First and Fresh

First Tracks and Fresh Tracks on Peak 7 all morning long with Zorro. What fun!

"First & fresh - wheeee!!!!" says happy Zorro at our turnaround point of the morning.

Yesterday morning's skijor took us to the Breckenridge Nordic Center on Peak 7 near Breckenridge Ski Resort. The ski resort reported 6 inches of new snow overnight and the nordic center has the skijor-able trails closest to where the ski resort measures new snow. So we knew we would have a good fresh base to enjoy on the trails. Our expectations were met. About 2/3 of the outing found us on freshly groomed nordic center trails (groomie zoomies) and the other 1/3 found us laying fresh tracks on ungroomed side trails. What a fun day - come along for the adventure:

Zipping along behind the "Flying Z" as we are first tracks on the freshly groomed nordic trails. There was light snowfall most of our outing and I love the snowflake this shot has caught just below Zorro's left ear. First tracks amidst falling snow - Siberian Husky Dream!

"Wheeee - look at meeeee!" says flying Zeeeee :)

When we were not laying first tracks on the freshly groomed trails, we were on side trails laying fresh tracks in 3-6 inches of untouched, new snow.

"Love laying freshies!" declares Zorro gliding along through the morning's fresh snow.

At our high elevation point of the day, we decided to step off the groomed trails and test the untouched side trails. It is safe to say that the snowpack is "set" for a good winter once you get up high (although conditions are still sketchy at lower elevations):

"Deep as meeeee!" says cute Zorro pausing to check the deep snowpack off trail.

Back to the primary activity of the day: flying along the groomie zoomies of the Breckenridge Nordic Center. Here we go with Flying Z (watch closely to see the light snowfall coming down around us :)

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What does a groomed trail system generate? Speed as Zorro hit his top solo skijoring speed of this season: 23 MPH while skijoring 7.5 miles with 650 feet of elevation climbed.

2017/2018 Season to Date: 14 days on the trails covering 98.3 miles with 8900 feet of elevation climbed.

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