Still There

Approaching a large snow covered object in the trail.

"Big snow covered boulder" are you thinking?

Flying by the snow covered object to our right. 

What is under that big mound of snow? If you said "boulder", then you are wrong. If you said "trapped SUV", then, BINGO, you are right :)

Back in December we encountered a dead SUV on this trail which is a dirt road used by off roaders and hunters in the summer and fall. The owners of the SUV appeared to have driven out the road without checking the forecast as it snowed over 1 foot the previous night and the car was now clearly trapped until Spring. Well, we have had a very good snow year and I am now certain this car will not get out until late May at the earliest. Should have checked the forecast before driving out the road last December...

Yep - it is the stuck SUV now buried in snow. On by we zoom!

We went to skijor the trails of Golden Horseshoe this morning. Overnight temperatures got below freezing but not by much. As a result, I expected the spring crust to be too soft to support us. The plan was to stick to the set snowmobile trails in this area. But, about 10 minutes into the outing and I instructed my partners to go "off trail" and test the crust. The results? Woo Hoo, it was still solid enough to hold us!!!

Woo Hoo a solid Spring Crust!

With a solid crust, we really enjoy Golden Horseshoe as there are endless wide meadows in which to make your own trail.

Endless spring crust! One of multiple meadows we where we set our own path.
We skijored down the middle of this meadow (as you see in the photo) and then came back
on the right side, then back out the left side and finally crossed back the middle again to return.

So fun making your own path on the spring crust. Come along for a short clip of our tour across the open meadows.

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What a fun crust day, right guys?

"Yes! I am having a blast!" declares super happy Zorro.
"Great time, but why stop?" asks happy Jack fully lined out and wanting to keep going :)
"Great time! Let's do the meadow again!" adds happy Rudy looking back the way we came.

A comical moment seeing the SUV that has been trapped for 4+ months with more to go and then a great time touring the spring crust in Golden Horseshoe: 6.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 99 days on the trails covering 560.7miles with 51,300 feet of elevation climbed.