Views

Another fun "shot from the front" as the happy sled dogs tow me to the finish of another fun run!

Happy, happy boys! And happy human to be towed instead of having to propel
himself on the trails :)

This morning was a day of views, views and more views. We climbed the relatively steep Prospect Hill Trail laying fresh tracks in increasingly deep snow the entire way up. After skijoring a bit on the backside of Prospect Hill, we turned around to ride in or next to the tracks we set on the way up and take in the great views of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley from us.

Here we go with view number 1 as we round a corner near the top of Prospect Hill. We are just at or above treeline at this point so the trail was windblown with occasional deep stretches and occasional windswept shallow stretches.

Jack laying fresh tracks in 5 inches to the right with Rudy in only 2ish inches to the left.
What a difference in "wind blown depth" from on side to the other!
Look at all the snow covered ski runs across the valley!

Once we got into the trees, but still up high, it was a bit deeper. Time to reuse the track we set on the way up while we still take in the great views :)

Zorro & Rudy shoulder-to-shoulder in the ski track while Jack rides a bit to the right.
Another nice view of all the snow covered ski runs of Breckenridge.

A few hundred feet lower and the snow was not nearly as deep. So, no reason to reuse the "out track" when you can lay fresh tracks in the shallow powder to the right :)

All three laying fresh tracks and there's the ski resort again.

But, my favorite view of the day? Here we are opening up the throttle in deeper snow up high. Polite Jack & Rudy are breaking trail in the untouched right snow while we let Zorro ride in the track we set on the way up. Exercise the youngsters in the deep snow while preserving elder Zorro in the set track - perfect!!!

Zorro flying in the set track while Jack, Rudy and I ride in the deep, untouched snow
on the right side of the trail. Wheeee!

Prospect Hill is one of the steeper trails we skijor. So, elevation plus increasingly deep snow leads to a 5.2 mile outing with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 26 days on the trails covering 166.4 miles with 17,050 feet of elevation climbed.