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 | ** POSTPONED ** Snowmachine Trail Ride This Saturday (Jan 3rd) Noon! |
 BigLakeTrailsInc writes "FOR SAFETY REASONS, THE JAN 3RD EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO SEVERE COLD WEATHER
RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT NOON AT THE SAME LOCATION
Check online at our website BigLakeTrails.Org for future periodic updates.
Dan Kruse Vice President Big Lake Trails, Inc. |
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Posted by jjohnston on Tuesday, June 09 @ 12:44:35 PDT (98 reads)
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| Big Lake Community Trail Ride - January 3rd! |
BigLakeTrailsInc writes "Sponsored by Big Lake Trails Inc. and Big Lake Arctic Cat, the snowmachine guided tour and free BBQ begins at 12 Noon at the North Shore Campground, Big Lake Alaska (click link belwo for a map location). The event includes a fun 15 mile excursion of Trail #1, with planned stops at a recent exploration drilling site, an FAA Radar Site, and a holiday trimming of a key trail tree for the winter season trail recreationists. A warming tent and enclosed heated trailer will be on hand. Find out what great things are happening today with Big Lake Trails and get to know the recreation area with this introductory tour and welcoming. Dan Kruse Vice President Big Lake Trails 907-227-8641 Click link or copy and paste into your browser (campground location is green box next to the map crosshairs - just down the road to right after the Tesoro Gas Station at the Y intersection in Big Lake) http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=61.545788&lon=-149.85282&zoom=14&q1=big%2520lake%252C%2520alaska
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Posted by admin on Sunday, December 28 @ 19:14:29 PST (1029 reads)
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| Ahtna Land |
 ahtna writes "Just a reminder that Ahtna, Incorporated Land outside designated snowmachine trails and highway right-of-ways are off limits to snowmachines and winter sports enthusiasts without a Land-Use permit. Permits may be obtained from Ahtna, Incorporated Glennallen office or by calling 907-822-3476. A map of all Ahtna lands can be found at www.ahtna.lands.googlepages.com "
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Posted by jjohnston on Tuesday, July 15 @ 10:34:18 PDT (1539 reads)
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| Serum Run Accepting Machiner Applications |
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BearKitty writes " Good day! I wanted to pass along that there will be a Serum Run Informational Meeting on Saturday, October 13th at 2:30 pm in the Willow Community Center. This meeting is for past and perspective snowmachiners and dog mushers who may be interested in participating in the Norman Vaughan Serum '25 Run. The 2008 run is scheduled for Feb. 17 - March 7, 2008. The Serum Run '25 is a dog team journey with snowmachine support across 800 miles of Alaska's frozen rivers, tundra and sea ice from Nenana to Nome. The mission of this annual trip is twofold. First, it is to commemorate the twenty men and their dog teams who relayed crucial diphtheria serum to Nome, saving countless lives. Second, and more importantly, it is to widen the awareness throughout Alaska about a chosen medical topic of interest to villages in Alaska. Please check out our website at www.serumrun.org for more information and applications. Applications deadline is October 30th. Please spread the word about the meeting! "
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Posted by jjohnston on Wednesday, December 05 @ 10:07:31 PST (2341 reads)
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| Stop the attack on Motorsports in the Valley!!! |
 There is currently a movement in the Mat Su Valley
to severely limit all Motorsports activities, including the Iron Dog,
Alaska Raceway Park, Northstar speedway, Capitol Speedway, all
motocross tracks, all snowcross, and any other thing you can think of
that involves a motor. If you can, please take the time to fill out the petition, read up on it, and please forward the information to as many gear heads as you can. Your favorite pastime is under attack from a proposed change to
Matanuska-Susitna Borough ordinances, which will change Race Tracks
from a Core Area conditional use, to a borough wide conditional use.
This does not just apply to normal tracks (dirt or asphalt) but ALL
forms of racing, whether they take place on land, ice, or snow and
involve cars, motorcycles, ATVs, or snow machines.
Please take the time to read the draft ordinance, and existing ordinance MSB 17.60 Conditional Uses and MSB 17.63 Race Track Regulations. We must all get involved in this if we want our sport to survive. There is a petition available for you to sign. Please add your name to the list of Motorsports supporters.
Written comments on the draft ordinance should be received in the
borough planning office no later than 5:00 p.m. Thursday, November 9,
2006.
Their address is:
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Department of Planning and Land Use
350 E. Dahlia
Palmer, AK 99645
By email to planning@matsugov.us or by Fax to (907) 745-9876. Please
clearly indicate you are responding to draft ordinance to MSB 17.60 and
17.63.
If you have further questions on this item please contact Eileen
Probasco at (907) 746-7431, or via e-mail at eprobasco@matsugov.us.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, October 26 @ 08:40:52 PDT (3819 reads)
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| Alaska Outdoor Access Alliance Annual Meeting |
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Anonymous writes "The Alaska Outdoor Access Alliance is holding an Annual Meeting on October 14th at the Eagle River Lions Club. The AOAA is issuing an invitation to all clubs to participate in this meeting. Any club wishing to have a silent auction or raffle or game of their choice is welcome. In other words this is YOUR ANNUAL MEETING TOO!!! We are paying for the hall. All you need to do is contact your members and gather up your fundraising items. Contact Todd Clark @ 297-4570 or Patti Barber @ 745-4446 for more information or to RSVP. "
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Posted by admin on Monday, September 25 @ 13:44:46 PDT (5470 reads)
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| SB 85 ORV Use in the North |
 kev_alaska writes "
On Sunday March 5, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. the House Transportation Committee will be taking up HB 85. When passed into law SB 85 will repeal the ORV ban in the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, allowing motorized access to millions of acres of public lands in GMU 20, 24, 25, and 26, north of the Yukon River. The members of the House Transportation Committee are listed below along with their contact number and e-mail. Please respectfully contact their offices to convey your support for this piece of legislation. Information regarding SB 85 is listed directly below. If there are any questions regarding this piece of legislation please contact Senator Seekins Office at 907-465-2327.
Background: A substantial portion of Alaska's landmass lays on the north side of the Yukon River, served by only one road in the entire area -- the Dalton Highway. With very limited exceptions, current law entirely bans the use of off-road vehicles within five miles of the highway's right-of-way starting at the Yukon River crossing at mile 57 and extending 357 miles north to the Arctic Ocean.
Summary: SB 85 Removes the prohibition on the use of off-road vehicles within five miles of the right-of-way of the James Dalton Highway; beginning 12 months after the bill becomes law.
What does SB85 do?
>>> Provides access for average Alaskans to recreate on tens of millions of acres of public land
>>> Allows the State of Alaska & BLM to create and implement land use plans to provide recreational development.
How ORV use is regulated within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, after the passage of SB 85, depends on who participates in the planning process.
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Posted by jjohnston on Saturday, March 18 @ 05:36:49 PST (6583 reads)
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| Finally--A Ride This Weekend |
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snowjo writes " We’re pleased to announce that there will be rides the next three weekends. This coming Superbowl Sunday February 5, we’ll have our traditional ride for those who will not be watching the game. Meet at the MP 127 parking lot Sunday morning at 10 am to sign in and depart at 10:15. That’s MP 127 of the Parks Hiway, on the left going north. This’ll be a low-key, family and newcomer ride and should be a good first ride for the experienced who have not yet been out this year. There will be a few sidehills and short climbs but nothing too challenging. Bring a lunch, water and plan for about 40 miles or so. We expect to be back to the parking lot by 3:30 or 4 PM. Leave a message to let us know you will be attending or if you have questions. More on the other rides soon. 352-3669 in the valley and 689-7669 in Anchorage.
Also, the East West Express Trail has been smoothed out with a small box drag. It is very ridable all the way to the reflector tree and conditions are getting better.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, February 02 @ 08:04:52 PST (5193 reads)
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| Map of Tompson Pass |
 Thanks to the hard work of Mike Bowden we have a map of the Thompson Pass area with the trails marked. Download the map here.
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Posted by schu on Wednesday, January 11 @ 13:33:09 PST (11804 reads)
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