Groom

Jack & Rudy catching air on a groomed trail. Yes, groomed trail in October!!!!

The hover huskies catching air along a beautiful stretch of
groomed trail in October!!!

After a week of good snowfall, the Breckenridge Nordic Center took their groomer out to pack & preserve the snow on their upper elevation trails. While the nordic center is not actually open for the season yet, it was so cool to stumble upon their unannounced groom of the upper trails. Sure there were the occasional obstacles to slow and navigate around; but we did find one roughly 2 mile stretch that was near perfect. We had so much fun that we redid that 2 mile segment 3 times!

Come along for a video look into a portion of this great (for October) 2 mile stretch. Love how Jack & Rudy "floor it" when the trail is perfect but also back off the accelerator when it is not and I have to avoid obstacles for the skis. Great teammates!

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Of course, redoing a stretch of trail meant we had multiple turnaround events. Jack was his usual "turnaround, roll around" goof each time. Rudy, on the other hand, was into wooing today instead of rolling snow angels. You never know what you are going to get from Rudy :)

"Turnaround.... Roll around!" demonstrates always snow rolling Jack.
"Woooing today!" announces Rudy the Woo.

Our first pass along this segment and Jack snapped his attention to our right at one point. I know this look from Jack, it means he has got the "scent of moose" and is scanning the trees for the big smelly. Needless to say, I was on high alert after Jack's alarm. But, we never saw any moose...

It may not look like much; but it was clear as day to me behind Jack that
he has snapped his attention to our right and lifted his nose to take in
all the "scent of moose" in the neighborhood!

Sure enough, a short distance from the prior photo and Jack & Rudy pulled left to show me the moose tracks leading off the trail and into the trees.

"Sniff, sniff, moose went this way!" declares the moose seekers.

Finally, celebrating a surprise groomie zoomie in October with end of run treats at the trailhead!

"You have our full attention!" declares the focused kids.

What an October surprise this morning! 8.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH!!!

2022/2023 Season to Date: 5 days on the trails covering 30.8 miles with 2750 feet of elevation climbed.