Yay Snow

Yay for a great dump of new snow high up on Boreas Pass. 

What fun we had this morning!

"We had a GREAT time!!!!" exclaims the ecstatic trio to be back on such good snow!

We only had a few inches of snow in town so we decided to drive up Boreas Pass and see if there was enough snow to skijor up high. Success! We found great conditions up high. Boreas Pass is open to vehicles until November, so we also found tire tracks in the snow to make for a fast packed trail. Love this photo of all 3 sled dogs fitting in one tire track. Where does one end and the other start? :)

Fast running bundle of connected sled dogs :)
In case you cannot tell, it's Jack (left) then Zorro (middle) and Rudy (right).

As I said, Boreas is still open to vehicles. We were out early so we would not encounter much, but we did have one car come up the pass behind us. I pulled us over to let the car pass and then told my partners it was ok to restart. Well, Rudy HATES being passed by anything (car, bike, snowmobile, you name it). As soon as I gave the OK to restart he launched us up the trail to catch the car. We actually kept pace, uphill, for a surprising amount of time!

"None shall pass, I'm coming to get you!" declares monster Rudy restarting us out at top speed :)

There was comical Rudy and his "none shall pass" and then we had the usual goofball Jack at our turnaround point on the trail:

"Kid, you are going to roll DOWN the hill!" states Zorro to silly Jack.
"Don't care, rolling, rolling, rolling!' demonstrates silly snow rolling Jack.
"I think we can catch the car if we restart!' adds all business Rudy still focused up trail
in the direction of the car that passed us.

Come along and watch what fun we had on the trails this morning. Don't worry, the Jeep we are approaching is Nancy coming up trail to pick us up. I tell the guys "It's mom" as we approach so they know it is ok to keep approaching the vehicle as we know Nancy will stop for us :)

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A very successful and satisfying skijor for October, right guys?

"Yes, but ready for end-of-run pork treats!" states Zorro.
"Yes and you have my FULL attention!" smiles Jack.
"Satisfying indeed!" adds cute Rudy.

About as much fun as you can have in October! 5.2 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top seed of 18 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 3 days on the trails covering 14.1 miles with 1600 feet of elevation climbed.