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First time skijoring the back side of the Sallie Barber Mine Trail this season! Wheeee!

Jack & Rudy packed in tight to fly along in a set track on the
back side of Sallie Barber Mine.

We have done the popular, front side of Sallie Barber already this season. But, the back side is much steeper and very rocky in places; so, we need good snowpack before the back is safe to skijor. Well, we are in amidst of a multi-day Thanksgiving snow event this week and, thus, the back side has finally become skiable! Yay!

As we typically do, we start out going up the front side of this trail. When we get to the mine, Jack always rolls snow angels and Rudy either woos in happiness or rolls with Jack. Today it was woos from Rudy:

"Woo! I approoooove!" states wooing Rudy.
"Launching into my snow angel!" adds goofy Jack.
Notice that Rudy is walking towards me while wooing. By the time Jack
was fully into rolling his snow angel, he we eclipsed on the camera by
big dude Rudy, so this is the best shot of Jack's angel that I got :)

We then go down and back up the back side of the mine trail to finally fly back down the front side to end the day. Jack & Rudy love to fly by the mine on the second pass as they know the fast & fun return down the front side is about to happen!

Cruising by the historic mine as we prepare for the final sprint down
the front side of the trail.

It was a peaceful morning with fresh snow and active falling snow to glide along behind Jack & Rudy:

Wheeee!

How peaceful? Well, come along for today's video highlight as Jack, Rudy & I run & glide along the perfect trail!

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Finally, we ended the day, as always, sharing end of run treats with my happy pals:

"That was fun! Ready for treats!" says the happy pair.

Sallie Barber is one of our shorter outings, but Jack & Rudy really like this route: 6.8 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 14 days on the trails covering 110.7 miles with 10,100 feet of elevation climbed.