Summer Trails Guide:
https://issuu.com/fnsbparksandrec/docs/summer_2025_trails_challenge_guide?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw
Know before you go! Visit akfireinfo.com or the BLM Alaska Fire Restriction website for updates on wildfires. Currently sign #14 is in an active fire closure.
2025 Summer Trails Challenge List:
1) Birch Hill Recreation Area – Classical Bear
2) Birch Hill Recreation Area – Outhouse Loop
3) Tanana Lakes Recreation Area – Eagle Trail
4) Chena Lake Recreation Area – River Loop
5) Chena Lake Recreation Area – Bike Path
6) Skyline Ridge Park – After Hours
7) Exotic Tree Plantation – UAF North Campus
8 ) Creamer’s Field – Chickadee Loop
9) Skarland 12 M – Musk Ox
10) Chena Riverwalk – Carlson Center
11) Out and Back – Ester Dome
12) Inner Loop – Ester Dome Singletrack
13) Multi-Use – Isberg Recreation Area
14) Olnes Pond – Elliot Hwy MP 10.5 (FIRE CLOSURE)
15) Upper Chena Dome – CHSR - MP 50.5
16) Circle-Fairbanks Historic Trail – Steese Hwy MP 20.5
17) Pinnell Mountain Trail – Eagle Summit – Steese Hwy MP 107 (PENDING SIGN)
18) Lower Stiles Creek – CHSR MP 31.6
19) Granite Tors – CHSR – MP 39.5
20) Marion Creek – Dalton Hwy MP 180
Register online under the purple "Events" tab on fnsb.gov/parks. Registration ends on September 30th. On September 1st, those registered will receive a Checklist Survey in their email. Those who complete the Checklist Survey will be eligible for prizes. The Checklist Survey will be sent out again to all registered on October 1st. We would like to thank Design Alaska for sponsoring the 2025 Summer Trails Challenge!
The Fairbanks Trails Challenge is an all-ages, all-abilities, outdoor scavenger hunt of epic proportions! The Trails Challenge is designed to get you out with your family and friends to explore our wonderful local trails, both new and familiar. Each summer and winter season, the Parks and Recreation Department staff temporarily install special signs in secret locations along local trails. While the signs are up, we invite everyone to visit the trails and try and find the signs. Along the way, we hope you have a chance to learn new skills, see new places, and make positive memories. The Trails Office hosts two Fairbanks Trails Challenge events each year: A winter Trails Challenge and a Summer Trails Challenge. The Winter Trails Challenge starts roughly on the winter solstice and lasts through April. The Summer Trails Challenge starts roughly on the summer solstice and lasts through September. The signs are placed in new and different locations for the next challenge, so each season you are challenged to have a new adventure! Happy trails!
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