Tom Helmers groomed many of trails this morning and conditions for skate skiing were the season’s best. Glide was great so the uphill sections were effectively shorter.
Here’s Robert Hannon, whose training for the past month has been sightseeing in Portugal, yet the N40 loops were just a good workout for him:
The downhill tracks were solid (without debris or birch seed) so that even SCUM elders could descend the Tower loop safely. Bob (shown below), skied down Tower even when it had over 2 inches of new snow on Friday:
Thanks to the grooming, there was no surprises like the SCUM found on the White Cub two weeks earlier, Wednesday (27 March 2024) when trails hadn’t been groomed:
If you’re enjoying the spring skiing and haven’t added to your Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks trail donation, please do so now.
Sonot Kkaazoot 