Dusting

We got an early morning dusting of snow allowing us to lay fresh tracks on the upper elevation trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center this morning!

Look at those wonderful "fresh tracks" in the snow behind Jack & Rudy.
Oh yeah, nice views to our right.

It was actually a warm day as temperatures were above freezing all outing long. With temps above freezing, I knew what I'd get from the comedians at a turnaround point of the outing:

"So hot! Must roll snow angels to cool off!" demonstrates the comedians
who took themselves off trail to get deeper snow to roll in :)

We did two different out & back segments at the highest elevations (and furthest from the trailhead) at the nordic center. Since we were far from the trailhead, we were able to enjoy the dusting all to ourselves and lay fresh tracks both directions on each out & back. Here's the fun kids catching air on one of our return legs:

Whee - zipping along with our "out tracks" to our left. With wide nordic
trails, we were able to lay fresh tracks both directions. 

Notice you can see a bit of groomer corduroy in the prior photo. We were near treeline in that photo and there was a gusting wind blowing the new snow off parts of the trail.

But, once we got back down into thicker trees, the fresh snow was protected from the wind. Come along for today's video fun as we are laying fresh tracks in the fun dusting of new snow. Wheeee!

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I mentioned we did two different out & back segments. Well, that meant we turned around twice. I knew it would be snow angels both times from Jack. I actually expected two snow angels from Rudy too since it was warm. But, don't ever think you can figure Rudy out - he's the constant wildcard! 

"Still warm, still rolling!" goes consistent Jack.
"WOOOO! You thought you had me figured out! No way! WOOO!"
sings wildcard Rudy.

Finally, back to the trailhead and we have happy kids atop a snow wall for ent of run treats with some nice mountain views in the background.

Treats with smiles and a view :)

A surprise dusting of new snow allowing us to lay fresh tracks most of the morning: 9.5 miles traveled with 1100 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 46 days on the trails covering 341.5 miles with 31,500 feet of elevation climbed.