Let the 2024/2025 Skijor Season Begin! Wheeee!
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| Gliding to the finish of this morning's 9.1 mile run with smiling Jack & Rudy running hard to the end! |
I have been skijoring since 2010 (Max/Zorro, Zorro/Jack, Zorro/Jack/Rudy, Jack/Rudy) and have NEVER had to wait until November to start our season! But, it was a dry Sep and Oct in our part of Colorado; so Jack, Rudy and I had been moping around the outdoors all Oct wondering WHEN was the snow finally going to arrive?
Well, last night was FINALLY it. As is typical in the early season, we use Boreas Pass Road for many of our initial outings. There are no houses up this road, just a scenic drive in the summer and hunting access in the fall. As it is still fall, we often get tire tracks from hunters to make for fast packed terrain:
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| Jack in one tire track, Rudy in the other and myself gliding along in the soft powder between the tracks. |
At one point, on the return leg of this out/back outing, we get some nice views of Breckenridge Ski Resort across the valley from us. Today, most of the ski resort was under cloud cover, but we did get a nice shot of some of the lower ski runs:
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| Zipping along with some of the lower ski runs of Breck visible across the valley from us. |
Today's fun video highlight has Jack & Rudy running in a tire track while I glide along in the soft middle powder channel. As the video ends, my middle channel disappears so perfect Jack & Rudy slow too as we don't want my skis catching a rock in a tire track! Great partners!
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Jack was in perfect "Jack form": running hard up/down the trail and rolling snow angels at our turnaround point. Rudy forgot about turnaround antics today. Don't worry, he'll be back to his wooing or rolling self in no time!
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| "Turnaround! Roll around!" goes snow rolling Jack. "You said 'turnaround', not 'roll around', I'm so mature!" suggests all business Rudy (hahaha). |
One thing both certainly remembered, even after our extended time off: End of Run Treats!!!!!
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| "Oh, we'd NEVER forget about the end of run treats!" says the happy and super focused pals. |
Finally back on the snow after a painfully dry October: 9.1 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 18 MPH.
2024/2025 Season to Date: 1 day on the trails covering 9.1 miles with 900 feet of elevation climbed.
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