Lisa Stuby skied the 10 km virtual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot today in a time of 1:01:16.

Lisa writes: “Feeling a bit tired from a wonderful season of skiing, but wanting that cool face mask, and it IS the Sonot, so I decided to ski the 10 K this morning.  The trails could not have been groomed any better and they were Magnificent!  On a scale of 1-10 I would give them a 12!”

Thank you, Lisa! I’m sure that our hard-working groomers will appreciate your kudos. An additional contribution to the trail fund (https://tinyurl.com/y93x7b3n) will also make them smile.

Dana Truffer Moudra (skate), Dorte Dissing (classic), and Ben Bragonier (classic) skied their virtual 10 km Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot today in a “comfortable 57:43:10.”

Ben writes for the trio:

“These staunchly middle-aged FXC parents didn’t “charge” the course, although they did dig deep to fight for first place as they lunged in unison for a photo finish. (Officials are reviewing tape. However, these athletes and their coaches have agreed to a three-way tie.)

Swix V40 Blue Extra was the kick of choice and it’s hard to say what the glider of choice was as all skis haven’t been glide-waxed this season.”

Congratulations to Ben, Dana, and Dorte (in alphabetical order since you finished in a three-way tie)!

Donovan Granger, one of the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks ski instructors, demonstrated how to skate ski yesterday as he did his 10 km virtual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot in 47:00.

Donovan writes: “3 in. new snow covered the 10 k course,  20+ and snowing , its going to be great conditions this weekend!”

Sven Grage finished his 10 km classical virtual Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot on Tuesday in 46:04, shown as the second lap below.

Sven writes:

“I was trying hard to ‘slide my feet across the snow’, yet running worked better for the most part on the very enjoyable 10 k classic loop . Hoping for a bit more slide in the 30 and 50 k. The unavoidable end of winter is so much easier to handle WITH the Sonot Kkaazoot!” 

Thanks, Sven. I agree as I seriously mourn the end of the ski season so skiing the Sonot Kkaazoot is really important to me, too.

Monday evening, 13-year old Kieran Kaufman, a U14 skier, finished his virtual 10 km Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot on classical skis in an amazing 35:55!

His father Max reports:

“Kieran skied the 10 km classic Sonot course  Monday eve 3/22

actual finish time:    35:55.”

Emily Watson-Cook skated her virtual 10 km Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot in an official time of 50:33.

Emily writes:

“I skied the 10 km Sonot course this afternoon and finished up around 3:38 pm. It was partly sunny t-shirt weather and the grooming was great – a perfect day for it!
My time was 50:33:38. I’m a 26 year old female and I was skating.”

Thanks Emily for your report and great selfie.