Map of the route, as posted along the trail

A couple of glacial erratics along the trail

You could say Miller's skiing is a little 'erratic'

Look at that trail! Wow - 45 miles of smooth cruising!

Tim K on the East-West Express trail, with the Talkeetna mountains in the distance.

Forecast for this day: Mostly cloudy, chance of snow. Yeah, right.

Heading for the hills, Peters Hills that is.

At the Reflector Tree intersection, there is a phone booth. The receiver is there, the rest of the phone is missing. Kinda odd.

That's nice, they knew we were coming and put up a big yellow sign to warn the snowmobilers!

Heading north now on the Tokositna River Trail (also Safari Lake trail), skiing towards the Tokosha Mountains, with Denali off on the left.

Sweet halfpipe! Just don't break your ski while playing - it's a 20 mile walk back to the car.

We even found some pretty good crust on the Tokositna flood plain.

Benji getting first tracks on the groomed trail. Its not corduroy, but its super-smooth. For about half of the loop, we were the first people to hit trail after it was groomed. But it was actually slightly better skiing in the places where a few snowmo

Tim and Tim chat up the snowmobilers. As Tim says, its always a good idea to make friends with the people who create and maintain the trails. And if you use the trails, consider making a donation towards the ...

After getting our close-up of the Alaska Range, we headed south to the Chulitna Bluffs trail.

It doesn't get any better than this!

Mission accomplished! The whole trip was 45 miles and it took us 5 hours and 45 minutes, including stops. I knew this would be a great ski, but the weather, the trail, and the scenery were even better than I could have hoped for. The best groomed ski l