Groom & Zoom

Impressive lift from Jack & Rudy flooring it along a groomie zoomie trail!

The hover huskies doing their thing. Impressive!

The prior photo is actually from yesterday morning skijoring the Dumont Lake Trail at Rabbit Ears Pass. I'm putting yesterday and today together into this one blog entry.

The local snowmobile club we belong to grooms the main trails at Rabbit Ears Pass and yesterday was their first groom of the 2024/2025 season. Jack, Rudy and I were FIRST tracks on this beautiful groom. As you see above and below, Jack & Rudy know what to do with a groomed trail!

The kids catching air again with Rabbit Ears Peak visible in the upper
left of this photo.

Yesterday's skijor tally: 6.4 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

Now on to this morning. We started the day on narrower trails in Dry Gulch. It was a bit slick on the side trails, so we could safely gallop but not fully open the throttle. But a gallop is better than nothing!

Jack galloping along. 
What has Rudy's attention to the left? Well, this is known moose territory;
but if Jack didn't glance too then it was not a moose. I glanced left myself,
just in case, but saw nothing. So, what got Rudy's attention? Well, if you've
met Rudy you know it could have been anything from a leaf to a moose :)

The highlight of today's outing? Topping 24 MPH on Gold Run Road. This is part of Gold Run Nordic Center and typically on of the trails where we top 24 MPH when the conditions permit it. Well, today was such a day. Come along for a fast & wild 24 MPH skijor behind Jack & Rudy. You might notice you see a lot more of my skis than most video clips. Well, I'm in a serious ski tuck to keep pace (and upright) behind the speed demons; thus the reason you see so much more of my skis than normal. There was no "sitting back and gliding" behind them at this pace :)

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After hitting our top speed of the season, it was time to turn out of the heavily shaded forest trail in the video above and into the bright morning sun to complete the day:

Catching air once again! Not as impressive as the first photo above, but
all hover photos are cool to me :)

We redid one stretch of the upper trail to get some additional distance. That meant we turned around and here's today's turnaround comedy:

The usual snow angels from Jack with the added touch of munching on
snowcones while rolling.
Today was woos from Rudy - you never know which Rudy comedy act
you are going to get each day :)

Back to the trailhead for some well earned end of run treats for the speed demons:

"That was FUN! Love perfect conditions to FLOOR IT!" says the happy
speed demons.

Today's tally: 9.2 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 24 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 23 days on the trails covering 180.4 miles with 17,400 feet of elevation climbed.