Cold

Nice shot of flying Jack & Rudy on the Sallie Barber Mine Trail this morning!

Wheeee!

It was -6 F (yes, 6 below) when we started this morning's skijor. What did Jack & Rudy think of that?

"So hot! Must roll snow angels to cool off!" go the silly kids after towing me
up the frontside of Sallie Barber Mine.

We've adopted Sallie Barber as one of our "cold day" routes this season. It is a shorter skijor by our usual standards so the wimpy human does not have to be out in the cold too long. We skijor up the popular frontside of the mine trail, then down & back up the less busy backside and then back down the frontside. A gentle outing when we want to preserve the human from the cold :)

Jack & Rudy have NEVER been cold, they simply use the temperatures as a reason to run fast:

Zipping down the backside of Sallie Barber. They love opening the throttle
on this stretch of trail.

Doing this route means we pass by the mine twice. The first pass (above) is often celebrated with rolling snow angels to cool off. The second pass is typically celebrated with punching the pedal to the metal:

Cruising by the mine on pass number 2.

Why pedal to the metal on the second pass? Well, Jack & Rudy know once we pass the mine it is a super fun and fast sprint down the frontside of the mine trail. Come along for a video few into the final frontside sprint. The kids really love opening it up on this trail with its long, open straightaways.

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Finally, back to the trailhead for frozen end of run treats (I keep them in my front thigh pocket and they tend to freeze on days like today):

"We LOVE frozen pork treats!" announces the focused fun guys.

A cold day for the human, a perfect day for the Siberian Huskies: 7.4 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 88 days on the trails covering 768.4 miles with 70,600 feet of elevation climbed.