Steep Finish

Primed, Happy and READY TO GO sled dogs at our turnaround point of the morning's outing!

Happy boys looking back to me anxiously anticipating my verbal release to take off and
sprint on the freshly groomed nordic trail!!!

We had a great day skijoring up, down and around the freshly groomed trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center. Along with great terrain, Zorro, Jack & Rudy got to flirt with lots of people out on the trails. They love to "flirt & fly" on the trails :)

"Hi... Bye!" say Zorro & Rudy flying by a skier on the trail.
"Slowing to flirt!!!!" says fun Jack who has politely dropped behind Zorro and Rudy to
get by the skier safely. Rudy didn't leave him enough space to pass by safely and
in sync with his brothers, so polite Jack backed off to pass.

We go by uphill cross country skiers like they are standing still. I sure am glad I have my sled dog partners and do not have to propel myself uphill!!!

"You look like you could use a tow!" say the trio cruising by the poor guy propelling himself :)

We always get a few "WOWs" and "OMGs" when the trails are busy and we fly past curious onlookers:

"Zooming by - we heard you say WOW!" say the flying trio.

Two things to note in the prior photo. First, there is a winter gate with a narrow opening about 20 yards in front of us. Second, we are on ridiculously steep terrain. This is the steep finish to this trail at the nordic center.

Come along and watch the steep finish. Zorro, Jack & Rudy will keep going in & out of view as I am slaloming back & forth to keep alive behind the fast trio. But, then watch the magic as we get to the narrow gate. The trio auto-magically slows to get me through safely and then we cross the road to gently compete the day's run. These three really get the "preserve the human" concept so we can skijor another day!

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Fun guys as we celebrate the end of another day's great outing!

"Glad you made it down alive!" say the happy & focused team.

A fun day flirting on fast nordic trails: 5.4 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 60 days on the trails covering 325.9 miles with 29,050 feet of elevation climbed.