyview and Wolverine (K-Beach) Trailheads are open to foot traffic, bikes and dogs. Be warned: The trails are icy! On the bright side, conditions are firm enough to be great for walking, running and biking without much sloshing in slush or mud. But shoe and tire traction is recommended. Mud and breakup sinkholes are starting to appear but so far are easily avoidable. Share the trails! Always assume a moose could be around the next bend. The neighborhood caribou are still making occasional appearances.…

23Nov 2024 by Neyman, Jenny

TTA film festival and ski movie

Events

Join us for the TTA annual meeting and film festival, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Get stoked for ski season with the newest ski flick from Matchstick Productions — "Calm Beneath Castes." Check out the trailer here.Meet candidates for the Tsalteshi Board of Directors and find out what's new with Tsalteshi Trails Association! Food and beverages from Kenai River Brewing. Come hang out with the coolest ski people around! Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for social hour. Film starts at 6:30 p.m Admission is FREE for TTA members! Or $20 for nonmembers. Renew or start a TTA membership and get in for free!

18Oct 2024 by Neyman, Jenny

Tsalteshi opens new maintenance building

Maintenance/grooming, TTA Board of Directors, Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_4681" align="alignright" width="241"] Ricky Gease, director of the Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, talks about the importance of outdoor recreation as a driver of Alaska's economy.[/caption] Tsalteshi Trails Association is thrilled to welcome the newest member of the TTA family — Hetl Qenq'a, which means "Sled House" in Dena'ina. The new 36-by-60-foot maintenance and storage building replaces our 20-year-old, 16-by-24-foot snowmachine shed. The shed could barely fit TTA's active snowmachines, had no space to work on machines and couldn't fit any of our other equipment. The new building has dry, heated and secure storage for all our equipment, plus room to grow. It will increase the lifespan of our grooming machines — and likely our groomers. This is the first time in Tsalteshi's 30-plus-year history that we'll…

10Sep 2024 by Neyman, Jenny

Tsalteshi open house

Events, Maintenance/grooming, TTA Board of Directors

Tsalteshi Trails Association has an open house for its new maintenance building from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 12 behind the pool entrance at Skyview Middle School. It's free and open to the public, with food, music, tours of the building and information about what's new with Tsalteshi Trails. For more information, email info@tsalteshi.org or call 907-394-6397.

10Sep 2024 by Neyman, Jenny

2024 Tsalteshi Spooktacular and Zombie Run

Events

Tsalteshi Trails Association hosts its annual Spooktacular event Oct. 27 at the Skyview Trailhead, behind Skyview Middle School. Trick-or-treating on the trails, for ages 10 and under, is open from 1 to 3 p.m. Preregistration online is open now. It's $10 for each individual trick-or-treater. For families, it's $10 each for the first two kids and $5 for each additional kid up to 6 in a family. In-person, day-of registration opens at 12 p.m. Station sponsors are wanted for the Trick-or-Treat Trail. Any business, organization or group that would like to host a station — with a game and treats for the kids — can contact Alicia at ttysp@tsalteshi.org or 907-252-4788. A costumed Zombie Run, for all ages, starts at 12:30 p.m. Preregistration online is open now. It's $5 for…

20Aug 2024 by Neyman, Jenny

New weather station

Maintenance/grooming

Thanks to grant support from the Rasmuson Foundation, Tsalteshi now has weather reports from the trails! Scroll to the bottom of www.tsalteshi.org and you'll see real-time conditions from the Skyview Trailhead. As we move into winter, we'll use these readings for the temperature cutoff for our youth ski program. No more calling the time and temperature number! No more trying to translate weather readings from the airport! Find out exactly what's happening on the trails.

17Dec 2023 by Neyman, Jenny

Adult Ski Lessons

Events

Tsalteshi Trails Association is offering classic and skate skiing lessons from Jan. 7-Feb. 14. For ages 18 and older. All* experience levels welcome, from first-time-on-skis through those wanting to refine their technique. (*We'll probably have limited coaching capacity for advanced skiers... we might put you to work teaching others! :) Classic technique lessons: 2-3 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 7-Feb. 11 (register in advance online or in person) Skate technique lessons: 6-7 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 8-Feb. 12 (register in advance online or in person) Guided drop-in skis to practice what you're learning and get acquainted with the trails: 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 10-Feb. 14 (no registration required) TTA members: $5 per lesson (start or renew a TTA membership here) Non-TTA members: $10 per lesson No fee for Wednesday drop-in skis Save $$…