Workout

Sometimes looks can be deceiving...

Looks beautiful, huh?

Well, the looks were deceiving this morning. Despite how wonderful the prior photo looks, almost mid-winter like, the snow was actually very heavy, wet and sticky this morning. While we had a great time laying fresh tracks in the backcountry, it was quite the workout to slog through the heavy snow and keep my skis going! Again, not a problem, just a real workout!

Despite being out on the trails early, it was really sticky snow in any sun exposed stretch of trail. 

The kids working hard to move my skis through wet & sticky sun
exposed snow. Looks at those puddle obstacles just ahead too! Eek!

Even with sticky snow, some things always remain the same:

"Turnaround, roll around!" goes snow rolling Jack at our turnaround point.
"Turnaround, woos abound!" sings wooing Rudy.

What else always remains the same? Well, you MUST stop to inspect any and all moose tracks you encounter out on the trails:

"Sniff, sniff, moose was HERE recently!" says the track inspecting kids.

It is always a shame when some of our trails start to melt and dry up. But, it is the end of April, so it is expected. This will probably be our last skijor on this network of trails for this season. Come along for today's end to the outing to see what I mean with lots of exposed ground to navigate through safely. Luckily, Jack & Rudy understand perfectly when to proceed cautiously and how to avoid obstacles! Great partners.

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Finally, despite all the melting, the creative kids were able to find the ONLY snow wall in the trailhead parking lot to climb for end of run treats!

"We prefer higher, but at least we found something to climb!" says the
fun & creative kids.

A real workout this morning through heavy & sticky snow; but still a lot of fun: 7.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a modest top speed of 17 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 140 days on the trails covering 1195.3 miles with 118,600 feet of elevation climbed.