Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks groomers got little sleep before Saturday’s Sonot Kkaazoot. Tom Helmers, NSCF head groomer spent 9 hours on the larger club Pistenbully between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Bill Husby spent 5 hours in the smaller Pistenbully grooming the black and blue loops. After just 3 hours of sleep, Bill skied the 30- km Sonot Kkaazoot, winning the second-place award in M09 age category.

If you appreciated the trail conditions during the Sonot Kkaazoot and would like to continue to ski on groomed trails this spring, please consider adding to your donation to the NSCF trails fund. With little snow in the second half of the winter, the snowpack became highly compacted requiring the groomers proceed very slowly, which consumes more diesel fuel.

Here’s the URL to the secure donation site:

https://nordicskicluboffairbanks.wildapricot.org/Donate

Consider the donation to be an investment in your mental and physical health as we move toward the dreaded breakup season.