Look at what we awoke to find this morning!!!
Yes, that is the Breckenridge Ski Resort snow stake which measures 24 hour new snow at mid-mountain on the resort. Yes, that is about 11 inches of new snow on May 12th!!!! |
The forecast did call for snow overnight last night, but nobody expected this much! With such a surprise on the Breck snow stake, we headed to the trails on Peak 7. These trails are very close to the snow stake. We start a little lower in elevation than the snow stake and then go higher than the stake on the way up. So, we found about 8 inches of fresh snow at our starting point and over a foot at our highest point. The only drawback? Well it was very heavy & wet snow as is typical for the middle of May. Not a problem, Jack & Rudy can power through heavy & wet snow, it is just quite the fun workout!
Nearing our highest point of the morning as we are breaking trail in over 12 inches of fresh, but heavy & wet, snow at this point! |
Along the way, a moose had crossed the trail and headed into the trees. Jack & Rudy thought we should too :)
With such heavy & wet snow, we did an "out & back" route today so that we could reuse our out tracks on the way back. An out & back means you have to turn around, right? Well, that does not go unnoticed by Jack & Rudy :)
Then, as planned, we picked up the speed using our "out tracks" on the way back. But, with only our single out tracks and the wetness & heaviness of the snow, it was still a real workout on the way back!
Fun kids pulling strong as we reuse our out tracks on the way back. |
How much work on the return? Well, come along and see for yourself. Jack & Rudy are running hard in our out tracks but, as you can see, it was still quite the workout. Fun & powerful kids!
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It was heavy & wet, but still quite the treat, especially for mid-May, right guys?
"Oh, we had a BLAST and those end of run treats are going to taste great!" says the focused & happy kids at the end of the day. |
A wonderful mid-May workout: 5.7 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.
2023/2024 Season to Date: 149 days on the trails covering 1257.2 miles with 124,800 feet of elevation climbed.
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