Dynamic Trail Guide

This collection of online trail guides (and other resources) is organized by region and resource type. You can browse the collection or use the search tool.

Try simple searches. "Mountain Biking" won't yield as many results as "bike".

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• Online Trail Guides
  • ALASKA -- STATEWIDE
    • TrailMapper
    A wiki trails database, containing tracklogs from the public. Trails are mapped using the 3-D Google Earth web-browser plugin. Tracklogs can be downloaded freely, and you can upload your own data to share with others. People looking for trails can use a variety of search tools, including a keyword search, area search, and trail parameter (length, elevation gain, etc) search.
    
    A seasonal use matrix is shown for each trail as well, so you can find out at a glance whether a certain trail is suitable for your usage type during a given season.
    
    Features: Maps, GPX downloads, more
  • ALASKA -- SOUTHCENTRAL: AREAWIDE
    • Ski trail maps
    The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage has links to maps of ski trails in the Anchorage area and other areas of southcentral Alaska. Most are PDF maps of groomed ski trails and they vary greatly in quality. It includes links to trails on which you can ski with your dog.
    
    Features: Maps
  • ALASKA -- SOUTHCENTRAL: ANCHORAGE AREA
    • Eagle River ski trails
    The Eagle River Nordic Ski Club has maps of ski trails in the Eagle River area.
  • ALASKA -- SOUTHCENTRAL: KENAI AREA
    • The Seward Nordic Ski Club
    This site has maps of a variety of different trails in the Seward area. While the maps are geared toward skiers, some indicate where other types of activities are allowed, such as dog mushing, snowmachining, and skijoring. Look under Trail Descriptions > Local Area Trail Maps.
    
    Features: Maps, trail descriptions, photos, more.
  • ALASKA -- INTERIOR: AREAWIDE
    • Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association: Fairbanks Trails
    Includes a variety of maps of mostly winter trails, though some year-round trails. Has maps of the Jeff Studdert Mushing Racegrounds and Creamer's Field skijoring trails among others.
    
    Features: Maps
  • ALASKA -- INTERIOR: FAIRBANKS AREA
    • Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks: Downloads: Trail Maps
    The "Downloads > Trail Maps" section of this site includes PDF maps of the Jim Whisenhant Ski Trails at Birch Hill Recreation Area, the UAF Winter Trails, and the Pearl Creek Nordic Ski Park.
    
    Features: Maps
• Online Trail Guides, Activity or Trail Specific
  • ALASKA -- INTERIOR: FAIRBANKS AREA
    • Goldstream Classic Ski Trail
    This is a map and blog of a trail that is only for classic-style skiing that starts at Goldstream Sports in Fairbanks. For more information on the trail call the store at 455-6520.
    
    Features: Map
  • ALASKA -- SOUTHEAST: AREAWIDE
    • Gastineau Meadows Trail
    This nice article on the Juneau Empire website describes the hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing potential of the Gastineau Meadows Trail.http://alaskanlibrarian.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/a-gastineau-meadow/This Juneau blogger raves about the Gastineau Meadows Trail and includes some nice photos
    
    Features: Photos
• Trail Related Information (Not a trail Guide)
  • ALASKA -- STATEWIDE
    • Cross Country Alaska
    A website about cross-country skiing. Has a trails report page that allows people to comment on trails from every region of the state. Not all the trails have comments posted and sometimes comments are a month or more old, but they are often useful and they're free.Also has trail reports on hiking, biking, and skating.

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