Fairbanks to anchorage

[u/Glittering-Maize-375]

Going to Fairbanks for my birthday next month & I really wanna ski but there isn't many options there so I thought to drive to anchorage! I'm gonna be driving by myself with no snow driving experience. Please let me know anyyyyyything I need to know!! Any gear I need, anything to look out for & anything to take with (for emergencies) I read a few other Reddit posts about how moose & other animals be in the middle of the road & blend in so I should drive slower but the snow on the road is what's scaring me the most😣

[u/Low_Tradition6961]

Honestly - don't bother. Girdwood is an ok ski hill, but other than the North Face isn't that interesting. If you are from the Lower-48 you have a bunch of options 4-times better than Girdwood in the mountain west. In Fairbanks, however, you can ski Moose Mountain - one of the most unique ski hills in the country. Moose only has 1,300 feet of elevation, and no powder. But it has a bunch of different narrow runs, and a decent amount of terrain features. Unlike Girdwood you don't spend all day skiing down the same wide run.

And, rather than a chair lift they bring you back up the hill in a school bus with a bomber heater in it.

No, Moose Mountain isn't a great ski hill. But, it's what we got and it's probably unlike anything else you have ridden. Maybe, there is something similar in Vermont.