The Birch Hill trails have been groomed to perfection with groomers using two pisten bullies last night. The color-coded kilometer markers are in place to guide the 59 skiers in the 10 km event and the 77 in the longer 30 and 50 km events.
The sun is out and temperatures will rapidly rise from the -6 deg at 8:00 a.m. Race Day bib pickup is open now.
Have fun on the trails today. Make sure you thank our wonderful volenteers.
Results will be posted when available on the Results tab above.
Registration for the 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot is closed. One hundred thirty-five skiers are signed up to compete on Saturday. Fifty-nine skiers will head off on their 10 km journey at 10:00 a.m. At 10:15 a.m., 37 skiers doing the 30-km course and 39 doing the 50- km course will start.
Race day bib pick-up is at Rikka’s Roadhouse from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Please join us for the Awards Ceremony and Dinner at 6:00 p.m. upstairs in the main Birch Hill Recreation Building. If you qualify for an overall or age-class award and are unable to attend the awards ceremony, please try to find someone who can pick it up for you.
Results will be posted on the Results tab as soon as they are available. Please notify us if you see any mistakes in names and/or times. Email: contact@sonotkkaazoot.org
Today is your last opportunity to register for the 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot. Please pick up your race bib tonight between 5 and 7 pm upstairs at the main Birch Hill Recreation Building.
Remember tonight is your only opportunity to chance your race distance and all registration ends at 1159 p.m.
As of this morning, 50 skiers are registered for the 10 km event, 68 for the longer distances.
Early bib pick-up will be Thursday, 19 March 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. upstairs in the Birch Hill Recreation Center.
Three reasons you should attend early bib pickup:
You spare yourself (and friends and family members for whom you pick up bibs) the stress of waiting in line on race morning.
Early bib pick-up is the ONLY time that you can change the race event that you are registered in. You may change to a race shorter than you registered for at no-cost. If you want to ski a longer race, you will be responsible for the difference in race entry fee. Bring cash or check for the fee difference when you change your registration. No changes after 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Mark Ross, the artist responsible for this year’s Sonot Kkaazoot poster, will be available at early bib pick-up to sign posters.
Want to be have the best spot to watch skiers finishing the 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot? Volunteer to be part of the Sonot Kkaazoot timing crew.
Head timer Anna Sorensen will train you and you’ll get to work with other key members of the NSCF ski community. Subway, a Sonot Kkaazoot sponsor, will supply sandwiches to fuel timers, while Gina and Margaret will supply sweet goodies. Hot beverages and indoor bathroom facilities will be available.
The unseasonably cold temperatures likely mean that many skiers will not be setting personal records, so we’d really like to have adequate timing volunteers so that Anna can relieve volunteers when additional help arrives.
Email: contact@sonotkkaazoot.org if you are willing to be a part of this essential Sonot Kkaazoot function.
Avoid late registration fees of $20/person for adult skiers if you register before 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, 17 March 2026. Registration fees for junior skiers increase from $5 to $15 depending upon their age and ski club membership status.
All registration for the Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot ends at 1159 p.m. on Thursday, 19 March 2026. There are no race day entries.
Volunteers are needed for the 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot.
Take a look at the Volunteers tab at the top of this page and see if there is a job that you can fill. The skiers and organizers will appreciate your efforts.
To volunteer or ask questions send an email to: contact@sonotkkaazoot.org
The sun was out and it was -6 deg in the Birch Hill stadium. With the classical only trails groomed yesterday, the SCUM headed out to the Blackhawk trail to enjoy Bill Husby’s grooming. We were treated to fresh new tracks except where a moose (untrained in trail etiquette) had disrupted the parallel grooves.
And Mother SCUM, who was going so slow, Dan’s fingers froze:
Enjoy the trails before the moose destroy them. The sunshine had us all smiling today even though it was -20 deg F on the Classical Bear trail.
All of you conquered the cold conditions, congratulations!
Although it seems that overtraining has been confined to snow shoveling, sandwiched between cold temperatures, the 39th Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot is just a month away. This means that early registration ends this Saturday, 28 February 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
So click on the “register” tab at the top of this page and sign up now. You’ll save some money that you can use for fuel for your snow blower or for yourself, if you are limited to human-powered snow removal.
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