LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA TRAILS – NO DOGS (13.5 km)

Located at Mile 2 Ohlson Mountain Road, the Lookout Mountain Trails include a 2 km flat section of trail on hayfields perfect for beginners, the Junior Nordic program, and instructional clinics.  The system also includes 7 km of trails on challenging terrain, designed for competitive skiing, and meets International Ski Federation standards for competition.

When conditions permit, two additional loops are groomed, a 5 km loop across private property (Milli’s Loop), off of the challenging portion of the system, and a longer trail heading off the west end of the hayfields and continuing 17.9 km to the Upper Baycrest trails with significant elevation gains and losses (The Marathon Connector Trail- see below). Well-behaved dogs are allowed only on Milli’s Loop. Since Milli’s Loop is almost exclusively accessed from the Lookout system, this effectively means that the dogs on it are almost always the dogs of the landowners whose land the trail traverses.

The trails at Lookout are primarily on public land covered by an agreement with the Kenai Peninsula Borough and permitted through the Federal Aviation Administration. The hayfields trail is on Alaska Department of Natural Resources land. Other trails are adjacent to private property and the Kachemak Ski Club Rope Tow. Milli’s Loop crosses private land. Please respect the privacy of the landowners and stay on the trail.

There are two large parking lots, outhouses, a timing shed, fire pit, and a large maintenance building, where a trail cam records conditions hourly between 9 AM and 5 PM.  The mowed trails are often the first in Homer ready for skiing.

The ski trails at the Lookout Mt. Recreation Area are designated as NO DOGS ALLOWED in the winter.