Skis

Laying fresh tracks up Boreas Pass this morning. Wheeee!

New snow all to ourselves this morning!

But, wait, what is that in the bottom center of the prior photo? Yes, it's a "ski tip" and, yes, we were able to ditch the dog sled this morning and get out the skis for a wonderful skijor up/down Boreas Pass! We had the sled out for our first outing on Wednesday. But, with cool temperatures Wed/Thu and a new round of snow Thu night, we were able to break out the skis for our excursion up/down Boreas this morning! Yay!

Not only was there enough snow for skis; but we were also first on the trail this morning! It was a fresh tracks glide all the way up Boreas. The further we went, the more interesting it got...

How interesting? Well Jack & Rudy have their noses in a set of
moose tracks in this photo. You can make out one moose print next
to Rudy's right shoulder and then follow that line up the trail.

How interesting did it really get? Well, we found ourselves breaking trail in 8+ inches of fresh powder at our highest elevations on the trail this morning. Powder Fun!

Jack & Rudy powering through deep snow!

Come along for a quick video counterpart to the prior breaking trail photo. What powder plows! But, also look to our left and you'll see a set of tire tracks. While we were first tracks up Boreas, once we turned around, we encountered a Jeep coming up the pass (the road is open to vehicles June through October). Despite there being a tire track down the trail, Jack & Rudy wanted nothing to do with it and wanted to run in the deep powder outside the track all the way down. Powder plows!

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I stopped momentarily at one point to check our time out on the trail. Jack & Rudy quickly remembered what to do when the human pauses - the roll around twins!

"You pause, we roll snow angels! Wheeee!" demonstrates the
silly, silly kids.

Back down the pass and time to meet up with our favorite retired mentor, Zorro, for end of run treats!

"Ready!" declares focuses Zorro.
"Great day, waiting my turn!" adds happy Jack.
"Slurp, I can taste them with anticipation!" says silly Rudy.

Yay for the conditions to support skis on just our second outing of the season! 8.3 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 17 MPH. If it does not get too warm today, we might try for one more early morning run on Boreas tomorrow. After that we'll be in limbo waiting for the next storm to arrive. Pray for Snow!

2021/2022 Season Totals: 2 days on the trails covering 14.5 miles with 1200 feet of elevation climbed.