Skis

Notice anything new (compared to the last two days) in the photo below?

We're off the dog sled and I'm on skis!!!! Wheee!

Yep, this morning was our first true skijor outing of the season. After using the dog sled due to very thin snow conditions the last two days, we were able to drop the sled and put the human on skis today! While the dog sled is fun, it is a lot of work on the whole team with just two sled dogs but two sled dogs and skis is a blast, we can go so far & fast!

We returned to our early season "go to" of Boreas Pass again today. It was snowing all morning long, so we waited as long as we could before getting out on Boreas. Oh boy, were we thrilled to take out the skis instead of the dog sled!

The skis, the skis - wheeee!

Come along for a quick video highlight of the wonderful outing. Jack & Rudy were thrilled to have me on skis so we could open up the skijoring throttle.

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Our first two outings of the season had "turnaround woos" from Rudy. Jack, on the other hand did his patented "turnaround, roll around" snow angel on yesterday's outing (he did not the first outing as our turnaround was at bare, wind-blown Boreas summit). I was wondering if Rudy was going to switch to "turnaround, woo-around" as his new thing this season. Nope, he was just waiting for "proper" snow. The "turnaround, roll around" twins were back in top form today:

Turnaround..... Roll around. Snow angel goofs :)

What a fun outing, look at these happy, happy boys as we coast the the finish of the morning's outing!

"Whee!" says the happy, happy kids!

A great early season run with the skis on Boreas Pass: 6.2 miles traveled with 650 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 17 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 3 days on the trails covering 17.1 miles with 1450 feet of elevation climbed.