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# Anchorage Ski Coach Applies Technique Learned in Talkeetna
- URL: https://ktna.org/anchorage-ski-coach-applies-technique-learned-in-talkeetna/
- Published: 2017-02-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: by: Katie Writer – KTNA Galen Johnston is a Nordic Ski Coach at Alaska Pacific University. He coaches skiers from age 11 all the way to 87 year olds and
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

![Galen Johnston Photo courtesy: Galen Johnston](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_4003.jpg)

Galen Johnston Photo by Thomas O’Harra and courtesy of Galen Johnston

by: Katie Writer – KTNA

Galen Johnston is a Nordic Ski Coach at Alaska Pacific University.

He coaches skiers from age 11 all the way to 87 year olds and sometimes travels as a ‘wax tech’ with the APU Elite team to races including the US National Championships.

Galen spoke with KTNA’s Katie Writer about growing up skiing in Talkeetna.

[https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/media/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170206galen.mp3](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/media/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170206galen.mp3?ref=ktna.org)

![Galen Johnston (L), cheers on junior skier Luke Jager (R) Photo by: Jim Jager and courtesy of Galen Johnston](https://storage.ghost.io/c/33/ba/33ba1645-e235-4115-bc50-e5d7ece463fe/content/images/ktna-org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/coaching.jpg)

Galen Johnston (L), cheers on junior skier Luke Jager (R) Photo by: Jim Jager and courtesy of Galen Johnston

The Denali Nordic Ski Club has invited Galen Johnston to host a technique clinic this Saturday at Talkeetna Lakes Park.