Alaska State Troopers Adventure Relay

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The 3rd Annual ASTAR has begun in Soldotna today.  At 9:15 this morning, Scott Gardner, Mark Eldridge, Hannah Morgan, Lisa Kosto, Eric Jewkes and Barry Wilson began the relay.  The first leg travelled from Soldotna Post to the Sterling commercial truck scales.  Excellent time was made by all with the last runner coming into Sterling…

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ASTAR For some, it was the steaming piles of bear scat on the trail and a small stretch of white water kayaking that put the adventure into the Alaska State Troopers Adventure Relay. For others it was overcoming adversaries like the vertical bike over Hatcher Pass at night or dealing with bicycle mechanical problems in…

The third annual Alaska State Troopers Adventure Relay to raise money for the Wish Upon The North Star charity will change directions this year starting in Soldotna on July 13 and ending in Fairbanks on July 17. In between are almost 30 legs of hiking, biking, running, kayaking and river rafting to benefit WUNS, a…

The trail up the ridge and down the other side.  Off road challenges not for the faint at heart!  The trail was rough in many places. Pictured: Nathan Werner, FPD Team

Hike up Kesugi Ridge, beginning at the Little Coal Creek Trail head Mile 164, Parks Hwy.  Pictured here is AST Nathan Sheets resting in a moment of sunshine.

  Leg 5… Sunshine, at least for the moment.  The first legs out of Fairbanks had sun and rain.