The Payak

We are thrilled to announce being part of a new Loppet Series in the Pacific Northwest. The Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon is joining forces with the Nipika/Panorama Loppet Weekend, the Ski to the Sun and the Coast Outdoors P’ayakentsut to make an amazing four-loppet series with six events in total. We hope that you’ll have so much fun with one of them that you’ll want to do them all!

Well, of course we think you win just by showing up and finishing all these great events. But if you want to win a cool prize then you need to be one of the top 3 women or top 3 men based on points. Points will be awarded based on your placement in your age category at each event (total of 6 possible races). So if you finish 1st in the 70+ age category that’s the same as finishing 1st in the 20 year old category. And the more events that you do, the more points you get! Points in each age category are awarded as follows: 1st – 15, 2nd – 12, 3rd – 10, 4th – 8, 5th – 6, 6th – 5, 7th – 4, 8th – 3, 9th – 2 and 10th – 1 point. And you will also be eligible for draw prizes from the 4 events. So come explore the Pacific Northwest on Cross Country Skis!

Click here to view details and links for participating loppets.

Click here to see the awards ceremony for the Virtual Challenge. See if you are a winner!

This year’s Coast Outdoors P’ayakentsut Virtual Challenge winners are as follows:

Male
1. Toshi Kawano – 25km
1. Paul Martin – 25km
3. Roland Tanglo – 15km
3. Marek Dutkiewicz – 15km

Female
1. Mel Dutkiewicz – 60km
2. Lou Black – 55km
3. Liz Scroggins – 50km

This Sunday, March 6, is the last day to ski the Payak Virtual Challenge. Because the challenge can be skied anywhere, the focus is on total distance. There is one overall distance challenge prize for each of men and women – a $100 gift certificate to Coast Outdoors! You must load a GPX file or a picture of your watch results to be eligible.

Results must be loaded by Monday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. to be eligible for prizing. There will be a virtual award ceremony on Tuesday night, uploaded to Facebook and our website. There will be draw prizes from our sponsors Coast Outdoors, Salomon, Fischer and Swix. There are some Coast Outdoors Payak toques up for grabs too!