Beautiful Morning

Fun trio patiently awaiting their "end of run" treats this morning!

Good thing we all like each other as you could not get much
tighter together as the treats are about to come out! :)

We did a split run again this morning where I took the youngsters, Jack & Rudy, out for a few laps before adding Zorro to the team for an "out & back" stretch of trail.

I checked the GPS just before we met up with Zorro and saw that Jack & Rudy's top speed was 24 MPH this morning. I know which stretch of trail we hit that speed as it was safe to let them open it up and I could feel the speed. The photo below is along the stretch where we topped 24 MPH. Do you notice anything odd about the photo?

How about: my skis are in a SNOWPLOW! Yes, I am going over 24 MPH in a snowplow. That is some impressive pulling strength from Jack & Rudy to propel me 24 MPH in a snowplow!

Dang these kids are powerful!

After doing some speedy loops around the Gluteus Maximus Trail at Breckenridge Nordic Center, we hooked up with Zorro to go higher up & towards treeline at the nordic center. We did an upper elevation out & back with Zorro added in. Nice views at our turnaround point with the usual silly kids and their snow angel turnaround time antics:

Beautiful bluebird morning. Silly snow rolling youngsters.
All business and ready to restart Zorro!

Once you turn around on this particular trail, the views are quite stunning on the way back. Here's a nice shot of the fast running trio with the tops of the peaks of Breckenridge Ski Resort dominating the foreground.

Tightly packed and fast running trio on the perfect nordic trail.
Pretty bluebird morning to get a shot of the peaks of Breckenridge Ski Resort.

After turning a corner from the previous shot and we were "skijoring into the morning sun". Here is a fun shot flying Zorro in the middle with airborne Jack and sprinting Rudy on each side of him as we approach and run on by the Hallelujah Warming Hut on the trail.

Zipping on by - wheeee! Again, what a beautiful morning!

Here we go for the video counterpart of the prior photo. Come along as we fly along the fast nordic trail and zoom past & on by the Hallelujah Hut. Wheeee!

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Finally, back to the trailhead to end the day. Unfortunately the trailhead is back down in the trees and heavily shaded this morning. So, not the best "shot from the front", but you can still see the happy faces on the happy, happy sled dogs!

"Fun day, fun day!" says the happy trio.

A fast day snowplowing at 24 MPH with Jack & Rudy and then a beautiful day skijoring near treeline with Zorro, Jack & Rudy: 8 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 24 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 108 days on the trails covering 732.6 miles with 67,400 feet of elevation climbed.