Laps

Cresting on the trail at the historic Sally Barber Mine.

Laying fresh tracks in a light layer of new snow as we gallop
on by the mine.

It has been snowing lightly since we got up this morning. As a result, we headed out to the popular Sally Barber Mine trails knowing that the morning's little bit of fresh snow would make the terrain a lot of fun. Much to our surprise and pleasure, we were the first tracks on the morning's fresh snow! 

Whee! Zipping along laying fresh tracks in the new snow!

We skijored multiple laps around the historic mine on both the wide main trail and a few of the single track side trails. Much to our surprise and pleasure again, the only tracks we encountered all day were our own tracks from previous laps! Amazing!

Roughly the same location as the prior photo. The ski (and dog print) tracks
are our own from the first pass by in the prior photo. Fun!

Back to the first pass... Come along for the "fresh tracks fun" in this video clip as we start by leaning into a hard left, then lean into a gentle right and finally floor it on a wide open straightaway. 

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As I mentioned, we made multiple passes by the historic mine. On the final pass, I paused momentarily, expecting Jack & Rudy to roll snow angels before we got restarted. But, no snow angels today, just happy & approving Jack and 'always something to say' Rudy :)

"See, I can stop without the 'drop & roll' - sometimes!" says giddy Jack.
"WOO! Why'd you stop??? I said WOOOO!" adds talkative wooing Ruy.

Oh, and don't worry, Jack did roll a snow angel at one of our turnaround points on a side trail. Phew, his streak of rolling a snow angel on EVERY skijor outing of his life is still intact :)

Done with today's quick outing and enjoying time with the whole pack for 'end of run' treats!

"Pat, pat, me first!" says Zorro poking my leg with his right paw.
"I can see the treats! Ready!" adds focused Jack.
"Need me to woo again?" asks goofy Rudy.

A quick, but fun, outing enjoying the day's light layer of fresh snow: 6.8 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 116 days on the trails covering 979.5 miles with 92,300 feet of elevation climbed.