Babler Cold Nose O’ – 2026 Edition
A foreboding forecast led to this event being postponed for a week. Those of you familiar with SLOC events know postponement is very rare! We appreciate everyone remaining flexible with the event date and apologize to those who were unable to attend due to the change. The following week brought slippery, fluffy, snow-covered surfaces and single digit temperatures at the start, but also a stable forecast and beautiful sunshine. We’ll take it! Thanks to all of you for braving the slick slopes of Babler State Park.
Many thanks also to Rick Armstrong for invaluable course consultation, John Vogel for extensive control setting and pick-up support, and Eric Buckley for the awesome new map.
White Course
Individual
Catherine Kuehnle                       43:29
Tim Gutmann 1:17:06
Kevin Paubel 2 controls
Group
The Gordon Family                     53:57
Mitchell Gordon group                 55:41
Silver – Marquette HS ROTC      1:06:59
Clarice Pavlak group                    1:23:48
Orange Course
Individual
Steven Gleason 1:12:24
Mary Piper                                  1:16:11
Mike Kraujalis                              1:36:52
Group
Sean Hoffman group                    1:20:00 estimated
Jacob Peterson group 1:55:45
Hull group                                   2:22:28
Green Course
Individual
Eric Buckley 1:13:03
Ken DeBeer 2:10:38
Group
Haveman group 1:46:53
Kelly Bailey group 3 controls
Red Course
Individual
Brian Rodenbeck                         1:15:36
Zdenek Palacek                          1:20:07
Nathan Graves 1:23:41
Matt Scherrer                               1:46:17
Nathan Goff                                1:51:39
Jeff Sona                                    2:01:09
Robert Bart                                 2:44:46
Lara Houseman 7 controls
Zach Althaus 7 controls
Group
Justin Freihaut group                    2:13:27                  Â