Anchorage seeks input on possible Kincaid Park bike park and roller-ski trails

Anchorage Parks and Recreation will ask residents Tuesday, Nov. 17, about possible new features at Kincaid Park, including a bike park, expanded visitor facilities, safer parking areas, soccer field upgrades and paved trails for roller skiing, as it updates the park's master plan.

The open house, the project's second, runs from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Kincaid Park Chalet, according to the city's Kincaid Park Master Plan page. The page says a virtual open house will be available for people who cannot attend, and it links a project survey.

The master plan is the park's long-range guide for development and use. It was first developed in 1973, expanded in 1983 and last revised in 2006, the page says. The update is expected to be finished in 2027.

The city's 2026 approved capital budget says the update is needed to understand modern community priorities for the park as visitor numbers grow. It sets aside $2 million in Anchorage Bowl parks bond money for Kincaid Park.

The bike park idea came up earlier this year. During the comment period on the city's 2026 Recreational Trails Plan, which ran Jan. 28 to March 31, residents asked for a mountain bike skills park at Kincaid. Planners wrote in their response to comments that updating the Kincaid plan is one of the trails plan's recommendations, that the update would consider expanded mountain bike opportunities and that those comments would carry forward into it.

Kincaid spans about 1,500 acres on Anchorage's western coastal edge, with more than 30 miles of forested trails, sand dunes and a motocross track, according to the trails plan. The Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage grooms about 43 miles of trail there in winter for cross-country skiing. The chalet was built in 1985 and last renovated in 2000.

Staff also showed the plan Saturday at the Parks + Trails Recreation Fair, which ran 10 am to 2 pm at the chalet. The Anchorage Park Foundation hosted it with the department and the Alaska Department of Health.