When: Sunday, September 27th. Driver check-in is from 8:00-8:30 am. Mandatory race meeting/bib draw for all drivers at 8:30 am. The race will begin 10 minutes after the completion of the race meeting.

Where: Birch Hill Recreation Area, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Distance: Approximately 1.75 miles. (Please note: Distance may change slightly in accordance to race day trail conditions.)

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Join us for the Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association annual spring membership meeting, pizza potluck party and fun race scheduled for Sunday, March 29, at
the ADMA Mushers Hall! All ASPA volunteers for this season will be honored, celebrated and thanked! The Volunteer of the Year Award will also be presented.

Our race directors will be Andy Warwick and Pat DeRuyter. Race day registration will be at 10am. The Fun Race will begin at 11:00am.

The race will include distances of 6.2, 4.8, 3.7, 2.0 and 1 mile depending on trail conditions and participant interest. There will be a 1 mile Le Mans start event at approximately 11:45am. Pat DeRuyter and Andy have agreed to do registration and be the starters, but we need more race volunteers to help with registration and handling. To pre-register for the Fun Race or volunteer, contact Andy Warwick at warwick@gci.net.

The cost is $10 for ASPA members and $15 for non-members. Membership forms are available and we encourage anyone interested in skijoring to join us for the race and pizza party.

The fun race will be followed by a pizza potluck party which will begin about noon, and then by a short membership meeting. ASPA will provide the pizza and drinks. Please bring a side dish to share.

Hope to see you there!

Today’s trail tour is off – NOAA’s temp is -26 right now. It will warm up but is unlikely to break our cutoff by 1 pm. Have a good afternoon on your own.

Where: Creamer’s Field trails, meeting and race day registration in the farmhouse.
When: Wednesday March 18, race day registration 5:00-5:30, meeting AT 5:30, first team out at 6 pm
Who: You, we hope, with your one, two, or three dog team
How far: .5, 1.4, 2.7, 3.6 and 5.7 mile courses
How much: $10 for members, $15 for non-members, knock off five dollars if you preregister!

Please preregister by emailing Sara Tabbert at stabbert@hotmail.com BEFORE 10 PM Tuesday with your name, dog names, and distance you would like to race. Preregistration makes our lives much easier on race day.

We could use volunteers for handler and timer positions. Questions, registration, and volunteers email stabbert@hotmail.com or call Sara at 479 0456.

If it is colder than -15 at the airport at 3 pm the race will be canceled. Please check the hotline,907-45-SKIJOR (907-457-5456) \

This trail tour will be on the trails on the west side of Ballaine (i.e. those bounded by Goldstream, Ballaine and Sheep Creek) – meet at the end of O’Brien Road a bit before 1:00 PM. My personal cut off for this trail tour is 0 degrees at the airport at 11 AM (as I am tired of winter) – check this page or the list serve for updates.

O’Brien the first left hand turn AFTER Ivory Jack’s, if you are coming from the Ballaine and Goldstream intersections. The Goldstream Lions’ softball fields are on the corner of O’Brien. Take O’Brien all the way to its end – there is a good cul de sac with room for several vehicles.

Note that Goldstream trails are multi-use and expect to encounter everything from moose, snow machiners, dog teams, fat-tire bikers etc. Trails may be somewhat narrow due the recent snow, however generally they are easily ski-jored with skate skis. Route will be generally flat and most of it will be an out and back, with a few variations on the way back to mix it up a bit. It is suitable for beginner ski jorers.