The 2025 Tsalteshi Backyard Ultra starts at 5 p.m. June 6 in the parking lot of the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Complete a 4.167-mile loop an hour, every hour, for as many laps as you can complete. The last runner to complete the loop in an hour wins. Only runner 50 slots are available. Registration and more information is at www.tsalteshi.org/events/.

Certified yoga instructor Giselle Lambert offers a friendly flow yoga class for the community, suitable for all levels, beginner through advanced. Sessions meet at 6 p.m. Thursdays in June at the Skyview Trailhead of Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna. Bring your own yoga mat or towel. Registration is not necessary. A free will donation to support Tsalteshi youth programs will be collected. More information is available at www.tsalteshi.org/events.

The Kenai Watershed Forum’s annual Salmon Run Series is back! Run or walk a 5K course at Tsalteshi every Wednesday, July 9-Aug. 6. Courses get progressively more challenging week to week, with week five repeating week one’s course so you can see how far you’ve come! Registration will open soon at www.kenaiwatershed.org.

Join Tsalteshi Trails Association for summer activities designed to get everyone out on the trails! Events are free and open to the public. Get familiar with the trails, meet other trail users and learn a thing or two in the process. Most events last about an hour. Dress for the weather and bring your bug deterrent of choice. Dogs are allowed unless otherwise specified but must be on a leash. For more information, contact Alicia at info@tsalteshi.org. Where are these trailheads? Skyview Trailhead: Meet at the old hockey rink behind Skyview Middle School, 46188 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna, AK 99669. Wolverine Trailhead: Across Kalifornsky Beach Road from the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Outdoor yoga, 6 p.m. Thursdays in June. Certified yoga instructor Giselle Lambert offers a friendly flow yoga class for…

Join the best biker gang around for our annual mountain bike race series! The Soldotna Cycle Series will be every Thursday night, July 10-Aug. 7. Races are open and welcoming to all. Come join us for a friendly, competitive-as-you-make-it bike series with fun new courses week to week to get to know the trails. Cap the season with the Tsalteshi Gauntlet on Aug. 24! The Gauntlet is a courseless, self-navigated race with checkpoints in the form of old paperbacks spread throughout the trails. Ride in groups, socially or alone. However you roll, the Gauntlet will test your endurance, your wits and your ability to navigate on the trails. Registration for our summer bike events is open now here.

Registration for our youth mountain bike program, Sprockets, opens at 9 a.m. April 5 on our website. Learn about the program and find the link to registration here: https://www.tsalteshi.org/youth-bike/ Questions about the program? Contact Alicia at tsalteshisprockets@gmail.com. Need help with registration? Contact Jenny at info@tsalteshi.org or 907-394-6397. Only 80 slots available. Don't wait!

Learn to cross-country ski! Tsalteshi Trails Association is offering classic and skate skiing lessons Sundays and Mondays, Dec. 22-Feb. 3 for adults, for ages 18 and older. All ski levels welcome, from first-time-on-skis to longtime skiers wanting to improve technique. *New this year — race training!* For intermediate to advances skiers looking to tune technique, speed and endurance. Coach Kent Peterson will lead a race training group each lesson. Intervals! Hill repeats! They're more fun with friends! Schedule: Lessons are 2-3 p.m. Sundays and 6-7 p.m. Mondays, Dec. 22- Feb. 3. We'll switch days for techniques each week so everyone has a chance to ski in daylight: Dec. 22 classic, Dec. 23 skate, Dec. 29 skate. Dec. 30 classic, etc. We'll have a lesson on ski waxing, too — date…

The Tsalteshi Tree Ski returns — help us fancy up the forest! Great for families, friends, teams, organizations or businesses — help us decorate trees along the Moose Loop, and feel free to add a sign advertising yourself! Choose any tree you like along Moose and decorate it however you wish. We don't have power available (we're working on it for the future), but there are trail lights along the Moose Loop. Anything reflective/sparkly, big and colorful stands out. Glass, fabric, white or silver decorations aren't recommended. Decorations need to be up by Dec. 28. Decorators can snowshoe out to Moose and walk on the groomed trail surface as needed to decorate. Bringing a sled is a great way to haul decorations. A long pole with a hook is helpful…

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!