Fresh Snow Means We Go

Who is excited about fresh snow in May?!?

"Me! Me! MEEEE!" exclaims the super happy sled dogs.

We had some fresh snow last night and into this morning. It wasn't much (1-2 inches), but it was enough to get us back out on the trails. We decided to skijor Peak 7 once again as these are the highest elevation trails we can access easily. It was a wonderful morning for May. We were thrilled to be first on the snow laying fresh tracks on the way out:

Laying fresh tracks in May - Yay!

We went out and back on the highest elevation trail on Peak 7. An "out and back" means you turnaround at some point and, yes, the comedians were their usual selves at turnaround time :)

"Turnaround, roll around!" goes the snow rolling sillies cooling of
by rolling around at our turnaround point.

Once the snow angels were complete, it was time to head back. With a very wide trail, we were able to continue laying fresh tracks on the way back. Whee!

Still laying fresh tracks down the right/center of the trail with our out
tracks to the left. What fun in May!

Now come along for some video fun from the morning. It was really nice for long stretches at a time. What a May treat!

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I would be lying if I said everything was as nice as the prior video and photo. The "signs of summer" are, unfortunately, starting to appear. But, I was able to keep my skis on the entire outing and that is pretty good for May!

Getting a little narrow along this stretch of trail; but still enough
snow for us to continue to go!

Unfortunately, all the snow walls have melted at this particular trailhead. So, I had to get down on my knees to hand out end of run treats. It's so much more fun when the kids can climb snow walls to get to my level; but end of run treats are happily accepted at all heights :)

"We'd prefer to be on a wall face to face; but we'll accept them here!" says the
happy kids awaiting their end of run treats.

A nice day laying fresh tracks in May on as much terrain as we could string together: 5.2 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2024/2025 Season to Date: 103 days on the trails covering 782.7 miles with 77,500 feet of elevation climbed.