We found over 2 feet of fresh, untouched snow on this morning's skijor outing!
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Jack & Rudy powering through 2 feet of powder. Impressive. |
My original plan for the day was to do a one way skijor, starting from one trailhead and finishing at another. We had new snow overnight, so I was expecting to be laying fresh tracks with Jack & Rudy on my one way plan. Well, as you see above (and below), the new snow was WAY deeper than I expected. As the snow got deeper, it was clear that my one way planned route was not a good idea today:
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Stalled for a moment in a ton of deep snow. |
While Jack & Rudy have no problem breaking trail, I like to reward them on deep snow outings with "out & back" routes. That means they get to break trail in one direction and then reuse the track we set on the way out on the way back. It's nice to give them that reward for hard trail breaking work on the way out. So, I rerouted us a different direction to a trail that Jack & Rudy know is an "out & back" as that is the only option on this particular trail (unless you want to skijor 20+ miles one way to the next trailhead :) So, cruising we went until I announced it was time to turnaround and head back. Everybody ready?
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"Not yet, need to stop, drop and ROLL an intense snow angel first!" goes silly Jack. "Woo, you bet! Let's floor it back!" adds Rudy singing in approval. |
So, then it was time to reuse the track we worked to hard to set on the way out. Whee!
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Enjoying our "out track" on the return. |
But, while running back in your "out track" in 1-2 feet of snow is easier (than the way out), it is by no means EASY! Come along for today's video fun to see what I mean. Watch as Jack, Rudy and I are having fun bouncing up, down, back & forth in today's ton of fresh snow. Wheeee!
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Back to the trailhead and my pals are very willing to accept 'end of run' treats after a deep powder workout this morning:
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"Ready! You have our FULL attention!" says the focused pair. |
It's always fun when you get to announced "today's skijor was slowed by 1-2 feet of powder!" - 6.4 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 17 MPH.
2024/2025 Season to Date: 56 days on the trails covering 422.2 miles with 40,300 feet of elevation climbed.