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Skeetawk is a nonprofit ski area in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough, developed in the Hatcher Pass region as a community-built downhill skiing destination. Its name derives from the Athabaskan word Shk’ituk’t, meaning “the place where we slide down.” The ski area emerged after about forty years of local proposals, with construction finally beginning in 2020 and its first lift, a triple chair, entering operation that June. Plans have called for a high-speed lift by 2029. Skeetawk drew broader recognition when it hosted the alpine skiing and snowboarding events of the 2024 Arctic Winter Games.
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Fishhook, Alaska · United States