Kate Duffy with 1217 km skied is first overall and Karin Aurel with 654 km is the second woman in 43 days during the CCNB distance challenge. Honorable mentions to other club members-Lison Guinard, Elizabeth Massarelli, Susan Kastuk Ridlington who also participated, as did this writer. Meanwhile back to reality- I spent a few frustrating hours trying to groom up some loose snow yesterday afternoon and eventually went home, much more appreciative of the work Bucky does. There may be a bit of loose crusty snow for snow plowing and in the icy track if it didn’t freeze solid last night. I did come ac