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We spent the morning skijoring in narrow single tracks on Boreas Pass.

The set single track is barely 3 Siberians wide with extremely deep snow if you step
out of the track. A very tight fit :)

Whenever we could fit 3 wide (as above), we did; but the majority of the day found us in a single track that was only 2 Siberians wide and Zorro, Jack & Rudy could not fit side by side. Not a problem, though, as one of the three would back off for a bit and jog behind the front two.

Zorro taking the backseat to let Jack & Rudy run point and do most of the work for a while.

If you have met Rudy, you know his personality. He is not much of a backseat kind of guy :) As a result, I was shocked to see Rudy take the back for part of the outing. What a mature sled dog he is becoming!!!

Rudy, yes "rude rudy", letting Zorro & Jack run point as he willingly takes the back position!

As I said, whenever the 3 could fit side by side, they would; but we spent the vast majority of the day with 2 in front and one in back. I would say we had Jack & Rudy in front about 60% off the time, Zorro & Rudy in front about 30% of the time and Zorro & Jack in front about 10% of the time. Rudy willingly running in back 10% of the time still has me in awe :)

An interesting day for the youngsters learning how to navigate a narrow single track. Everyone enjoying the different day?

"Yep, I understand all types of tracks!" says happy Zorro at our turnaround point.
"It's the same as any day to me - we stop, I roll!" demonstrates goofy Jack.
"I get it, I'll even jog in back if we can keep going!" declares happy Rudy.

It was a "brain day" more than an "exercise day" for the youngsters to learn about single tracks. But, using your brain is work too - time for "end of run" pork treats:

"Tasty!!!!" says Rudy.
"Our turn, our turn!" say Zorro & Jack.

A learning day dominated by very narrow single track skijoring: 5 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a modest top speed of 16 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 68 days on the trails covering 365.3 miles with 32,600 feet of elevation climbed.