Snowpack

Smiles from all 3 of my skijor partners as we conclude a great day skijoring atop the awesome snowpack at Rabbit Ears Pass (ok, only 2 of my partners really skijored, but little Rudy feels like he was part of the outing :)

"We had fun!!!" declare the happy trio!

The snowpack at Rabbit Ears is still in excess of 5 feet of snow at the base and increasing to over 9 feet of snow as you go up in elevation. Quite an impressive amount of snow for late April. The conditions ranged from perfect on the set trails to perfect off trail - just perfect all around :)

We were thrilled to find the main trail to be groomed and/or packed without too many ruts from snowmobile traffic. That allowed us to open up the skijor engine on fast terrain:

Flying Zorro and Jack as you see groom lines to our left and gently packed surfaces to our right.
Wheeee!

We abandoned the set trails for most of the outing and skijored the solid crust atop the 5+ feet of snowpack. I love this shot of Jack. Look closely as he is smiling at Zorro as we fly along the spring crust. His bushy tail is obscuring some of his head, but you can just make out his happy smile looking at Zorro.

"You sure are a fun big brother! Wheeee!" exclaims happy Jack.
"Just keep following my lead!" declares Zorro.

Temperatures were in the low to mid 40s (F) during our outing, making this Jack's first skijor on a hot day. Well, if you've been following along this season, you know Jack is really into rolling snow angels to cool off during breaks. So, what did you expect from him on his hottest day skijoring...

"Phew, gotta cool my jets!" demonstrates silly Jack.
"What a goof!" declares happy Zorro.

It is pretty humorous that all of Zorro's skijor partners have turned out to be "snow angel pros" (first Max and now Jack). You've got to wonder what Zorro thinks of these silly antics from his partners (although Zorro will, on occasion, join in with rolling an angel himself).

Despite a "warm day", we sure had a blast skijoring the set trails and wandering off trail atop the great snowpack at Rabbit Ears Pass. Right guys?

"FUN!!!!!" that pretty much summarizes Zorro and Jack's thoughts on the day.

Great time bringing along young Jack: 2.8 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2017/2018 Season to Date: 49 days on the trails covering 324.0 miles with 30,700 feet of elevation climbed.

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