Back at it

After a few days off skijoring for various commitments, Jack, Rudy and I were back at it this morning! Whee!

Starting out on backcountry trails in Dry Gulch.

This morning was one of those super fun "combo days" where we start the outing on narrow backcountry trails and then end the outing on wide & groomed nordic trails.

After touring around the backcountry for a bit, we dropped onto the groomed trails of Gold Run Nordic Center. We were thrilled to find ourselves being first, second or third tracks on the fresh groom this entire leg of the outing!

Second tracks zooming in the shade.
It's hard to see, but there is one set of pre-existing tracks to our left; but
we were certainly first tracks along our side of the trail.

After a few days off, Jack & Rudy were catching air running hard all morning long. I love when we get into the sun at just the right angle to showcase the impressive hover huskies:

Jack & Rudy hovering over the trail as we speed along!
As you can see in this photo, we were third tracks on the nordic groom
for this stretch of the outing.

Today's skijor video? One of our favorite fast stretches along the Peabody Placer Trail at Gold Run Nordic Center. Come along as we start out flying along a fast straightaway in the sun. Then, it's leaning into a pretty tight left before opening back up into a fast straightaway in the shade. Wheeee!

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Of course, all that zooming around means you really need to roll snow angels to cool your jets whenever the human pauses.

We just transitioned onto this trail from the right (note my ski tracks just
to the right of Rudy). I paused to see if we had time to go left (behind
us in this photo) or if we needed to turn right (straight ahead in this photo).
Well, I paused so the funny kids did their usual "stop, drop & roll" :)

This week is going to be dominated by "shorter than usual" skijors for us for various constraints; but any skijor is better than NO skijor, right guys?

"Oh yes!!!!! Full throttle toes on snow of any distance is better than none
at all!" says the happy kids awaiting end of run treats atop a snow wall.

A short, but fast & fun backcountry to nordic outing today: 5.6 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 71 days on the trails covering 601.4 miles with 58,600 feet of elevation climbed.