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Great "shot from the front" of happy, happy Jack & Rudy towing me to the finish of this morning's skijor!

"Whee! Hi Mom, coming on through!" says happy Jack & Rudy gliding by
Nancy on the side of the trail with a camera.

With Colorado hunting season over, the winter gate to Boreas Pass has finally been closed! Yay! That means we'll encounter only 3 types of tracks from now until May: ski tracks, snowshoe tracks and moose tracks! Ok, we'll also see dog tracks as this is a popular network of dog trails; but those are not very interesting to Jack, Rudy or I :)

Laying fresh tracks as we cruise by Baker's Tank with our "fresh tracks
out tracks" to our left.

Boreas is one of the view skijors we do which is 100% up, then turnaround and then 100% down. After towing me up for miles & miles without any downhill speed bursts, the kids are always ready to turnaround and floor it. Rudy often just turns around on Boreas, he's ready for speed. Jack, on the other hand, CANNOT turnaround under any circumstances without rolling a snow angel :)

"Ready!" declares lined out and all business Rudy.
"No, no, ALL turnarounds get a roll around!" states goofy Jack.

Along the return leg, we often get some stunning views of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley. But, with low clouds and active snowfall all we have today is a peek at the lower runs on the ski resort:

Still laying fresh tracks!
We'll get a pretty shot of the ski resort some other sunny day. In the meantime
we are thrilled it has been snowing all day!!!!

Today's video fun goes with the first front shot. Come along and watch as Jack & Rudy, with all smiles, tow me towards and then on by Nancy on the side of the trail. I'm smiling too; but with very cold temperatures this morning, I don't have any exposed skin :)

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Back to the trailhead and we found a mini snow wall to climb for end of run treats:

"It's not that high, but you can hand them out without kneeling!" declares
my polite partners getting as high as they can for me.

Our first "peace without vehicles" skijor up/down Boreas Pass this morning laying fresh tracks both directions: 8.3 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 24 days on the trails covering 195.0 miles with 18,800 feet of elevation climbed.