6 for 6 to Start November

It is Nov 6th and today was our 6th skijor outing for November!

6 for 6 to start the month, woo hoo!

Packed Boreas Sprint Track! Zoom!

The great "early season" October snowfall has continued into early November. Oh what a start to the season we are getting!

Today's route took us up & down Boreas Pass Rd. Once winter gets really rolling, Boreas Pass is closed to cars (usually the end of Nov). Until then, though, it is open to vehicles and is a popular route for 4x4s to get into the backcountry for hunting season. The vehicular traffic serves to pack the road into a Fast Siberian Sprint Track! We spend most of our skijoring time on un-groomed backcountry trails; so, when Boreas is packed like today, we get to see what it is like to skijor "nordic center like" trails. One word summarizes Max & Zorro on "groomed trails" - ZOOM!

Cruising up Boreas Pass at a very nice "uphill speed".
I felt like I was on a rope tow being taken up the mountain - whee!
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6 days skijoring for the first 6 days of November and already 17 days on the trail early in the 2013-2014 season. Siberian Heaven!

"Huh? Did you say 'time to turn around' - Why?" ask a curious Max & Zorro questioning
my strange request to turn around... "What for?" they say...

"Well, ok. But, if you are going to pull that silly 'turn around' antic then we are going to roll
snow angels and chomp down on snow cones first!" declare Max & Zorro.

A great 9.3 mile sprint up & down Boreas Pass Rd with 900 feet of elevation climbed. Unfortunately, a "GPS glitch" lost our top speed. Darn, it had to have been in the low to mid 20s...

Roads to Trails

Eek - the creek!

"Eek - The Creek! What happened to our trail?" ask an astonished Max & Zorro.

We have had just enough snow the last two days to make the upper section of French Gulch Road skiable. It is always fun to add the road as an extension to the trail system. We started today's outing at the Reiling Dredge trailhead and skijored up French Gulch Road until we connected onto the French Gulch Trail. It was a good thing we had this "road extension" as we were not able to skijor as far back into French Gulch as we normally do. See the photo above - we ran into an exposed French Creek that forced us to turn around sooner than we would in the heart of winter.

Cruising up French Gulch Road with just enough snowpack to make the road skiable.

On the real trail. We were first on the trail today and had the pleasure of laying fresh tracks
all the way out French Gulch (until we ran into French Creek and turned around). Whee!

It is still early November, so no complaints from any of us on having to turn around at the exposed creek - skiing anything in early November is a real treat! A fun 7.7 mile outing today with 850 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.

Cruising Day

Sunday night brought just enough fresh snow near home for us to hit the local trails first thing Monday morning.

"Ok, if we are turning around, let me cool off first." says snow angel rolling Max.
"I see absolutely NO reason to turn around!" exclaims Zorro surveying the trail to
continue in front of us.

We did one of our frequent "close to home" routes today: skijoring up & down Sally Barber Mine and then out & back in French Gulch.

Peacefully cruising along the trails in French Gulch.
Standing on the skis, letting the Siberians propel me along - whee!

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The trails we skijored today are some of the more popular trails in Breckenridge. So, we were pleasantly surprised to be laying fresh tracks almost the entire day! Woo, first on the trails after fresh snow is always soooo much fun!

First on the trail laying fresh tracks the entire route up to Sally Barber Mine!

Second on the trail coming down from Sally Barber Mine with one set of existing tracks.
The Siberians prefer laying fresh tracks, so they are sprinting down the untouched snow
to the left.

First on the trail, again, in French Gulch as we lay fresh tracks this entire leg of the outing!

A very peaceful and serene day laying fresh tracks over most of the terrain - 8.2 miles with 950 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 19 MPH.