Snowshoe Scramble raises awareness for Troth Yeddha' Park
February 9, 2015
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.