Early

Nice views of the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley from our morning fun run!

Beautiful views, pretty sled dogs and a perfect early morning crust to support our skijor!

Temperatures barely got below freezing last night, so there was a question whether the spring crust would be firm enough to support us this morning. So, we got up early and went to trails in the 10,500 to 11,000 foot elevation ranges, hoping the early start plus higher elevation would yield a firm enough crust. Well... SUCCESS!!!

A perfect crust to allow us to "make our own trail" up, down and around the terrain
in Golden Horseshoe.

What fun we had gliding along the crust over multiple wide meadows. Here we are about to test our first meadow of the morning. Everybody ready to test the spring crust?

"Ready! We already know it's going to hold us! Let's go!" declares the happy trio
(they always know before me whether the crust is good enough :)

Another fun shot of the outstretched skijor trio flying along the morning's perfect crust:

Missile Rudy flying down the middle.
Airborne Jack to the right.
All but one toe off the ground Zorro to the left.

Put it all together and you get today's fun "crust touring" video. A great surface with really nice views of the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley.

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Zorro and I could have gone all day, but you know the goofball twins have to get in at least one episode of silliness every outing :)

"You stopped to turn around, we stopped to roll snow angels!" demonstrate the goofball twins.
"Yawn, boring. boooorrriiiing! Can we get going yet?!?" asks yawning Zorro waiting for
the youngsters to finish their silly antics.

What a great decision to get up early this morning and find a perfect spring crust: 6.1 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 104 days on the trails covering 591.9 miles with 55,100 feet of elevation climbed.