Kickoff the 2025 summer caching season on the official KMTA GeoTrail!
Join GeocacheAlaska! and KMTA at the Branson Pavilion at the Seward end of the KMTA GeoTrail for a fun social event to celebrate the third year of Alaska’s first GeoTrail. GeocacheAlaska! is providing food to all attendees, with pulled pork being the centerpiece. Please post a “Will Attend” log and include the number of people in your party so we can bring enough for everyone! There is no charge for this event or the food. Attendees are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert to share with the group. Please bring your own beverages!
Anyone who has completed the Passport requirements of the KMTA GeoTrail before the event may pick up their KMTA GeoTrail pathtags and geocoin at the event. You’ll need to have submitted your online passport form or bring your completed passport with you to the event.
The KMTA GeoTrail has 23 cache locations including 16 traditional caches, 4 multi-caches, 2 field puzzles, and an Earthcache. One of the puzzles is the bonus cache at the end of a 5-stage Adventure Lab in Seward. The cache locations approximate the locations from the official KMTA Field Guide, which follows the history of the KMTA region from Girdwood to Hope to Cooper Landing to Seward.
To RSVP, submit your “Will Attend” here: GCB4KGT – KMTA GeoTrail 2025 Season Kickoff
About the KMTA GeoTrail:
Welcome to a geocaching trail exploring Alaska’s only National Heritage Area. In 2009, Congress designated the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm (KMTA) region of Southcentral Alaska as a National Heritage Area (NHA). This designation formally recognizes the history of an area that has deeply shaped the legacy of Alaska and the nation. It is the history of the Alutiiq, Sugpiaq, and Dena’ina people—the original stewards and inhabitants of the Kenai Peninsula. It’s that of the Iditarod National Historic Trail, Alaska Railroad, Gold Rush, Seward Highway, and local industries that give KMTA its character. KMTA’s geographic footprint bridges Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound via mountains, glacial valleys, and productive rivers. Throughout this landscape are communities and stories that connect us to our past and future. It includes the small and vibrant communities of Bird, Indian, Girdwood, Whittier, Hope, Cooper Landing, Moose Pass, and Seward, and all the wilderness between them. As Alaska’s only National Heritage Area, KMTA aims to enhance, preserve, and share the region’s natural and cultural resources— in essence its heritage. Above all else, KMTA strives to foster pride of place and an enduring stewardship ethic for this special place. As you travel through the Heritage Area to complete this GeoTrail, we encourage to keep that stewardship ethic front of mind as you learn about and enjoy the richness of the region.
As you search for the geocaches making up this GeoTrail, you’ll be asked to complete a passport that qualifies you to purchase the KMTA GeoTrail Geocoin. For more information on the Passport and GeoTrail, please visit KMTA-GeoTrail.GCAK.org
KMTA field guide link: https://kmtacorridor.org/field-trip-guide/
