Nordic Cruising

10+ miles of skijoring at Breckenridge Nordic Center this morning! Woo Hoo!

"Whew, this is FUN!" declares happy Jack resting at our midpoint break of the outing.
"Stay with me kid, I'll show you how to pace yourself for mile & miles & miles!" declares Zorro.

A big day for young Jack as we are early in his first season of real skijoring - his first 10+ mile skijor (10.2 miles) and his fastest speed yet of 19 MPH. Now that the condition are great, I foresee 20+ MPH in the near future! Go Jack Go!

As usual, Jack was rolling snow angels before we even got started! Silly Boy!

"I'm ready to go if anyone else cares to join me!" declares all-business Zorro.
"Don't care if we haven't even started yet - rub a dub dub!" demonstrates silly Jack.

We started on a narrow single track winding through the forest:

Tight, shoulder-to-shoulder as we glide the narrow track through the forest.

The reward for traversing the single track was to connect to the Breckenridge Nordic Center and open up the skijoring throttle - zoom!

Great view of the flying Siberians in front of me and the snow covered Rockies to our right!

Come along as we cruise the fast groomed terrain at Breckenridge Nordic Center. Wheeee!

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Eventually we exhausted all terrain at the nordic center and checked the snow off the groomed trail. Too deep to get to 10 miles so we turned around and repeated the groomed loop.

"Ok, let's repeat the groomed fast track!" suggests happy Zorro.
"Hehe, deep off the trail! But, yeah, let's repeat the groomie zoomie!" adds happy Jack.

An impressive outing for young Jack (and veteran Zorro too :) - 10.2 miles traveled with 950 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 12 days on the trails covering 62.3 miles with 6000 feet of elevation climbed.