Feb. 11 update from race organizers:
The Tour of Tsalteshi Committee met last night and made the tough call to cancel the 2025 Tour as a race. There isn’t enough snow in the forecast to expect we’ll be able to improve conditions come Sunday, and Tsalteshi will have a busy week of youth and school programming in the meantime, which will further erode the trails. We don’t have confidence the fields and access hills around the Skyview Trailhead will be in good enough shape by this weekend to offer the quality experience we want for the Tour.

Just because we can’t offer a high-quality race this year doesn’t mean we can’t still have a good time! The trails around Tsalteshi’s K-Beach Trailhead are still in great shape and won’t get as much use this week as the upper trails. Please join us from 12-2:30 p.m. Sunday and go for a ski or bike on the trails. Open to classic and skate skiers and fat-tire bikers (no foot traffic or dogs). Please observe posted trail directions and be aware we’ll all be out there together.

There is no fee for the meetup, and you don’t need to register in advance, just come on out. We will have a donation bucket to help defray the expenses we’ve already incurred in planning this year’s Tour. And we have a “Nothing But Party” category on the registration page if you’d like to donate that way. We’ll hand out Tour of Tsalteshi water bottles to the first 50 participants, and we’ll have tunes and a fire pit set up at the trailhead. If the parking lot fills up, there’s overflow parking at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex across K-Beach Road. 

And we’re still on for the afterparty! Join us at 3 p.m. at Kenai River Brewing to toast to better snow winters to come!

Registration Information   

Ski Tour starts at 11:30 a.m. Bib pickup 10-11:15 a.m. behind Skyview Middle School  

Fat Tour starts at 1:30 p.m.  Bib pickup 12:00-1:15 p.m. behind Skyview Middle School

Early online registration by Jan. 31, 2025:

         $30 for current Tsalteshi Trails Association members (see below for other Kenai Peninsula ski clubs*)  

        $40 Nonmembers

        $20 Students

Online registration Feb. 1 to Feb. 14, 2025 (online registration closes 6 PM Friday, Feb.  14):

        $40 for TTA members (see below for other Kenai Peninsula ski clubs*) 

       $50 Nonmembers 

       $20 Students

Event day registration Feb. 16 from 10:00-11:15 a.m. at bib pickup tables. All event day registrations will be assigned to the last start wave of their division.

        $50 for TTA members (see below for Kenai Peninsula ski clubs*) 

       $60 Nonmembers 

       $25 Students

Double registration for both the Ski Tour and Fat Tour 

Normal registration fee for skiing with an additional $10 for Fat Tour registration

* Members of the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club and Seward Nordic Ski Club receive the TTA member discount. Use registration code NORDICPENINSULA

If the race is canceled due to trail conditions, your registration may be applied to next year's Tour of Tsalteshi registration.

No refunds will be given for any reason. Many of the race costs are not recoverable if the race is canceled. All entry fees go toward putting on the race and supporting the Tsalteshi Trails Association in its mission of promoting skiing in the central Kenai Peninsula.