Powder Jack

Laying fresh tracks in 5+ inches of new snow in May! Yay!

Fresh tracks in May!!!

We were second on the trails this morning at the Peak 7 trailhead; but within a 1/2 mile or so, the existing track went left while we went right. After this point we were laying fresh tracks the rest of our "out direction" and then reused the track we set on the way back.

If you look closely in the prior photo you can see that Rudy is in the "set single track" on the trail (set previous days) while Zorro & Jack are in side powder out of the single track. Rudy is still laying fresh tracks in the new snow; but it is a little easier laying fresh tracks over the set single track. As a result, Zorro & Rudy spent most of the day sharing the single track. If we got going fast, Zorro backed off slightly now & then so he and Rudy could share the underlying single track. Jack, on the other hand, spent almost the entire morning on the shoulder making his own trail in deeper powder.

Picking up the pace as Zorro back off slightly to fit in the single track with Rudy.
Powder Jack plows through deep snow on the right shoulder.

After laying fresh tracks out, we turned around and came back the same way. Zorro & Rudy reused the trail we set while Powder Jack remained in the deep shoulder snow all the way back!

Zorro & Rudy reusing the track we set.
Powder Jack in the deep shoulder snow.

A little further along the way back and same thing: track sharing Zorro & Rudy with Powder Jack:

Powder plowing Jack!

Come along and watch Powder Jack in action. We are coming back down with Zorro & Rudy using the set track while Powder Jack plows through the shoulder snow. Pretty much the entire outing was like this short video as Jack was having fun being the "shoulder snowplow" on the trail :)

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All that powder plowing means you really need to roll a snow angel to cool off whenever we stopped!

Comical Jack doing a somersault to enter his snow angel when we stopped briefly at the
Hallelujah Warming Hut.
"Well, I guess he earned his snow angel today!" says happy Zorro.
"Yeah, what a powder head!" adds Rudy.

Laying fresh tracks in May - what an aerobic way to earn your end of run treats!

"Dish them out! We earned them!" says the focused trio.

Kicking up powder while laying fresh tracks in May! 4.7 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 114 days on the trails covering 654.6 miles with 61,100 feet of elevation climbed.