To avoid “biting the dust” (see post from earlier today), the SCUM travel team moved their workout to UAF today to avoid the speed bump SCUM. Several of the skiers shown here will be heading to the Masters World Cup in Klosters, Switzerland on March 8 – 16, 2025 along with other Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks Masters skiers.
Original lyrics by Eric Troyer.
Dan Johnson (far left) wears the SCUM yellow hat designed by Frank Soos, that Eric mentions in his lyrics. Now most days, the SCUM are unable to find where they last placed theirs.
I’ll be back—-skiing with one pole in the not-so-distant future.
**Over 9 km of newly groomed and set tracks on lighted loops, which were groomed overnight.
**Temperatures at 10 a.m. AST of +2 deg F after temperatures at Fairbanks International Airport reached -29 deg F at 10:01 a.m. yesterday. Thanks to the inversion, Birch Hill only dropped to about -14 deg F.
**The friendship and company of 10 SCUM enjoying well-groomed trails and balmy temperatures.
**All the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks staff and volunteers who help our community enjoy winter outdoors with lessons, tours, training groups, races, and other fun events. They keep us healthy, happy, and at times, slightly sore or tired–but motivated for more.
P.S. Although SCUM may not be fast, two of the skiers in the photo above are skiing on skis that once belonged to World Cup nordic skiers!
Sonot Kkaazoot 