Breaking Trail

Jack & Rudy breaking trail in 12+ inches of fresh powder in October!!! Woo Hoo!

Impressive kids blasting through the powder as they tow me along!

I had been watching the "snow stake" from Breckenridge Ski Resort the last few days and its daily totals summed up to well over a 1.5 feet of snow! So, we headed out to the summer hike/bike trails on Peak 7 this morning. These trails are next to the ski resort (which is not open for the season yet), so I was hoping we could be in some of this 18+ inches of snow that has been on the snow stake the past few days. Well, as you see in the first photo - success!!! A little further along and Jack & Rudy have switched sides, but same result - powder plowing!

The impressive kids powering through more deep powder.

I love watching Jack & Rudy plow through powder in slow motion. At this speed, you can really get a feet for how hard they are working and how powerful they are. Come along for the slomo powder video!

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Technically, the trails we were on will become groomed terrain for Breckenridge Nordic Center once it opens for the season. So, we got to visit the various warming huts along the way. Goofy Jack loves to roll snow angels at the warming huts :)

"This my idea of 'warming'!" demonstrates silly Jack.
"Can we get going yet?" asks Rudy.
Rudy is standing in a semi-packed footpath to the hut, so it only looks
like 5-6 inches of snow here; but it was 12+ once he stepped out of the
semi-packed path.

After a day of breaking trail, everyone really appreciated the end of run treats!

"Dish them out!" says happy Jack.
"Are you going stop talking and hand them out YET?" asks Rudy.

A very aerobic day in deep powder. What an October treat: 5.5 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 14 MPH (you try running through 12+ inches of snow :)

2022/2023 Season to Date: 4 days on the trails covering 22.6 miles with 2050 feet of elevation climbed.