Snowshoe Scramble raises awareness for Troth Yeddha' Park

February 9, 2015

University Relations

A traditional Alaskan pastime, snowshoeing, will help raise awareness of Troth Yeddha' Park, which celebrates Alaskan Native culture and the Troth Yeddha’ Legacy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The third annual Troth Yeddha’ Park Snowshoe Scramble will start at noon on Saturday, March 7, 2015, on the Fairbanks campus.

Registration is $20, a donation to the park initiative that also covers hot chocolate for participants. The event is free to university students with a UA ID. Scramblers register onsite inside the Reichardt Building beginning at 11 a.m. to sign release waivers. Participants will scramble for prizes in the snow after snowshoeing a quarter-mile loop around the park.

The event coincides with the last day of the 42nd Annual Festival of Native Arts and the Alaska Native Studies Conference, also held at UAF.

Centuries before it became home to an institution of higher learning, the ridge that is home to the Fairbanks campus was called Troth Yeddha', or "Wild Potato Ridge,” by the Lower Tanana Athabascans.

For more information, contact Pete Pinney, race director for this Running Club North event, at 474-7089 or pppinney@alaska.edu.