Stop, Drop and Roll

Look at these incredible conditions we found on the upper elevation trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center this morning!

First tracks on a recently groomed trail with a light layer of new snow on top!
Absolutely perfect!!!

Even when there wasn't a light layer of new snow, there was the fresh groom. Zoom!!!!!

The fast & fun kids FLYING along the groomed trail.
All the dots & haziness you see in the lower right of this photo are snow
poofs flying off the kids feet. Wheeee!

With such perfect conditions, we knew we were going to run out of terrain before we ran out of planned time out on the trails. Not a problem, we simply turned and redid extended stretches of the trail three times during the outing. Temperatures were a bit on the hot side for Jack & Rudy (just below freezing at the start and just above freezing by the end), so I knew each turnaround was going to come with rolling snow angels to cool off :)

Told you so! Stop, drop and roll before restarting again.

Speaking of upper elevation, the views from this network of trails can be breathtaking at times:

Zipping along with snow capped Rocky Mountains ahead and
to our right. Pretty!

Speaking of snow angels, come along for today's video highlight. We start out flying along a relatively flat stretch of trail. Then we slow a bit as the fun kids tow me up a rise in the trail. Next we floor it again down the other side of the rise. Finally, we continue off trail for a short bit before stopping so Jack & Rudy can do their favorite "stop activity" - that being to stop, drop and roll in the snow to cool off. Funny kids.

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What a magnificent day, just perfect, right guys?

"Oh yes, we floored it to earn our end of run treats today!" says the focused kids.

Zooming around the nordic terrain: 10.6 miles traveled with 1200 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 24 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 113 days on the trails covering 969.0 miles with 94,700 feet of elevation climbed.