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Congratulations and Thanks

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Congratulations to all the skiers who successfully finished their 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot event yesterday. The grooming team did a fantastic job of firming up the trails after our recent assault of fine-grained snow. However, the lingering cold weather made skiing challenging.

Please check the draft results and let us know if you see any errors in times, names, or age categories. Just send an email to contact@sonotkkaazoot.org and we’ll make the changes in the final results. The results won’t be updated immediately as head timer, Anna Sorensen is heading off for a well-deserved vacation.

Overall winners are listed on the “About” page above and on the “Sonot History” page. The winning times reflect the challenging conditions. Only Elsie Weiss of the UAF Ski Team was able to ski her event faster than last year’s winner.

Help me thank all the volunteers who made yesterday’s Sonot Kkaazoot possible. Please check the “Volunteers” page and provide the Sonot organizers with the names of others who assisted us.

Finally, save the date for the 40th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot, 27 March 2027. Race directors Alex Morris and Cyrus Freeman promise us springlike weather.

Frank Soos Distance Race #3

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Sunday’s Frank Soos Distance Race #3, The Unpleasantry turned out to be a tough tour on trails that were in immaculate condition at 9:00 a.m. before the 2 deg F snow started falling. The 70-year-old SCUM wave started at 10:00 a.m. when the PistenBully corduroy was still visible beneath the fluffy half inch of new snow. The tracks were ghastly slow so the three skiers on classical skis were skiing in the skate platform as were those of us who arrived with skate gear. The snow was absolutely lovely, but we didn’t see any lynx or moose tracks to distract us from our 3-lap tour of the White Cub and White Bear loops. Our tour took the “kid” among us 3:23:44.6, a full 1:34.16 behind FXC coach Jesse Wilkins. I had the opportunity to enjoy almost an hour more time on the White Bear than this “wannabe 70-year-old SCUM”.

A number of skiers didn’t start or finish because of illness, equipment failures, or better judgement than those of us who prevailed. A huge thanks to Chris Puchner, Pam Laker, Anna Sorensen and all the other volunteers who hung in there with smiles and encouragement. We really appreciated you.

Here are the results by distance:

https://zone4.ca/race/2023-02-19/647504b0/results