What you need to know:
- The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has introduced the free Mat-Su Trails Passport, encouraging residents and visitors to explore nine designated trails and parks, collect trailhead stickers or log visits online, and enter a raffle by July 19.
- Borough officials say the passport is part of a marketing effort to promote Mat-Su’s outdoor recreation, which continues to attract visitors and residents alike. The borough reports day-pass sales have doubled compared with the same period last year.
- Participants can win prizes including tickets to a wrestling event in Big Lake, a Salmon Berry Tours trip to Independence Mine State Historical Park, and admission to Alaska Raceway Park. Officials hope to launch a second round of the challenge later this summer.
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PALMER — Park and trail users in Mat-Su can enter a raffle to win prizes this year by logging a series of visits to outdoor spots as part of a challenge organized by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
The new Mat-Su Trails Passport is designed to connect locals and tourists with basic information about some of the region’s top recreation areas while also adding a competitive spirit.
Users log their visits to one of nine designated stops by adding stickers stashed at the trailheads to a printed parks passport book available for free at a series of borough-owned facilities. They can also use a digital log on the borough’s website…