Freshies & Views

Beautiful day to lay fresh tracks and take in stunning views, right guys?

"YES - fun, fun, fun!" declares the happy sled dogs at a brief break in the outing.

Today was a wonderful outing laying fresh tracks in 3-5 inches of snow atop the hard spring crust. With upwards of 5 inches of snow on top the crust, I was not sure if the crust would be strong enough to hold us. So we started on the set trail until we got to the backside of Prospect Hill. We then moved off trail and were thrilled to find the crust was solid enough to support the new snow and us. As a result, we were able to abandon set trails and lay fresh tracks any direction we chose. Fun...

Backside of Prospect Hill as we are making our own trail gliding through the fresh snow!

After touring the backside of Prospect Hill, it was time to turn around to get back to the front side of the hill where we started. With a solid crust, no reason to reuse our "out trail" but more fun to make our own "back trail". Love the shot below for two reasons. First, the pretty sled dogs still laying fresh tracks. But, second, look to the upper left and you see the path we carved in the snow in the prior photo. Always fun to see the trail you carved after you turn around.

Freshies on the way back with the trail we set on the way out in the upper left.

Back to the front side of Prospect Hill and you get great views of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley. Freshies & views:

Pretty shot of the sled dogs laying freshies.
Beautiful view of Breckenridge Ski Resort across valley.

Come along for a "freshies & views" video. Watch as Zorro, Jack & Rudy tow me through the fresh snow with a nice view of Breckenridge Ski Resort to our right.

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Given the recent trend of snow angels from Jack & Rudy almost every outing, you might wonder about Zorro and snow angels. Well, Zorro does appreciate the occasional roll in the snow just not at the frequency of "every run Jack" or "every Spring run Rudy"; but today Zorro gave us a roll to enjoy:

"Yes, I like to roll sometimes too!" demonstrates snow rolling Zorro.
"You KNOW I LOVE to roll!" adds always rolling Jack.
"Hey, who's the adult now?" asks mature (haha) Rudy looking on.

A really fun morning laying "mid April freshies" with nice views to go along with the fun: 5.5 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 96 days on the trails covering 540.5 miles with 49,300 feet of elevation climbed.