Still Going

Jack & Rudy were THRILLED to be back on snow this morning!

"We LOVE snow!!!!" exclaims the happy, happy pair.

After an unplanned week off, we returned to Rabbit Ears Pass to try and get a few more runs in before the 2021/2022 season comes to an end. While the conditions were choppy, bumpy and full of obstacles, it was actually better than we expected. Come along for the fun ride this morning...

There was a lot of choppy & bumpy terrain to bounce the human across. Jack & Rudy can glide across this surface just fine, but my legs certainly felt it!!!

Bumpy & choppy terrain. But, hey, it's snow on May 17th!

For all the hard work towing the human through the bumps, we were rewarded with several large meadows of wide open terrain to go, go, go - wheeee!

The bumps were worth it to get onto vast (and smoother) open meadows!

Of course, the "end of season" signs were everywhere as we encountered many melt holes along the way:

Yikes, huge melt hole to the right, stay to the left!!!

Silly me, I forgot that all melt holes close to the trail are potential obstacles across the trail too. Come along for an example of what I mean. We are cruising along this wonderful section of trail when the melt hole appears to our right. Then, as the hole meets the trail, notice the big dip in the terrain. I completely forgot melt holes lead to deep trail dips if the hole is close to the trail. Watch as I scramble to slide left to send myself through the smoothest part of the dip. After the dip, Jack finds himself off the packed trail and on the choppy shoulder. But, it only takes him a few seconds to recover and slide left to rejoin Rudy on the smoother surface. 

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May brings on warm temperatures, even in the morning. So, you know what that means...

Rolling, rolling, rolling - rolling snow angels to cool off :)

After a week off from skijoring, curious Rudy was wondering if he gets to be first for 'end of run' treats now (instead of his usual 3rd in line):

"Me first today?!?" asks cute Rudy.
"Silly youngster, when will he learn?" adds smooth Jack.
"Ahem, ahem - ME first!" declares elder Zorro.

The end of the 2021/2022 season is definitely close; but we are still able to get in some short runs on what snow is left: 4.8 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 153 days on the trails covering 1280.0 miles with 120,100 feet of elevation climbed.