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BAYCREST WINTER TRAIL SYSTEM (24.2 km)

The Baycrest Winter Trail System includes approximately 30 km of groomed ski trails in the Diamond Creek watershed between Diamond Ridge and the Sterling Highway.  The system can be generally divided into two parts, Upper Baycrest and Lower Baycrest and can be accessed from three separate trailheads with parking and neighborhood access points with no parking.  The main loops have a high priority for grooming, but the connecting trails and neighborhood access trails are groomed as time allows. A snowshoe trail follows part of the Homestead Hiking trail.  Baycrest directions are given counter clockwise, but there is no specified direction of travel. Baycrest trails are two-way and skiers must use caution on hills and corners.

UPPER BAYCREST TRAILS – SUNSET * NO DOGS PLEASE * (4.9 km)

The Upper Baycrest Ski Trails include the Sunset Loop, Midway, Serpentine, and the Farside. The trails shown on the map: Awesome, Perkins Plunge, and the Powerline are no longer groomed. KNSC has designated parking spaces at the KESA fire station of Diamond Ridge Rd. Please only park against the hill BEHIND THE FIRE STATION. Sunset Loop and upper portions of The Far Side are designated as NO DOGS PLEASE – SKIING ONLY trails. These trails are all on private property. Please stay on the trails, they cross private property.  Do not ski across the open hillsides or venture into the gullies without permission from the owners.

LOWER BAYCREST TRAILS (19.4 km)

The Lower Baycrest Trails can be accessed from two trailheads with parking.  The Baycrest Sterling Highway/DOT Trailhead is located just west of the Homer DOT maintenance facility near the top of Baycrest Hill.  The Baycrest Roger’s Loop Trailhead is located at the entrance to the State of Alaska Homer Demonstration Forest on Roger’s Loop Road. The Lower Baycrest Trails include the main loops of RAVEN’S WAY, HOMESTEAD, DEMONSTRATION FOREST AND HEADWATERS HIGHWAY. There are numerous interconnecting trails. These trails are open to well mannered dogs.

In recent years, grooming on these lower trails has been infrequent due to scant snow cover and they have become popular for hiking in the winter. However, during the all-to-infrequent times when the trails are groomed for skiing, please refrain from walking on the groomed ski trails!