Hot refreshments and restrooms will be provided, along with a warming barrel.
Classes start at 10:30 a.m. with a one-hour beginner cross-country ski class. An hour-long beginning snowshoe class will follow at 11:30 a.m. A beginning snowboard class runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., followed by a half-hour avalanche beacon demonstration. From 2 to 2:30 p.m. will be a skijoring demonstration, followed by a half-hour beginner downhill skiing class at 2:30 p.m.
On the upper mountain, Alaska State Park rangers will meet at the Rescue Cache at noon for a one-hour tour of the cache, with refreshments. From 1 to 2 p.m. a beginner skate-skiing clinic will be held on the upper mountain with Mat-Su Ski Club instructors.
Parking is free all day at Hatcher Pass. The event is coordinated by the Mat-Su Borough and sponsored by Mat-Su Borough Parks, Winter Trails, REI, Mat-Su Trails Council, Pioneer Ski Patrol, Alaska Trails, Alaska State Parks and the Mat-Su Ski Club.
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