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Beautiful bluebird morning to hover over the trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center.

Beautiful morning to zoom along!

Breckenridge Nordic Center closes for the season after today. That meant Jack, Rudy and I had to get out for one last skijor on the fast, fun and easy "groomie zoomie" nordic trails. We knew the groomer would go out on the trails one last time today and were hoping to arrive just after for a fresh groomie zoomie. Unfortunately, we got on the trails before the groomer had been out. 

But, the trails were groomed yesterday morning and did not have too much use yesterday.  There was still enough soft snow from the groom for me to let Jack & Rudy go full throttle. If there had been too much traffic on the trails yesterday, they would have been too packed & icy this morning for me to feel comfortable going full throttle. Instead it was perfect conditions this morning!

Jack & Rudy FLYING along the fast & fun trail. Wheeee!

Come along for a video glimpse into the day's fun. Jack & Rudy really love to open it up on the nordic trails and I love to glide and corner behind them. Such fun!

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Given that the nordic center is closed after today, this may be our last skijor on these trails. Probably not, though, as there is still a bit of snow, it just will not be groomed. But, don't tell Jack & Rudy that, they made a celebratory "good bye" to the Hallelujah Warming Hut.

Doing what we always to at the warming huts:
roll snow angels to cool off.

As we were finishing the day, we ran into the groomer driver coming to do the final groom of the season. Darn, we missed the groom; but he was going out later than we like to skijor. We did stop and chat with him for a bit. Our conversation went roughly as follows: Me: "Is this really the last groom of the season?" Groomer: "Probably, but never say never." Me: "Darn, well THANKS for all the grooming you did all season." Groomer: "No, thank you for supporting us and giving me some entertainment to watch on the trails!" (the drivers LOVE seeing Jack & Rudy towing me around).

"Hey dude, thanks for the groomie zoomies!" says Jack & Rudy.
You can see a bit of the groomer machine in the upper right.

Back to the trailhead. Pretty view of the pretty sled dogs. Pretty view of the mountains far to my right.

So focused for 'end of run' treats.

Our last time on groomed nordic center trails this season (we may still find a groomed snowmobile trail if we are lucky): 8.2 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2020/2021 Season to Date: 141 days on the trails covering 1151.2 miles with 97,200 feet of elevation climbed.