Quick Run

Cruising by the historic Sallie Barber Mine, from the 1800s, on this morning's skijor!

Zipping on by - wheeee!

As I mentioned yesterday, we've had a slow start to this skijor season with yesterday being our first outing of the season and only one significant snowstorm to date (this past Sunday night). So, very few trails have enough snow to be skiable yet; but it is coming.....

Yesterday was Boreas Pass Road (one of our usual "early season" routes) and today was a quick run up & down the front side of the Sallie Barber Mine Trail. The front side is more gentle and is protected from the warm afternoon sun. The back side of this trail is very steep & rocky at the beginning, so needs more than one snowstorm to be skiable.

But, a short, quick run up and down the front side is better than nothing at all! We typically pause for a moment after the initial climb to the mine. Well, Jack & Rudy were both in midseason form on today's short pause. The patented "stop, drop & roll" snow angels from Jack and the harmonious "wooooo" from Rudy:

"Ah, stop, drop and roll!" goes snow rolling Jack.
"Woooooo!" sings melodic Rudy.

Jack & Rudy love encountering and flirting with other skiers or snowshoers on the trails. They get all giddy and fly on by, putting smiles on the oncoming faces :)

"Hi, bye! Made you smile!' says Jack & Rudy cruising on by this oncoming skier.

Today's video highlight: a fun section of the Sallie Barber Mine Trail where we lean into a tight left, then into a gentle right and finally take off on a fast straightaway. As the clip concludes, we encounter the oncoming skier pictured above. Jack & Rudy love to flirt and cruise on by oncoming traffic :) Wheeee!

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Finally, back to the trailhead and "quick run" or "long run" and it's the same from my great pals: focused and smiling for end of run treats:

"We'll take any distance 'toes on snow' over dry & boring conditions!" states
the happy, happy kids.

As I write this, it is starting to snow nicely out the window. Hopefully a series of snowstorms starting last Sunday and throughout this week will open up some new and longer terrain for us to skijor! Today's quick tally: 3.9 miles traveled with 400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 2 days on the trails covering 13 miles with 1300 feet of elevation climbed.