Ears

Love the "puffs of snow" coming off the Siberians' feet as we gallop along in 2-3 inches of fresh snow!

Great puffs behind Zorro as he is furthest to the right. Nice puffs behind Jack & Rudy too,
but not as clear as I have my right ski behind them (and my left outside of Rudy).

Notice the great conditions in that prior photo: laying fresh tracks in 2-3 inches of fresh snow. Sure, there is a minor set of fox tracks in front of Jack; but it was laying fresh tracks almost all day!

Come along and watch the fun as we gallop & glide along enjoying the new snow all to ourselves!

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I am in the continuous hunt to get a good action shot of the sled dogs and the ears of Rabbit Ears Pass. The ears are always so clear to the naked eye and then practically disappear once you look at the shrunk down video. Here is my latest attempt at capturing the skijor team and the ears together:

Draw a line straight up from Jack's white tail to the top of the mountain in front of us. The line
from his tail will be perfectly centered between two rocks at the top of the mountain. This
pair of rocks are the ears for which Rabbit Ears Pass is named!

Nice job from Jack so politely centering himself and using his tail to point out the ears :)  Also notice we are now laying fresh tracks in at least 4 inches of snow at this point on the trail.

After laying fresh tracks for about 75% of our outing, we came upon a set of recent snowmobile tracks. At first all three hopped in in the track to make use of it. But, one by one, each abandoned the track to enjoy the freshies instead. First Rudy, then Jack and finally Zorro each decided freshies were more fun today than existing tracks :)

"No thanks, we would rather lay our own tracks in the freshies!" declare the
snow loving trio.

How fun is it to lay fresh tracks all day?

Have you ever seen a happier group as we pause momentarily to catch our breath
before continuing on (ok, I needed to catch MY breath :)

A day happily slowed (slightly) by laying fresh tracks all morning long: 4.6 miles traveled with 450 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 63 days on the trails covering 341.3 miles with 30,600 feet of elevation climbed.