Polite Jack and Rudy

Laying fresh tracks in 4+ inches of new snow far back in French Gulch - wheeee!

Laying freshies far back in the gulch! Fun, fun fun!

The majority of our outing in French Gulch found us skijoring amongst 2 set tracks with powder in between (and 1/4 to 1/2 inch of new snow in the set tracks). Zorro took one set track - he's 10 years old and has earned the right to take any easy path he wants. Rudy took the other set track - he's still young so we want him in easy tracks too. Jack, who is just entering the prime of his life, took the middle powder and had a blast running in 2+ inches of fresh snow between his brothers.

Set tracks for Zorro & Rudy - middle powder for Jack. Perfect!

Eventually everyone decided they wanted to be closer together to get some real speed (they run faster when closer together). So, we entered a new configuration... Zorro still in the set track while Jack takes the outside shoulder with the deepest snow and Rudy takes the middle with the shallower snow. Another perfect configuration: hardest for Jack, easy for Zorro and mild for Rudy.

Zorro gets the easy, Jack gets the hardest and Rudy gets the mild middle.

Here we go with the video counterpart of the prior photo. Come along as polite Jack and Rudy let Zorro have the single track while they take the shoulders of the track. So polite!!!!

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I instructed everyone to turn right off the main trail for our midpoint break. My pals thought we were going trailbreaking:

"We could continue this way!" declare the fun guys peeking over the snow wall at the untouched
terrain in front of us (there is a trail here, just not commonly used).

Once I told everyone we were not going trailbreaking but taking a quick midpoint break, we all assumed our usual positions :)

"You have my full attention!" states veteran Zorro.
"Stopping? Ok, rolling..." adds comical Jack.
"Stopping? Ok, snacking on snowcones!" adds silly Rudy.
Our usual break configuration: focus, rolling, eating snow from Zorro, Jack, Rudy :)

A peaceful run out & back in French Gulch with my polite pals: 4.4 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 39 days on the trails covering 206.5 miles with 18,300 feet of elevation climbed.