West Summit

Laying fresh tracks on a trail through the trees at the West Summit of Rabbit Ears Pass!

Freshies! Whee!

We don't usually skijor the West Summit of Rabbit Ears as the trails are very short. We typically go to the East Summit where the trails are long and we can skijor for 10+ miles. But, as we approached the West Summit (from the west) this morning, the fog was ridiculously thick. You could barely see the road in front of you. So, instead of driving further to the East Summit, we got out to skijor the short trails on the West Summit. 

The fog did not really penetrate into the trees. So, that is why the first photo looks so great. But, we had a few open meadows to cross. As we approached each meadow, I had no idea where the trail was. I just left it up to Jack & Rudy (who have incredible trail tracking skills) to tow me where they saw fit. Each time we magically exited the foggy meadow at exactly where the trail was visible into the trees again. Such great partners!

Where's the trail? I have no idea where it is supposed to go across the
upcoming meadow; but Jack & Rudy navigated perfectly!

Back to the trees though. It was a wonderful morning to lay fresh tracks amidst lightly falling snow through the trees. Come along for the video evidence of what I mean. Wheeee!

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As I said, the West Summit trails are very short. So, I had to convince Jack & Rudy to repeat our initial loop so we could get some real exercise :)

On our second pass West Summit Loop. You can see our first pass
ski tracks in front of us.

A cold, snowing and dense fog morning on Rabbit Ears. What did Jack & Rudy think of that? Well...

"Rolling snow angels to cool our jets!" demonstrates the goofballs
just before we started our second West Summit Loop.

Back to the trailhead and my pals are at full attention for end of run treats!

"Ready!" announces the focused pair.

An entertaining day doing laps on the West Summit to get some exercise and avoid traveling the road in the dense fog: 7 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 27 days on the trails covering 215.4 miles with 18,800 feet of elevation climbed.