The three projects are linked to the Alaska Traverse, the new name for a 500-mile proposed system formerly known as the Alaska Long Trail.
An unnamed creek flows through Ram Valley on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 in Chugach State Park. An access study for the area is one of three projects receiving state funds for trail work.
Three projects funded by legislative grants will repair popular but damaged trails in Chugach State Park, as well as attempt to restore public access to a majestic but currentlyAlaska Trails, an Anchorage nonprofit that works with statewide land management agencies including Chugach State Park, announced the funding this week.
All three of the projects — in Ram Valley, Indian Valley and along Eklutna Lake — are linked to the Alaska Traverse, the new name for the planned Alaska Long Trail, said Mariyam Medovaya, a project coordinator with the group. The“All three of them are connections and part of the trail system,” Medovaya said.from users, the improvements should make trails more stable and less prone to damage as well as providing more access, which is a park priority, said Ben Corwin, the park’s superintendent.
Corwin hopes the improvements will drive more hikers to Indian Valley, one of the park’s less-used trailheads. Work on the trail will happen next summer, Medovaya said.. The heavily used lakeside trail at Eklutna sustained damage from high water and storms a decade ago and has eroded in places, making it unsafe, Corwin said.
The grant will pay for repairs to six miles of single track trail used by bikers and hikers and 12 miles of a multiuse trail for ATVs, snowmachines and others. The Eklutna Lakeside trail improvement work will start at 10 a.m. Aug. 29 with a short formal ceremony with guests including local politicians, state parks officials, and Aaron Leggett of the Native Village of Eklutna.Michelle Theriault Boots is a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News.
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