The shoes rattle against each other. Someone has fallen. Feet are becoming sore and blistered. Turn and back again. The course is faster now.
Trees float by like dark phantoms.
There's the finish line. A sporting salute to the two hundred years of northern life carries on with the events of backpacking, log-chopping and bannock baking. The three day winter festival does not dwell on the past alone. Snowmobile races, bingos, dances, curling and special events for the children. Finally dusk falls on Sunday evening.