Late April Powder

A Late April Powder Day! Everyone having a good time?

"Oh boy! You bet!!!!!" declares the super happy trio!

This morning was a real late April treat a we awoke to a couple of inches of new snow at home so we headed up to the trails on Peak 7 with anticipation of even more fresh snow a little higher up.

What did we find? Powder Day! We started the day with the threesome (Zorro, Jack & Rudy) and found ourselves laying fresh tracks in 4-6 inches of fresh powder.

Wheeee - late April freshies!!!
Great shot of the trio plowing through the morning's fresh snow!

With 4-6 inches of powder, we were at about 11-3/4 year old Zorro's limit of "trail breaking". I paused twice to give the fun elder a break. Did he need the break? Well, the initial pause was the first photo above - sure doesn't look like anybody needed a break. The second pause is below. Hmmm, I don't think Zorro needed my silly breaks :)

"He stopped! Drop & Roll!" demonstrates the goofball kids.
"Would you quit stopping!" declares 'ready to go' Zorro :)

After the first 1/3 of our planned outing, we looped back towards the trailhead to hand elder Zorro off with Nancy. He may not have looked like he needed any breaks, but we know his "almost 12 years old" limits :)

Look at powder plowing Zorro (and powder plowing Jack too).
Meanwhile, silly youngest and biggest Rudy is taking the shallower middle track. Silly kid!

After dropping off Zorro, the kids and I went out & up Peak 7, knowing the powder would get deeper and deeper. But, just how deep was a real aerobic treat!

Partway up Peak 7 and we are breaking trail in over 8 inches of fresh powder.

If you think the prior photo was impressive, how about the following as the kids are plowing through at least 10, maybe 12, inches of pow, pow, POWDER!!!

Late April Powder Power from Jack & Rudy. POW!!!

Sometimes it is really impressive to watch the power of the sled dogs in slow motion. Come along for a slowmo of Jack & Rudy busting and plowing through some impressive April powder! Slow POW :)

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Originally I was going to do an "upper elevation" loop with Jack & Rudy on Peak 7. But, once I saw how deep we got, I changed plans and directed them back the way we came. With such deep snow, you want to reuse your "out track" on the way back so you can open up the throttle!

Jack & Rudy at full throttle as they run back in the tracks we set on
the way out. Notice the slight blurring in the photo. This was the
last shot of the day before the camera got covered with actively falling snow!
Yay for Snow!

Fun April Treat - plowing through shallower powder with elder Zorro and then getting into deep trail breaking with young Jack & Rudy: 7.6 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 155 days on the trails covering 1060.9 miles with 96,700 feet of elevation climbed.