4 in 1

The usual happy, happy kids towing me to the finish of this morning's skijor outing.

Smiles all around! Wheeee!

We have had a lot of new snow the last couple of days. As a result, our trail options this morning were endless. So, what did we do? Essentially we did 4 different skijor outings in one extended outing. Come along and see what I mean....

Outing number one found us laying fresh tracks on Prospect Hill.

Starting the day laying fresh tracks.

We skijored all the way up Prospect Hill and then turned around to come back down in the tracks we set on the way up. Skijoring up & down Prospect Hill always gives you cool shots of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley from us:

Zipping along in the tracks we just set as the ski runs of Breckenridge
Ski Resort come into view across the valley.

Outing number two found us gliding along quiet mountain roads to connect from one area of trails to another. This road is plenty safe to skijor when we have a bunch of new snow. There are only two houses and a trailhead with only three parking spots to reach on the road. So the likelihood of encountering cars is quite low and we just hop into the shoulder powder if one does come by :)

Zipping along a road between two trailheads with just enough
snow for me to ski safely.

Outing number three found us in a super deep snow cache in Dry Gulch. Absolutely beautiful untouched powder:

POW, POW, Powder!

Today's video highlight will go along with the prior photo. Come along and watch as Jack & Rudy were blasting through some wonderful deep powder during part of this morning's skijor. Technically there is a "packed trail" under this deep snow. So, notice at about 22 seconds into the clip and Jack steps off the underlying packed trail and sinks. I was about to put on the brakes when Jack simply hopped left, changed lanes to the other side of Rudy and off through the deep powder we continued. Talented Jack!

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Outing number four found us completing the day on freshly groomed trails at Gold Run Nordic Center. Groomie zoomie!!!

Flooring it on the freshly groomed nordic trail!

We did the upper nordic loop at Gold Run before finishing the day on the main trail back to the parking lot. Once again we were first tracks on the fresh groom!

Wonderful terrain to reward yourself with a fast sprint to the end
of the day's "4 in 1" skijor outing!

What a fun and unique day, right guys?

"Oh that was a BLAST!" states the happy kids awaiting well earned
end of run treats.

A lot of variety to pack into one outing, but we did it: 10.2 miles traveled with 1000 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 98 days on the trails covering 834.0 miles with 80,600 feet of elevation clmbed.