The Eaglecrest Finance Committee will meet on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 3:30pm in Conference Room 224 of City Hall, 155 S. Seward St.
For more information, please contact the Eaglecrest Manager Dave Scanlan via email at [email protected] or by phone at 790-2000 x221.
Eaglecrest Ski Area and its Board of Directors are now accepting applications for 2018-2019 Hilary Lindh Scholarship.
Four finalists will receive a complimentary season pass, and all applicants will receive a free rental and lesson package. Eligible applicants must be a resident of the City and Borough of Juneau and attend a Juneau School District school or equivalent.
The Hilary Lindh Scholarship will be awarded to one girl and one boy in Grades 1-4, and also Grades 6-12. Eaglecrest’s 5th Grade Passport program already provides a season pass to Juneau area 5th graders.
Applicants will be judged based on competitive spirit and athletic ability. Download the application here or visit our ticket office during regular business hours.
The Lindh Scholarship was established in 1992 in recognition of Hilary Lindh’s 1992 Olympic Silver Medal and her dedication to downhill ski racing. Hilary started skiing in Juneau at an early age and won the U.S. and World Junior Championships in Downhill at age 16. She went on to compete in three Olympics and won the 1997 World Downhill Championship before retiring in March of 1997. Hilary was inducted in to the U. S. Ski Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
The Hilary Lindh scholarship is a great way for Eaglecrest to connect with the Juneau community and support young skiers and snowboarders looking to pursue their dreams.
Eaglecrest’s opening day is scheduled for Saturday, December 1. Staff has been working hard to complete a substantial snowmaking expansion that will help open more terrain in early season conditions.
Learn more at skijuneau.com!
(Photo by McKenna O’Connell)
Eaglecrest Ski Area has had quite a busy summer with big projects coming into completion and other projects ready to launch.
Ptarmigan Chair Ramp Construction: The old ramp was a large steel structure that was showing signs of aging and fatigue. The old steel ramp has been replaced with a fortified rock wall and ramp structure. The new ramp will provide a wider area that will hold snow better and allow Eaglecrest to lessen the grade of the off-ramp. The last of the materials have arrived. The completion of the ramp and installation of the new top shack is scheduled for completion by the end of August.
Reconstruction of Carl’s Bridge over the West Fork of Fish Creek: Carl’s Bridge was an old log bridge that supported the ski trail between the bottom of Ptarmigan and the bottom of Hooter Chair. The collapsed old bridge had caused a large flood last October around the bottom of Hooter chair and through the Maintenance Shop Yard. During this spring’s repair, Eaglecrest added a third overflow culvert under the summer road, rebuilt the rock walls on either side of the stream bed, and restacked a double course of fresh logs over the stream.
Trails: The Summer Trail Crew has been busy summer taking advantage of the dry sunny weather manicuring the slopes, removing saplings and brush across the mountain. The brushing and glade work enhances winter exploration of the mountain. The trail crew working in cooperation with the Juneau Mountain Bike Alliance is starting to added new features and tweaks to the Sourdough Mountain bike trail. New wood technical features are coming soon.
Snowmaking: Thanks to the CBJ Assembly, Eaglecrest received funding for expansion of its snowmaking system to install new snowmaking pipe and infrastructure to the top of Hooter and over to the bottom of Black Bear Chair. The project is currently in the planning and procurement process. This upgrade will set Eaglecrest up to handle Mother Nature’s twists and turns by fortifying a good strong base of snow to the higher elevations.
Hilda Divide Cabin Project with the Juneau Community Foundation: With the help of the Eaglecrest Foundation in concert with the Juneau Community Foundation, over $110,000 has been raised towards the fundraising goal of $125,000. The Army Corps of Engineers issued the permit for the access road and the site work. A host of volunteers have contributed time and resources to the project so far including MRV Architects, NorthWind Architects, Alaska Concrete Castings, Tripplette Construction, and many more. For more information or to contribute to the effort, please visit the Juneau Community Foundation website at http://juneaucf.org/
New Director: Erin Lupro is the new Director of Snow Sports School, Rental, Retail and Repair. Erin has been training under Jeffra Clough for the last couple of years and is perfectly suited to fill the big shoes left behind from Jeffra’s retirement. Eaglecrest is excited to see Erin bring her creativity to the program and continue the development of amazing adult and youth programing.
Mark Your Calendars:
August 27 – Eaglecrest Job Fair
September 4 – Season Pass sales start for the upcoming season
September 29 – Discover Eaglecrest Day
And, keep an eye out for locker renewal notices coming in the mail.
The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly, at a Special Assembly Meeting held Wednesday, June 27, made the following appointments to the Eaglecrest Ski Area Board:
The Assembly appointed Jonathan Dale to a vacant seat for a term beginning immediately and expiring June 30, 2019. The Assembly also appointed Mike Satre and Megan Gregory to terms beginning July 1, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2021.
The Assembly would like to thank outgoing Eaglecrest Board members Lee Henry, Sam Buck and Kayla Harmon for their service on the Board. The Assembly thanks all those individuals who are willing to serve and have submitted applications for consideration.
CBJ has a number of boards, commissions, and committees with vacant seats on a rotational basis. A current list of CBJ board vacancies along with application forms can be found here.
For additional information please contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 586-5278 or [email protected].
Eaglecrest Ski Area is in the process of replacing Ptarmigan Top Ramp, and construction activities have started this week. Please pay attention to any signage advising users of trail closures.
Due to the dangers of construction activities during the demolition phase of the old ramp, all Nest facilities, including the bathrooms, will remain closed during active working hours. Access to the ridge trail will be restricted to the top of Black Bear during demolition. The Ptarmigan side of the ridge trail will remain closed.
During the construction phase of the ramp project, the contractors will be hauling large loads of rock from the Bottom of Easy Bowl to the new top ramp. This phase should take around three weeks. During this time, access beyond the bottom of Otter Slide will be prohibited during active working hours to eliminate the risk of injury to any Eaglecrest users. Construction work is scheduled to be complete around the end of July, at which point access to all parts of the mountain will return to normal.
Work crews will be posting signs while actively working to advise users of trail closures. Eaglecrest social media and its website will be updated weekly with construction updates on trail closures. Please heed all posted signage and stay clear of construction areas during non-construction hours.
For more information, contact CBJ Project Manager Alan Steffert at 586-0481 or [email protected].