This and That

We did a little of this today...

Laying fresh tracks in a nice layer of new snow over pre-existing
snowmobile tracks. Pretty terrain and views too!

So that we could earn some of that...

Flying on a freshly groomed nordic trail. Zoom!

This initial leg of the outing was an out & back in the backcountry on Prospect Hill. On the return leg, we get some really nice views of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley from us:

Zipping along in the cover of clouds while the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski
Resort are lit up in the sun across the valley from us.

Now come along for the video counterpart of the prior photo. Pay attention as we round the initial left in the video and you'll see the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort on the mountains across the valley from us. After the initial left, it is time to floor it along an open straightaway. Then, we all slow in unison to get my skis around a tight hairpin right and then it is "off we go" again. Whee! Great teamwork by my pals taking me gently through tight turns!!!

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

Done with the backcountry shots and back to our finish leg of the outing. Jack & Rudy love catching air on fast nordic trails. Zoom!

The hover huskies catching air on the trail at Gold Run Nordic Center.

Now for the day's comedy from the kids. If you've followed along you know that Jack ALWAYS rolls snow angels at any pause or turnaround on the trail. Rudy is the wildcard, it's either rolling snow angels or belting out woos from him at pause or turnaround points. Which was it today?

BOTH! Rudy wooing as he just finished rolling a snow angel (notice the
indentation in the snow behind him - that is his snow angel).

So there you have it, it is now one of THREE things to get from Rudy the wildcard at any pause on the trail: snow angels, wooing or the multi-talented BOTH! Funny kid.

Finally, back to the trailhead to celebrate another glorious outing with end of run treats:

"I'm glad you enjoyed my angel/woo combo, I'll keep working on it!" says
silly Rudy.
"I'm going to stay with strictly snow angels, you know I am GREAT at them!"
adds Jack who has rolled at least one snow angel (and usually many more)
on EVERY skijor outing of his life.

Another very entertaining backcountry to nordic skijor outing: 9.8 miles traveled with 1000 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 24 MPH (on the groomie zoomie nordic trails, of course).

2023/2024 Season to Date: 84 days on the trails covering 705.8 miles with 67,800 feet of elevation climbed.