Breaking Trail

Fun Jack & Rudy powering through snow as we complete this morning's deep powder skijor!

Here we come! Wheeee!

We woke to a TON of new snow so decided to skijor steep Baldy Mountain. This is always a fun place to skijor with fresh snow. But, Baldy is also very popular with Breckenridge locals who all come out to celebrate fresh snow on Baldy. Thus, I was quite shocked when we got to the trailhead and found us first out in the fresh deep snow! Wow! So, it was a fun and aerobic skijor up Baldy breaking trail in upwards of 15 inches of fresh snow the entire way!

Jack & Rudy, the powder plows, towing me up Baldy while breaking
trail in 15 inches of fresh snow. Impressive kids.

Of course the reward for breaking trail up is that you get to run in the track you set on the way back down. But, 2 skis and 8 dog feet certainly do NOT pack 15 inches of snow in one pass. As a result, while we had our "up track" to run in on the way down, it was anything but easy as there was still plenty of soft powder to be plowing through:

Kicking up powder running in the track we set on the way up.Wheeee!

Today's video will really show what I mean by "2 skis and 8 dog feet do not pack 15 inches of snow in one pass." Come along and watch as we were having fun kicking up powder all the way back down Baldy Mountain.

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Along the way we had another highlight - spotting a moose snacking on foliage far off trail in the thick trees:

She's too camouflaged to see in the photo; but Jack & Rudy caught the scent
of moose and focused off trail into the trees. I spotted the head of a moose
snacking far off trail.

What a fun powder day, right guys?

"Oh yes, that was a really fun workout!" says the happy, happy kids.

A welcome surprise breaking trail all the way up Baldy Mountain and then kicking up powder in the same track all the way back down: 4.6 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 106 days on the trails covering 905.6 miles with 87,800 feet of elevation climbed.