We made it! Thanks to everyone who came out and rode with us the past two weekends, purchased season passes, memberships, food, beers, and those who made a donation, plus some help from Mother Nature, and of course our employees, we’ll be open again on Saturday May 3rd! This marks the 5th year in a […]
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SHREDFEST – Saturday April 19th
Sponsored by Snowboarders! We’re proud to present Arctic Valley and Blue & Gold’s Shredfest 2025 on April 19th. This snowboarder-only event features a banked slalom, hip jam, snowboard demos, and prizes from Blue & Gold and Arctic Valley. The course will be open 12pm-3pm for timed runs, and we’ll have custom trophies for the top […]
Merry Marmot – April 12, 2025
With our season winding down, it’s time to celebrate spring in the mountains with our annual Merry Marmot Festival! There’s new snow in the forecast for this week, so we’re looking forward to a great day of spring skiing & riding, along with fun activities. Don’t forget to build your dummy for the dummy launch! […]
Spring Break at Arctic Valley
We’re looking forward to a fun week at Arctic Valley! It may be snowless and brown down in town, but it’s still very much winter up at 2800 feet and above. Don’t give up on winter – make the best of what we have! Wednesday-Friday Schedule: Saturday-Sunday Schedule: […]
Spring Riding at Arctic Valley!
Celebrate spring by skiing, riding, and tubing with us at Arctic Valley! We’ll be open Thursday-Sunday through mid-April for your springtime riding pleasure, hopefully with new snow and beautiful days to enjoy. On Thursdays & Fridays we’ll have the T-bar and Chair 1 running. Rentals will be available, but we will not be offering lessons. […]
2024-25 Members Ski Free & Bring A Friend Day Schedule
One of the best benefits of being a Regular or Black Diamond member at Arctic Valley is our Members Ski Free Days! All Life and Regular members get a free day of riding once per month. For our Black Diamond members, this is an opportunity to introduce a friend to Arctic Valley! Stop by the […]
Opening Plans (take 2)!
Monday 1/27 update: Wow, that was a wild weekend! We got a LOT of windblown snow, from a good direction, and despite a bit of minor damage, it was overall very good for us. We were able to get the groomers out on Sunday and work to pack it down and build roads so things […]
Welcome to 2025!
The storm on Monday and Tuesday left us some snow – 5-6″ initially, which compacted and blew down to about 2″ when the temperatures went above freezing and the wind picked up on Tuesday. The good news is there’s more snow in the forecast this week and weekend. We still need a sizeable amount of […]
Opening Day Delayed
12/19/24 update: Unfortunately we’ve only received a dusting of snow in the past week and will have to continue delaying opening until we receive substantially more snow. The forecast is calling for a storm this weekend, though the current snow forecast is well below what it would take for us to open. Let’s hope this […]
Arctic Valley’s Master Plan
Since signing our new concession agreement with Alaska State Parks in 2020 and developing a Strategic Plan in 2021, we’ve been working on a master plan to guide Arctic Valley’s development. The Board of Directors and the Planning Committee took input from our members, the public, and relied on the expertise of both SE Group […]
