Surprise

Who is having the BEST time on a surprise groomed trail outing?

"We are! We are! Love the groomie zoomies!" exclaims the ecstatic kids.

I had announced that last Saturday was our final skijor on the groomed trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center as their closing day was Sunday. Well, the highest elevation trails at the nordic center are still in great condition. So, the nordic center decided to extend their season an extra week and keep grooming the highest elevation trail. We arrived to the trailhead this morning to find it freshly groomed and we were first tracks on the excellent terrain! Jack & Rudy knew what to do with a fresh groom :)

The fun kids catching air as they whip me around a left bend in the trail.

Need more evidence they know what to do with a fresh groom? How about this :)

Catching air again on the groomie zoomie. Wheeee!

Unfortunately, the groomer only ran a little over 2 miles on the high elevation trail before turning around. The happy faces in the first photo was at our turnaround point. This is what happened, as expected, before I got that fun dual happy face photo:

"Turnaround, roll around!" goes alway snow rolling Jack.
"WOO! Why did the groomer turnaround? WOOOO!" sings Rudy.

Now come along for the today's video highlight as Jack & Rudy are making the most of today's surprise groom. Oh, the occasional ski tracks you see in the video are our own "out tracks" on this same trail. We were first and second (to ourselves) tracks the entire outing!!!

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

What a surprise but EXTREMELY fun fast day today, right guys?

"Oh yes! We LOVED it!" says the happy kids awaiting end of run treats.

As I mentioned earlier, the groomer did not go very far; but any surprise groom of any length in April is a treat: 4.2 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH (ZOOM!).

2024/2025 Season to Date: 95 days on the trails covering 728.3 miles with 70,700 feet of elevation climbed.