Dust & Flakes

What has now become our ritual at any turnaround point on the trails this Spring:

snow angels from youngsters Jack & Rudy plus happy faces from veteran Zorro.

"Goofballs I tell you, just a bunch of goofballs!" says happy Zorro.
"We stop, we roll!" demonstrate the snow angel pair :)

This morning found us back on the trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center to get the most out of this terrain before they stop grooming it this weekend. While we did not find the trails freshly groomed this morning, we did find a dusting of new snow. With a bit of new snow, I have enough control of the skis to feel safe uncorking the strong & fast trio. I put the skis together and turned us loose on the complex terrain on the Gluteus Maximus Trail (something you cannot do without fresh snow for control):

Flying trio on the complex Gluteus Maximus - a series of steep rises, falls and curves winding
you through the forest.

Come along for a glimpse of the Gluteus Maximus Trail - rises, falls and curves galore. Notice the light snowfall coming down around us and the dusting of snow on the trail giving me just enough control to feel (somewhat :) safe...

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After Gluteus Maximus, it was time to open it up on the open and less steep upper elevation trails at the nordic center. Time to get in sync as we go, go, go...

Synchronized hover huskies zooming along the trail.

Hey look - Zorro has finally decided Rudy is a keeper :)

"Ok kid, you've grown into an impressive sled dog - you can stay!" says Zorro to Rudy,
happy that he is maturing out of his puppihood.

Another group celebration at the end of a fun day's run:

"We LOVE skijoring!" says the happy & focused trio.

Just enough of a dusting to feel safe on the trails with light snowflakes falling around us most of the morning's outing: 6.9 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH (it sure felt faster, but this is what the GPS reported).

2018/2019 Season to Date: 98 days on the trails covering 554.5 miles with 50,600 feet of elevation climbed.