Oops

This morning's "Oops, unauthorized tag & wrestle" moment on the trail :)

"Tag, you're it!" says Jack!
"Bring it on!" replies Rudy :)
Notice how the gangline is straight and taut. This unauthorized
game of tag broke out as while we were moving! Silly kids.

Aside from one short game of tag, it was a beautiful morning to skijor the backcountry. With a little bit of fresh snow, we found ourselves laying fresh tracks in pre-existing snowmobile tracks for miles and miles.

Laying fresh tracks and zipping along!

We even found one solo snowmobile track leading deep into the forest, so we hopped in that narrow track for some tight, shoulder to shoulder, skijoring. Wheeee!

Fun solo track leading deep into the dense forest.

As we were on our final leg of the outing, I paused to check our time out on the trails to see if we were early, late or on time. Well, I paused...

"AH! What great snow to roll in!" declares snow rolling Jack.
"Yep, rub a dub dub!" adds rolling Rudy.

It was overcast and snowing lightly most of our outing. But, near the end, the snow let up a little and the clouds started to lift. If you look closely in the upper right of the previous photo, you can start to see the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley beginning to show through the morning clouds.

A few moments later and a little more cloud clearing:

More of the ski resort starting to show across the valley from us.

Now come along for some video fun from the morning. We start this clip rounding a corner as the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort come into view across the valley. Then we continue on a fast straightaway. Finally, we all slow so the human on skis can take the hairpin right before opening the throttle back up again. Love how Rudy looks back as we approach the hairpin to make sure I'm ready to drive the skis around the corner :)

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Back to the trailhead and the kids are proud to accept their end of run treats:

"What game of tag? All we remember is carrying you safely on skis
through 5 hairpin turns!" says the selective memory twins :)

A little chilly for me this morning but still a very fun backcountry outing: 8.2 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 57 days on the trails covering 486.1 miles with 46,700 feet of elevation climbed.