Leftovers

Catching air with the Rabbit Ears in view to our upper left, whee!

Fun Jack & Rudy catching air!
Nice view of the ears for which Rabbit Ears Pass is named in the upper left;
the two rocks atop the peak to our upper left are the ears of Rabbit Ears Pass.

Today's outing can be summarized by one phrase: Groomer Leftovers. Yesterday found us being first tracks on freshly groomed snowmobile trails at Rabbit Ears Pass. Today we were playing leftovers from yesterday's groom. Since it is late April, not a lot of traffic was out on the trails yesterday (go figure, some people apparently think it is springtime or something :) As a result, we were able to hug the shoulders of the trails most of the day to find some leftover groomer corduroy to enjoy today. 

In the photo above, we are on a really nice & wide strip of leftover corduroy on the left shoulder of the trail. In the photo below, the leftovers are much smaller, but still enough to safely let Jack & Rudy floor it!

Much narrower leftovers than the prior photo; but still enough for me on skis.

For some added fun to the outing, we veered away from the vast open meadows we usually stick to at Rabbit Ears in Spring and did an out & back on a lesser used snowmobile trail. But, it was the same theme as the rest of the day: hug the shoulders for groomer leftovers for my skis and let Jack & Rudy do their thing :)

Still enough leftovers for my skis on the right shoulder as Jack & Rudy
zoom down the middle.

Let's go back to the first photo for today's video highlight. Come along and watch as we have some really nice leftover corduroy on the left shoulder for an awesome & endless skijor. Wheeee!

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As with yesterday, it was above freezing all morning. So, you know what that gets you from Jack & Rudy:

"Stop, drop & ROLL! Need to cool off!" says the snow rolling sillies.
That is the official geological marker for Rabbit Ears Pass behind Jack & Rudy.
Notice talented Jack is rolling AND eating snow at the same time. Talented!!!

For some reason, Nancy's "end of run" video had either me or Jack (or both) cutoff for most of her footage. I guess she wanted to focus on Rudy today, haha!

At least most of Jack & I are in this frame (most were missing much more of us).

Another really nice late April skijor outing: 9.1 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 100 days on the trails covering 766.6 miles with 75,100 feet of elevation climbed.