Soldotna Cycle Series

Soldotna Cycle Series

Events
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.
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Sprockets registration opens 9 a.m. April 5

Sprockets registration opens 9 a.m. April 5

Events
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!
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TTA film festival and ski movie

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!
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Tsalteshi open house

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.
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2024 Tsalteshi Spooktacular and Zombie Run

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…
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Adult Ski Lessons

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 $$…
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Tsalteshi Tree Ski 2024

Tsalteshi Tree Ski 2024

Events
Help Tsalteshi brighten up winter with the Tsalteshi Tree Ski! Decorate a tree by Jan. 5 Come to the Tree Ski from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 6 Undecorate your tree by the end of February Businesses, organizations, teams, families, friends, groups of complete strangers who happen to like decorating — come one, come all! The Moose Loop has small, medium and large trees available, suitable for families with young kids up to the more ambitious. (But don't risk hurting yourself and don't damage the trees trying to get them decorated!) We're looking for volunteers to decorate trees on the Moose Loop (lighted loop behind Skyview Middle School). Decorations should be up by Jan. 5. Tsalteshi will hold a community Tree Ski from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 6. Come ski, snowshoe or walk…
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Film premiere and annual meeting

Film premiere and annual meeting

Events, TTA Board of Directors
Join Tsalteshi Trails Association for the Kenai Peninsula premiere of "The Land of the Giants" by Matchstick Productions. Featuring the best skiers in the world, riding unbelievable conditions to the very edge and beyond. It's a celebration of the natural world, and a reminder of the power of the human spirit. Featuring winter wonderlands all over the world, including Alaska! Tsalteshi is premiering LOTG as part of our annual membership meeting. Find out what's new with Tsalteshi, hear from candidates for the Board of Directors, beverages from Kenai River Brewing, food, music, auctions and Tsalteshi merch. Come hang with the coolest ski people around! Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Film starts around 6:30 p.m. Board applications accepted through Dec. 1. More information and application here. Admission is FREE for TTA…
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Tsalteshi Track Patch

Tsalteshi Track Patch

Events
Show your Tsalteshi pride with a new Tsalteshi Track Patch every year! Participate in at least three activities in one year — a running event, a biking event, a skiing event or volunteering at Tsalteshi — to earn your 3.5x3.5-inch patch in December. For example, you ran (or walked) one Salmon Run race, you rode the Tsalteshi Gauntlet bike event and you coached Sprockets. Or you skied the Tour of Tsalteshi, you rode in one Soldotna Cycle Series race and you ran/walked in Race Like an Animal. Or you coached youth ski, you skied in the Ski for Women and ran the Zombie Run. Patches are free but you must be a TTA member to qualify. Show off your TTA pride and earn a new patch every year! Want to…
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Survey says…

Survey says…

Documents, Events, General, Maintenance/grooming, Tsalteshi Ski Trails, TTA Board of Directors
TTA survey spring 2023 Thank you to everyone who completed our trail user survey this spring. You gave our Board of Directors a lot to discuss. The survey provides important information about our users, what you value about the trails, areas we could do better and what you’d like to see in the years ahead. We are factoring your responses into our current operations, programming, priorities and areas of growth in the future. In reviewing survey results, several themes emerged: Projects  We’re with you — we would love to do ALL THE THINGS!!! As a nonprofit organization, Tsalteshi must seek grants and raise our own funds for any developments we pursue. And we have to balance long-term sustainability with desired improvements. The last thing we want is to spend too…
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