Endless Beauty

The happy, happy foursome arriving at the end of a beautiful late April skijor

(look closely, you can see my smile too :)

What a fun, fun day!!!

This morning's outing to us high up on Vail Pass. We knew there would be a firm "spring crust" high up on the pass early in the morning but were also treated to 1-2 inches of fresh snow the entire outing!

The wide open and endless terrain atop Vail Pass is quite striking this time of year. With a solid spring crust, you can wander any direction you want and experience endless open meadows for what seems like forever. How vast and endless do you wonder? Well, take a look for yourself:

Wide open and perfect spring crust as far as the eye can see!
Not another sole had been out before us as we had what seemed
like the entire pass of fresh snow atop a solid crust all to ourselves!

Our plan was to bring elder Zorro along for the entire outing this morning as he really loves the terrain at Vail Pass. With Zorro coming along the whole outing, this meant that it was actually a short outing for Jack & Rudy. Along the way, I paused twice to see if Zorro needed a break. Well, hmmm, who does it look like they needed break and who doesn't?

"Really? C'mon man, let's keep going!" says happy Zorro.
"Stop, drop & roll - need to cool the jets!' demonstrates the goofy kids.
Sure looks like the kids needed the break more than Zorro, huh?

With such vast terrain all to ourselves, we took a different path up & down the pass. A beautiful day to lay fresh tracks all morning long!

Whee - freshies behind the powder trio.

Come along for a short video clip showcasing the beautiful, wide open and endless terrain for us to lay fresh tracks all morning long!

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End of the morning run, who had fun?

"Me!" smiles happy Zorro.
"Me too!" declares happy Jack.
"Me, me, me!" adds cute little happy Rudy.

A beautiful morning to lay fresh tracks with Zorro all day long: 4.7 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 158 days on the trails covering 1077.6 miles with 98,400 feet of elevation climbed.