Fresh Tracks All Day

The comedians hopping off trail to search for those elusive but very distracting rodents under the snow!

"I think they are down HERE!" declares excavating Jack.
"What? Really? Well, then INCOMING!" adds rodent diving Rudy once
he saw Jack hop off trail and start digging in the snow.

Today's outing took us on a fresh tracks tour around Walton Peak at Rabbit Ears Pass. We started the day under the shade of clouds laying fresh tracks in a shallow layer of new snow:

Fresh snow as far as the eye can see!

Within 10-15 minutes, though, the clouds parted and we had really pretty fresh tracks skijoring in the sun:

Zipping along having fun in the sun!

Jack & Rudy were really enjoying the fresh snow and were pedal to the metal all  morning long. Come along for a fast & fun glimpse into the action. As you see, the kids were really flooring it today!

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We did an out & back route this morning which meant we had to turnaround at one point. You guessed it...

"Turnaround, Roll Around!" goes the snow rolling sillies cooling their
jets in the snow before turning around.

Under the new snow, the trail we were on was a very wide & packed snowmobile trail. With such a wide trail, we could lay fresh tracks all the way back by remaining on the right side of the trail each direction. So, it was fresh tracks all day long!

Whee - wide enough to ignore our "out tracks" to our left and keep layinng
fresh tracks on the right side of the trail all day long!

A really fun & peaceful outing laying fresh tracks both directions and not encountering another soul on the trails all morning long!

"The whole wilderness all to ourselves what fun!" says the happy kids
preparing to receive well earned end of run treats.

Today's tally: 9.6 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 126 days on the trails covering 1084.2 miles with 106,300 feet of elevation climbed.