SKI TRAIN 2010
This page updated
9/23/09
The 2010 Ski Train ~ Cancelled
 On Tuesday, September 22, 2009 NSAA was advised by the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) that the 2010 Ski Train was cancelled along with almost all ARRC special event and charter passenger trains for the winter of 2009-10. On that same day ARRC announced the layoff of 127 employees.
The Ski Train has been a signature event of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage for 37 years. Tens of thousands of skiers have enjoyed Alaska's remote backcountry in Grandview and Curry courtesy of the Ski Train.
The news of the cancellation was a huge blow to the NSAA volunteers and staff working to make the 2010 Ski Train a great experience. Preparations for the 2010 train were well underway. Ticket sales were due to begin on October 1st; tickets had already been printed and sales literature was literally hitting the press at the time we received the call.
We at NSAA know that hundreds of our members were looking forward to the Ski Train this year and will be greatly disappointed by this news. The cancellation of the train was not a decision made by NSAA. It was a financial decision made by the ARRC management and Board of Directors as they face the current downturn in the economy. As the economic tides turn, NSAA will be working with ARRC to hopefully revive the Ski Train tradition.
We hope that Ski Train enthusiasts will continue to support the Nordic Skiing Association by renewing their memberships and participating in some of our many other NSAA events this winter.
Thank you for your understanding.
Diane Moxness
Executive Director
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who have worked so hard over the past 37 years to make the Ski Train a great winter event.
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