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Nice shot of the ski runs of Breckenridge Ski Resort in the morning sun across the valley from us!

We are still in the morning shade of the mountain we are on; but Breck
Ski Resort is in "postcard full sun" across the valley!

Today's outing found us in the Dry Gulch backcountry to start the outing and then the groomed trails of Gold Run Nordic Center to end the outing. When we first transitioned onto the groomed terrain, I caught Jack & Rudy giving each other the "hehe, let's wrestle" hairy eyeball. I said my usual, "Hey, no wrestling on the trail!" Well, the smart alecks showed me:

"Fine! We'll take it OFF trail then! Time to wrestle!" demonstrates the
smart alecks teaching me a lesson!

Today's video highlight showcases Jack "taking off" ahead of Rudy and I! For context, we are rounding a small cul-de-sac the groomer uses to turn around. Watch as Jack is "ready to go" and pulling his hardest to get Rudy and I around the curve so we can take off. Rudy and I, meanwhile, are rounding the curve gently until we all get through and then Rudy joins Jack to fully take off. It was like, "Whoa Jack, wait for us!!!" to Rudy and I :) Wheeee!

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Once Rudy and I got in pace with Jack, it was time to floor it on freshly groomed nordic trails. Along the way, we did an "out & back" side trail. Well, that meant we had to turnaround...

"Turn around, roll around!" goes always snow rolling Jack.
"Turn around, woos abound!" belts singing Rudy.

Once the turnaround antics were over, it was time to floor it again. Wheeee!

Jack & Rudy catching air on the groomie zoomie!

A great time was had by all:

All smiles as we complete today's fast & fun skijor outing.

It was happy smiles all day long from my wonderful sled dog pals:

"That was fun! Ready for end of run treats!" says the happy & focused pair.

A fun outing with a little backcountry skijoring and a lot of fast nordic trail skijoring: 8.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 35 days on the trails covering 259.4 miles with 24,300 feet of elevation climbed.