Myself and a couple of friends/ex-teammates decided to drive up to Fairbanks for the weekend and enjoy some of the early snow. Today was our first day here and we are very impressed with the conditions. Just got back from a 2 and a half hour classic ski. Check out the pictures;
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Leaving town…
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Very scenic drive.. On a clean day you can see Mt. McKinley
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Pitt stop
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Breakfast… its kind of dark here in AK
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We are staying at a friends place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Free housing is always nice!
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This is Birch Hill Recreational Area. They had 30 kilometers of groomed trails. We skied 2 and half hours and didn’t ski any of the same trails.
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Left to right…Lukas Ebner (UAA), Erik Soderstrom (UAF), and Lasse Molgaard-Nielson (UAA)..
