Just Enough

Great conditions far back in French Gulch this morning. Powder Fun!!!

Great shot of the power trio towing me through 5+ inches of powder in the upper
terrain in French Gulch.

It is still October, so there was just enough snow to have a blast in French Gulch and there was also just enough lack of snow to be cautious now and then :)

An example of lack of snow below. Zorro HATES water, he will never touch it and will long jump any water obstacle we encounter on the trails. We had a couple of obstacles this morning. Jack and Rudy do not mind getting their toes wet; but Zorro will pause, align himself and then long jump any water obstacle!

Nice long jump from Zorro as he clears the water obstacle. It wasn't that big so only a little
hop was really necessary. But, Zorro does a long jump anyway just to make sure he misses
all the water!

Another example of just enough and almost not enough... Come along and watch as we are cruising along the trail until the end of this clip when you hear & see my ski catch a rock. I almost wipeout but there was just enough snow to recover and continue. Phew :)

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For the most part, though, the day was perfect (especially for October). Fun shot below as Zorro & Rudy are in set tracks on each side of the trail while Jack & I ride the powder middle. Jack loves powder and will always take the powder path if he can.

The bookends (Zorro & Rudy) cruising the sides with powder Jack down the middle.

Finally, any amount of snow is enough to roll snow angels, just ask Jack & Rudy.

"Oh my, here they go again!" comments Zorro about his little brothers.
"Got Snow? We Roll!!!" demonstrates the goofball twins.

Just enough snow to have a great morning skijoring French Gulch: 5.6 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 17 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 4 days on the trails covering 19.7 miles with 2100 feet of elevation climbed.