Single Track

Jack & Rudy tucked tightly together to fit in a single track in the backcountry amidst upwards of 8 inches of new, fresh snow!

Whee - we can squeeze together when we need to!!!

Come along for today's skijor video highlight as we are tucked tight together to fit in a narrow single track in the backcountry. With 6-8 inches of new snow, Jack & Rudy had to tuck together to fit in the single track we found to follow. If either drifted out of the single track, then the snow was too deep to keep pace with the other guy in track. So, the smart kids just tucked themselves together tightly. Oh yeah, you'll also notice Jack & Rudy going somewhat "out of view" on the camera during this clip. Well, that is me fitting myself into a serious ski tuck to keep upright and on pace with the fun kids. See, I really do have to have skiing skills sometimes! :)

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Today's outing took us to the historic Sallie Barber Mine. As is usual with the comedians, they pause to roll snow angels after the initial climb to the mine:

"Rub a dub dub!" goes the snow rolling sillies.

As is also usual with the kids, all ensuing passes by the mine are done with gusto!

"Already stopped, dropped & rolled on the first pass, so let's fly on
by this time!" says the fun kids propelling me by the mine on our second pass.

The first photo and video clip were on the less popular back side of Sallie Barber. The front side is very popular with both locals and tourists. So, we did not have to pack ourselves into a narrow single track on the front side; but we did have to entertain all people we encountered along the way :)

"Coming through - made you smile!" says entertaining Jack & Rudy giving
the onlooker something to watch and smile about!

I mentioned the other day that Rudy had been out of "rodent dive form" recently. Well, he has fixed that glitch with two beautiful rodent dives during the last two outings. Phew, I was starting to think Rudy matured or something - haha :)

"Rodents under the snow off trail! Incoming!" declares diving Rudy.
"Really, how did I miss that?" asks Jack who was still trotting along
until he noticed Rudy out of his periphery.

Finally, back to the trailhead for our usual 'end of run treats' ritual. 

"You have my FULL attention!" says focused Jack.
"Hi Mom! We had so much fun today!" adds Rudy to Nancy (with the camera).
Sometimes Rudy is more interested in flirting than focusing!

A fun day with lots of fresh snow and some highly technical single track skijoring along the way: 7.2 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 50 days on the trails covering 375.6 miles with 35,000 feet of elevation climbed.