Safety Dust

What a great day laying fresh tracks in the new snow high up on the trails of Peak 7!

"We are having a BLAST!" exclaims the happy, happy trio!

Today's blog is all about "Safety Dust". Those of you who remember the song Safety Dance from Men Without Hats in the 80s, well today we rewrote the song as Safety Dust. We got new snow overnight with a dusting up to an inch on the trails. We went to the same network of trails as yesterday and, oh boy, what a difference a day and a layer of safety dust makes! Yesterday the trails high up on Peak 7 were super hard packed - you could almost say "too packed and dangerous"! Well, this morning found us on the same trails with a layer of safety dust and we were able to really open up the skijoring machine. What a difference a simple layer of safety dust can make!

Ss-aa-ff-ee-tt-yy
Safety Dust!
Beautiful conditions are we are laying fresh tracks in the safety dust on the right side of the trail.

Sorry to everyone who now has "Safety Dance (or Safety Dust)" ringing in your head all day. I cannot get the song out of my head either :)

Cool shot of the trio in a synchronized sprint tuck as we ride the safety dust leaning into a right corner on the trail:

Safety Dust - wheeee!

You will not believe the difference in today's video clip versus yesterday. This is roughly the same section of trail I showed yesterday with me bouncing and bumping all over the place on the hard packed terrain. Today, though, I am simply sitting back on the skis enjoying the Safety Dust as I ride behind my sled dog trio. What a difference safety dust makes!

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I did have to take my skis off to traverse over some rocky terrain. Stopped to put the skis back and, well, stopped... :)

"These silly, silly kids!" says Zorro.
"As usual - stopped, rolling!' adds the goofball twins.

Now for more silliness from young Rudy. We were coming around a bend in the trail when we encountered a hiker coming up the trail. Silly Rudy decided he needed to flirt with the oncomer and launched himself left to flirt as we flew by. Obviously we need to re-introduce Rudy to the "on by" concept this season :)

Nice "on by" from Zorro & Jack.
"Hi - flirt with ME!" says silly Rudy.

Ss-aa-ff-ee-tt-yy - Safety Dust! What a great day with perfect conditions as compared to the same "too packed" trails as yesterday: 7.3 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 19 days on the trails covering 116.0 miles with 11,850 feet of elevation climbed.