Meet at the Verstovia Trailhead on Sawmill Creek Rd. on Saturday, August 15 at 9:00AM for a free five mile, six hour, round-trip hike led by Sitka Trail Works & Waypoint for Veterans volunteers. Any donations received will be split 50/50 with Waypoint. This is a difficult hike through a series of switchbacks, with spectacular […]
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Sitka Trail Works is hosting a volunteer trail maintenance event at the Sawmill Creek Road separated path. Everyone is invited to help pull alders on Sunday, August 2 starting at 1:30pm. Meet at the gravel parking lot about a quarter mile after Whale Park on the left side of the road (shown below). Please bring
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Sitka Trail Works offers a hike along the Gavan Hill/Harbor Mountain Trail. Meet Saturday, July 11 at 9:00am by the Sitka High School/Performing Arts Center entrance to Cross Trail. A mandatory COVID-19 pre-screening questionnaire (page 2 here) and liability waiver must be completed prior to participation. Social distancing between different household groups and face coverings
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Sitka Trail Works offers a free hike up the Indian River Trail on Saturday, June 13. A mandatory COVID-19 pre-screening questionnaire (page 2 here) and liability waiver must be completed prior to participation. These forms can be accessed online & brought to the hike to minimize paper handling, if preferred. Meet at the trailhead parking
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We are writing to update you about our summer hikes & events and apologize for any confusion this might cause. Following the State of Alaska mandates, we implemented safety procedures for our trail crew & office staff in March. We hoped to fully reopen all outdoor events in June, but due to COVID-19 we feel
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Th Alaska Walk & Bike Conference is scheduled from June 9 – 12, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference is now going virtual and best of all will be free. It will take place from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. each day that Tuesday through Friday. Each session will open with a specialist
Alaska Walk & Bike Conference – June 9 to 12 – FREE Read More »
The spring issue of On The Paper Trail is here! This contains information about Cross Trail Phase 6 construction, the Alaska Trails Initiative & our plans for summer events. Read more or download a copy at https://sitkatrailworks.org/news/
On The Paper Trail – Spring 2020 Issue Read More »
Please be advised that there is currently an unstable slide across Indian River Trail about 4.5 miles from the start, just before the waterfall. The slide is mostly snow and hopefully will melt off as summer progresses. Thank you to Charissa Strope for providing these photos taken 5/2/20!
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The Sitka Sound Science Center has asked us to share a public weather resource that may be useful to hikers & other outdoor enthusiasts. You can now see data for many public weather monitors in Sitka, such as the current temperature or the total rainfall within the past 24 hours. These stations are helping to bring
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Summer Hikes: Due to concerns with COVID-19, we have cancelled April & May hikes & events. We currently hope to start our hike season this June. If the public health situation changes and we are unable to hold events in June, July, or August, we’ll let you know. Hike Ticketing: We have delaying the opening of
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This Giving Tuesday, give the gift of trails! When you donate to Sitka Trail Works, you support getting kids outside, trail construction and maintenance, bringing community together on trails, and so much more.
