Passing 1200

Jack & Rudy's third season in a row surpassing 1200 miles of skijoring for the season!

1200 and counting....

Nice shot of the kids propelling me along this nice shelf about 1/2 way
up Walton Peak at Rabbit Ears Pass.

Third year in a row for over 1200 miles of skijoring - impressive. Jack & Rudy have skijored 1204.1 miles as 2 year olds, 1253.2 as 3 year olds and are now at 1200.5 and counting as 4 year olds. I think we have the snowpack to surpass 1300 miles this season, that would be Jack & Rudy's record! Of course our "pack record" is 1433.5 miles done by Max & Zorro in 2016/2017. I don't think we'll reach that 1400 mile record; but not from lack of trying :)

Anyway, back to today's outing. We did a quick 7 mile run on the Spring crust around Walton Peak atop Rabbit Ears Pass. It was a very warm morning (with temperatures rising), so we had to get out early and do as much as possible before the snow got too soft. We started the day following power lines through the trees. It's always fun to follow power lines as they carve a nice opening between the trees:

Zipping along the power line opening!

We then did a bit of climbing up Walton Peak to get on a firmer crust higher up. Success!

A nice, firm crust a few hundred feet up in elevation!

Finally, we returned on this cool "shelf trail" on Walton Peak. As you see from the ski tracks in the video, this shelf is no secret and is used frequently by backcountry skiers to access Walton Peak. Come along for the video fun skijoring this great shelf. You'll notice we are "just in time" completing the day's outing along this shelf as the snow is beginning to get soft but still "just firm enough" to support Jack & Rudy. Wheeee!

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Of course, towing me 1200+ miles a season is a real workout and the kids enjoy their well-earned snow angels to cool off at any break along the way :)

Ah - rub a dub dub!

Impressive kids! Zorro taught them well!

The fun pack: retired mentor Zorro and impressive Jack & Rudy all
awaiting 'end of run' treats :)

As I mentioned, a quick outing today to get out & back before it got too warm: 7.1 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 142 days on the trails covering 1200.5 miles with 112,400 feet of elevation climbed.