April POW

Blasting through 8 inches of fresh powder in late April! What a powder POW treat!

Cool shot of Jack & Rudy blasting through the powder with a glimpse
of my skis gliding behind. Wheeee!

Today was a fun & unexpected test on the new skis. Recall the skis are only 8 days old and were bought in an emergency after the last pair busted. I always buy skis that are rated "on & off trail" for skijoring as we love both groomed/packed trails and powder trails. Well, I did not think I'd really get the chance to test the "off trail" capabilities of these new skis until next season. But, mother nature had other plans and gave us a great powder day this April 24th to give the skis an off trail test. As you see in the photo above - success!

We started the day laying fresh tracks on the established trails around Sally Barber Mine as we beat everyone else out to get the fresh snow!

Gliding through 6-8 inches as we crest at the Sally Barber Mine.

While laying fresh tracks around the mine was fun, the most fun found us abandoning set trails and blasting through 8+ inches of powder making our own path in the backcountry. We did two such off trail powder excursions to enjoy the soft & fresh powder.

Jack & Rudy zipping through the trees as we enjoy the fresh POW!

Now come along for a video glimpse into the off trail fun. It's not often you get such a great powder adventure this late in April. Go guys go!!!

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Of course, powder blasting is quite an aerobic activity. That means you need to roll snow angels at any break during the outing :)

The gate behind Rudy marks a point to leave the set trail and go exploring
in the backcountry. As I paused to set my skis to go off trail, the kids did
their patented 'stop, drop & roll' - goofballs :)

Whew, what fun. Let's go tell retired mentor Zorro all about it!

"Ah, I'm in powder too!" says cool Zorro.
"Late April POW - Wheeee!" adds powder hounds Jack & Rudy.

What a powder treat this morning: 7.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 144 days on the trails covering 1213.9 miles with 113,500 feet of elevation climbed.