Shawn Lyons (Facebook) 02 Mar 2021 Memories of Shawn Lyons By Art Copoulos Shawn Lyons was well known for his monster endurance hikes like the Chugach 12 peak challenge of…
17 Feb 2021 Congratulations to the 2nd Annual KMTA Haiku Contest Winners! Congratulations to Amy Albertsen for winning the adult division with her winning entry: Silver snow, fresh air Beauty…
11 Feb 2021 KMTA Grant FAQs How can I make my application the most interesting and competitive? Making sure to meet the Grant Guidelines requirements and…
Trail Lake Lodge today. 03 Feb 2021 KMTA Business Spotlight: Trail Lake Lodge in Moose Pass, Alaska By Karen Lewis An unexpected text popped up on Jen Boyle’s phone this past new year. A former guest was…
29 Jan 2021 The KMTA 2020 Annual Report is Here! The last year has brought many challenges for all including the KMTA staff and grantees, but this coming year we…
29 Jan 2021 The Frontier History of Moose Pass, Alaska By Willow Hetrick The community of Moose Pass is proud to announce the completion of a new book titled: People,…
Winter View of Seward circa 1905-15 (SCLA-4-4) 28 Jan 2021 Mary Lowell: A Link Between Cultures By Deanna Ochs One might wonder why, until recently, there were no peaks named after her. After all, two of…
24 Jan 2021 The Whales Are Back in Seward! Public art is alive and well in Seward! The Seward Mural Society continues to create beautiful and thoughtful pieces on…
Alaska Nellie 20 Jan 2021 Alaska Nellie By Helen Hegener “There were possibilities of an extensive business at this place for at least three years, as I…
Harry A. Johnson (far right) with a party of hunters, 1904. 14 Jan 2021 Harry Johnson: Man of the Mountains By Clark Fair By the time Harry A. Johnson heard the handcar moving toward him down the rails, he had…
08 Jan 2021 Need Help With the Grant Application Process? The recording of 2021 Grant Webinar can be found here. The presentation slides can be found here. Questions: Email Grants…
The Gull Rock trail near Hope provides amazing views of Cook Inlet and the mountains of the Chugach. 07 Jan 2021 We Can All Use a Little Hope – Recalling What Gave Us Comfort in These Unprecedented Times By Steve Cleary Trails have increased in value through the pandemic, for both physical and mental health. And Hope has…
Eve Van Dommelen films Max Romey, Lars Arneson, and Denali Strabel just before they start the Southern Trek journey at Mile 0 of the Iditarod National Historic Trail (INHT) in Seward. 05 Jan 2021 KMTA’s 2021 Annual Grant Cycle Is Now Open KMTA awards grants to community projects that recognize, preserve, and interpret the historic, scenic, and natural recreational resources and cultural…
01 Jan 2021 2021 KMTA Haiku Poetry Contest Cozy in the KMTA: In the past year what has brought you comfort in the KMTA area? The Kenai…
Looking at the Manitoba ski area lodge and further south across the Mills Creek drainage (Virginia Schuster) 31 Dec 2020 History of the Manitoba Mountain Ski Area by Shawn R. Lyons All winter long and well into the spring, backcountry skiers from Palmer and Anchorage to Seward…
Looking up to the headwaters of Falls Creek 09 Nov 2020 Solars Mountain on the Kenai Peninsula By Shawn R. Lyons We only had to cross the 15-foot wide stream and climb up through 100 yards of…
The Girdwood Community Mural acknowledges the Dena'ina people: Thank you Dena'ina for letting us walk on your land. 05 Nov 2020 “Thank you Dena’ina people for letting us walk on your land” Girdwood Mural Installed this Summer Dena'ina qut'ana chiqinik, chin'an gheli gu yeh Dena'ina ełnen'aq' łuh ch'nidatl' ghu “Thank you Dena’ina people for letting us walk…
14 Oct 2020 Congratulations to the Winners of the 2020 Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm Photo Contest! We had an abundance of awesome photos submitted to the KMTA Photo Contest. The entries we received highlighted the beauty…
