Friday Freshies

It was a "Fresh Tracks Friday" on the upper elevation trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center this morning!

Out-stretched Jack & Rudy having a blast laying fresh tracks in a
shallow layer of new snow!

To our amazement and pleasure, just about everywhere we skijored, we were first tracks on the morning's new snow. What a treat:

Whee - Friday Freshies!

We did see other tracks twice: our OWN "out tracks" on two sections of trail where we skijored out and back :)

Still laying fresh tracks down the center of the trail as you see our
"out tracks" to the left. We like to hug the right shoulder of a trail on the
way out & up so that we can still lay fresh tracks down the middle on the
way back. Fun!

Ok, here we go with today's video counterpart to the prior photo. Come along as we are laying fresh tracks down the middle with our "out tracks" to the left. Fast & fun Jack & Rudy!

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Now that you know the left tracks are our "out tracks", go back and watch the video again. Do you notice anything unusual? Well, what happened at seconds 25-28 in the video as you see Jack & Rudy's footprints all over the trail (not lined out as our usual out tracks). Second, why has Jack backed off the gangline from seconds 28-32 in the video? Interesting, huh? Well, here's your answer. The kids caught the "scent of moose" on the way out and HAD to pause and drift towards the (apparently very strong) scent:

"I SMELL MOOSE! Must scan the forest!" says inspector Jack.
"Sniff, sniff! Me too! Where's the moose?" adds Rudy taking in the
apparently very strong scent of moose in the air.

So, there's the answer to the questionable parts of the video. First, Jack & Rudy's footprints all over the trail go along with the prior photo as they caught a very strong scent of moose. Second, Jack has backed off the gangline in the video at the same point where they caught the scent on the way out. He was clearly slowing a bit in hopes of finding that elusive moose until the scent dies down and he picks up the pace again. Silly moose hunters :)

Great day, right guys?

"Oh what fun!" exclaims the happy, happy kids at our first turnaround
point of the outing.

Another enjoyable day, another snow wall to climb for end of run treats:

"READY!" says the happy & focused kids perched atop a snow wall
to receive end of run treats.

A great day of Friday Freshies: 9.1 miles traveled with 1200 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 75 days on the trails covering 585.2 miles with 55,500 feet of elevation climbed.