Skeetawk Explained

Skeetawk
Location:Hatcher Pass
Nearest City:Palmer
Vertical:300[1]
Coordinates:61.7427°N -149.2307°W

Skeetawk is a nonprofit ski area in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska. The borough approved a 40-year lease for the land in 2020.[2] Its first lift, a triple chair, became operational in June, 2020.[3] It was named for the Athabaskan word Shk’ituk’t, meaning ‘the place where we slide down’.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Mountain. skeetawk.
  2. Web site: Assembly approves 40-year lease for Skeetawk. Tim Rockey. Frontiersman.com. Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
  3. Web site: Ready for snow; Skeetawk now has an operating ski lift. Tim Rockey. Frontiersman.com. Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
  4. Web site: FAQs. skeetawk.