Under brilliant sunshine on excellent snow, 52 skiers participated Sunday in the annual Santa Cruise at Larch Hills.
Entries and donations raised a new record of $3,540 for the food banks of Salmon Arm and Armstrong.
Although the emphasis was on fun, first-place winners in each category were:
• six and under, male, one kilometre, Jack Abraham;
• seven to nine, male, 2-km, Eric Moore;
• seven to nine, female, 2-km, Tessa Elliott;
• 10 to 13, male, 3-km, Calvin Hepburn;
• 10 to 13, female, 3-km, Julianne Moore;
• 14 to 17, male, 5-km, Alexander Corbett;
• 14 to 17, female, 5-km, Rachel May;
• 18 to 64, male, 10-km, Brian May;
• 18 to 64, female, 10-km, Abbi May;
• 65-plus, male, 10-km, Chris Letham; and
• 65-plus, female, 10-km, Marcia Beckner.
The beauty of the snow was attributed in part to the Nordic society’s new 2007 PB Edge tracksetter.
Santa stopped in to start the race.