Angel View

Slightly blurry "shot from the front" as we end our first leg with Zorro, Jack & Rudy.

Despite being a little blurry, you can still make out all the smiles :)

Whee, whee, whee says the happy three!

We started the day as a full team on the trails of Peak 7. We got a few inches of fresh snow overnight and everyone knows that this time of year you get out early to use fresh snow before it gets tracked up and/or melts. As a result, there were a handful of existing tracks at the trailhead. But, we quickly left the busy main trail and took one of our favorite side trails. Once on the side trail, we were second tracks on the new snow with the trail wide enough for us to ignore the set track and make our own :)

Whee - fresh tracks for all 12 feet!
You can see the single pre-existing track to our left.

We spent most of the first 1/3 of the outing on this lesser used side trail and had a great time flying through the forest and whipping around bends in the trail.

Come along and watch the fun. But, pay attention to all the tight corners my pals take me through. They cut every corner very tight and I have to stay just as tight to keep pace behind them. Just watch how close the camera seems to cut by some of the trees and, remember, the camera is on my chest! A fun time winding through the forest and some good exercise for me to work the skis behind the tight cornering trio!

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After having elder Zorro along for the first 1/3 of the outing, we dropped him with Nancy (you'll see her waiting for us at the tail end of the video above). We then took the kids, Jack & Rudy, out for some additional exercise higher up on the mountain. Once we got out of the dense forest, it was a beautiful sun shining morning!

Nice shot of "hovering Jack" and "flying Rudy" as we are back on the main
trail (notice all the pre-existing tracks). Despite existing tracks, there
was still enough powder to tickle our toe in the freshies :)

A little further along and I paused to take in the nice view and check our time out on the trails. Well, a pause is a pause...

Pretty view for me.
The patented "stop, drop & roll" for the goofy kids.

Ok, the kids are upright again, time for some more speed & views further along the trail:

Fast Jack & Rudy as you can make out the tips of the snow
covered Rocky Mountains beyond the trees front
and left of us.

Once we were done exercising the kids, it was time to rejoin Zorro for 'end of run' treats for all:

"Glad you are back! Ready for treats!" says Zorro.
"All smile all around!" adds the happy kids :)

Some nice "early morning fresh snow" for an April 3rd fun run: 8.4 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 138 days on the trails covering 942.4 miles with 85,700 feet of elevation climbed.