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Saturday Dec 30, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 47:31 3.72 km (12:46 / km) +2m 12:44 / km
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Bayview Park Beach
8:34 AM; Washburn, WI
-18.2 °C; Snow
Walk with dogs, decided to push to the connector between beach and RR grade halfway between Bayview Park and Friendly Valley Beaches. I had to roll out the extension on my NEOS to keep the knee-high snow at bay. The dogs didn't care, sometimes it almost looked like they were tunneling under the snow. They did want to get home quickly, though and I had to run to keep up.
8:34 AM; Washburn, WI
-18.2 °C; Snow
Walk with dogs, decided to push to the connector between beach and RR grade halfway between Bayview Park and Friendly Valley Beaches. I had to roll out the extension on my NEOS to keep the knee-high snow at bay. The dogs didn't care, sometimes it almost looked like they were tunneling under the snow. They did want to get home quickly, though and I had to run to keep up.
3 PM
XC Skiing Classic 1:30:16 13.47 km (6:42 / km) +186m 6:16 / km
ahr:138 max:181 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Classic '13
Raven-Deerpath-Sugarbush Trails Classic Ski
3:11 PM; Mt. Ashwabay
-17.8 °C; Clear
Yay, I had my favorite classic ski around Mt. Ashwabay after beein thwarted trying to skijor on the lake. There was still water sandwiched between ice and snow and after I had chiseled off the snow caked around my boot attachments and stood on skis, I was growing by a couple of cm per stride or rather step, as I kept collecting snow. Roux looked at me, declaring me nuts. The Nordic trails at Mt. Ashwabay had not been groomed, but skiers had broken trail on the classic tracks, which all had about 5 cm of fresh powder. I took it, even though it was pretty bumpy in places. I love that circuit route, There were four skiers coming towards me on Raven, just after starting. Was treated to a lovely sunset and entered my "cathedral," tall trees reaching towards the sky. Did not see anyone else till I got back on Sugarbush trail, where I passed a father-sun duo. Skiing was now a lot easier as the trails had been groomed a couple of days ago and had been well skied in. Made it back just before nightfall. Great outing!
3:11 PM; Mt. Ashwabay
-17.8 °C; Clear
Yay, I had my favorite classic ski around Mt. Ashwabay after beein thwarted trying to skijor on the lake. There was still water sandwiched between ice and snow and after I had chiseled off the snow caked around my boot attachments and stood on skis, I was growing by a couple of cm per stride or rather step, as I kept collecting snow. Roux looked at me, declaring me nuts. The Nordic trails at Mt. Ashwabay had not been groomed, but skiers had broken trail on the classic tracks, which all had about 5 cm of fresh powder. I took it, even though it was pretty bumpy in places. I love that circuit route, There were four skiers coming towards me on Raven, just after starting. Was treated to a lovely sunset and entered my "cathedral," tall trees reaching towards the sky. Did not see anyone else till I got back on Sugarbush trail, where I passed a father-sun duo. Skiing was now a lot easier as the trails had been groomed a couple of days ago and had been well skied in. Made it back just before nightfall. Great outing!
Friday Dec 29, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 1:18:27 5.37 km (14:37 / km) +6m 14:32 / km
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Onion to Sioux River
8:55 AM; Washburn, WI
-14.9 °C; Snow
Much milder today, no complaints from the dogs. Tried the ice and found it solid, covered with just a thin layer of snow. took advantage of this smooth surface over using the uneven stomped out track on shore. The only ridge we saw was on the sand banks at the mouth of the Sioux. Looking south, I cold make out a good dozen of fishermen off Bodin's Resort. On the way back, Mellie stirred up a pileated woodpecker. The black of its back and red of the crown provided a stark contrast to the otherwise drab background.
8:55 AM; Washburn, WI
-14.9 °C; Snow
Much milder today, no complaints from the dogs. Tried the ice and found it solid, covered with just a thin layer of snow. took advantage of this smooth surface over using the uneven stomped out track on shore. The only ridge we saw was on the sand banks at the mouth of the Sioux. Looking south, I cold make out a good dozen of fishermen off Bodin's Resort. On the way back, Mellie stirred up a pileated woodpecker. The black of its back and red of the crown provided a stark contrast to the otherwise drab background.
3 PM
XC Skiing Skijor 13:39 3.37 km (4:03 / km) +44m 3:48 / km
ahr:127 max:147 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Sugarbush Dog Trail Skijoring Mellie Roux
3:47 PM; Washburn, WI
-15.2 °C; Snow
Be fore we started, the couple with the two chocolate labs arrived. We had a chance to chat and were joined by John, the new coordinator for the Mt. Ashwabay ski area, taking over from Carol. Dennis, the husband in the two-lab couple, turned out to be a volunteer groomer, who appeared to have had a hand in working to get additional trails open for skijoring. Once we got going, I did half the distance of the Sugarbush dog trail with Mellie and Roux together. The old girl did great, my plan had been to leave her at home but she looked so sad and was so excited when I put the harness on her. I could tell she enjoyed it.
3:47 PM; Washburn, WI
-15.2 °C; Snow
Be fore we started, the couple with the two chocolate labs arrived. We had a chance to chat and were joined by John, the new coordinator for the Mt. Ashwabay ski area, taking over from Carol. Dennis, the husband in the two-lab couple, turned out to be a volunteer groomer, who appeared to have had a hand in working to get additional trails open for skijoring. Once we got going, I did half the distance of the Sugarbush dog trail with Mellie and Roux together. The old girl did great, my plan had been to leave her at home but she looked so sad and was so excited when I put the harness on her. I could tell she enjoyed it.
XC Skiing Skijor 27:23 7.37 km (3:43 / km) +66m 3:33 / km
ahr:141 max:165 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Sugarbush Dog Trail Skijoring Roux
3:09 PM; Washburn, WI
-15.0 °C; Snow
Took Mellie and Roux for a quick ski at Mt. Ashwabay. Left Mellie in the car to wear Roux down a little bit. Roux pulled like he had never before and I wondered why that would be the case. I decided that there must be some dogs ahead of us and sure enough, on the stretch between the Jolly Long junction and the start of the loop portion of the Sugarbush classic trail, a couple skiing abreast with their excited (and young as I later found out) chocolate labs blocked the trail for us. Of course Roux loved it, social guy he is. We laughed and disentangled the dogs and off we went again. We did the turn around at the sugar shack and headed back, me wondering if we were able to catch up with the couple. We did, and this time we passed them, hardly slowing down. An excellent run on much better snow. Amazing what a difference a few degrees warmer makes.
3:09 PM; Washburn, WI
-15.0 °C; Snow
Took Mellie and Roux for a quick ski at Mt. Ashwabay. Left Mellie in the car to wear Roux down a little bit. Roux pulled like he had never before and I wondered why that would be the case. I decided that there must be some dogs ahead of us and sure enough, on the stretch between the Jolly Long junction and the start of the loop portion of the Sugarbush classic trail, a couple skiing abreast with their excited (and young as I later found out) chocolate labs blocked the trail for us. Of course Roux loved it, social guy he is. We laughed and disentangled the dogs and off we went again. We did the turn around at the sugar shack and headed back, me wondering if we were able to catch up with the couple. We did, and this time we passed them, hardly slowing down. An excellent run on much better snow. Amazing what a difference a few degrees warmer makes.
Thursday Dec 28, 2017 #
12 PM
XC Skiing Classic 1:19:39 12.68 km (6:17 / km) +201m 5:49 / km
ahr:138 max:158 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Classic '13
Mt. Ashwabay Classic
12:06 PM; Washburn, WI
-17.2 °C; Snow
Meant to ski my favorite classic-only trail, Deerpath. It looked promising, the track hat been set but at the Raven intersection it stopped. So I climbed up Raven to the top of the ski hill, first time I took this trail on skis. Now, I had been banking on Seagull, I arrived at the same time as an older gent coming up Swiss Miss. We both were disappointed but forged on. I went down Swiss Miss and took a left onto Anchor, where Dallas and my imprints were still the only skate tracks. It was slow going, even downhill. But the glide improved as I descended. Thwarted yet again at Jolly Long, not groomed. So Sugarbush past the shack for the full loop. Actually mostly skied on already with decent glide. I finished up by a couple of little loops on Sugarbush, Anchor and the dog trail and met my friend from the top of Mt. Ashwabay, who was just switching to classic skis.
12:06 PM; Washburn, WI
-17.2 °C; Snow
Meant to ski my favorite classic-only trail, Deerpath. It looked promising, the track hat been set but at the Raven intersection it stopped. So I climbed up Raven to the top of the ski hill, first time I took this trail on skis. Now, I had been banking on Seagull, I arrived at the same time as an older gent coming up Swiss Miss. We both were disappointed but forged on. I went down Swiss Miss and took a left onto Anchor, where Dallas and my imprints were still the only skate tracks. It was slow going, even downhill. But the glide improved as I descended. Thwarted yet again at Jolly Long, not groomed. So Sugarbush past the shack for the full loop. Actually mostly skied on already with decent glide. I finished up by a couple of little loops on Sugarbush, Anchor and the dog trail and met my friend from the top of Mt. Ashwabay, who was just switching to classic skis.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017 #
1 PM
XC Skiing Skijor 35:26 7.58 km (4:40 / km) +79m 4:27 / km
ahr:139 max:171 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Sugarbush Dog Trail Skijoring Roux
1:23 PM; Washburn, WI
-19.3 °C; Clear
Dallas messaged in the morning that he'd be in Bayfield, checking on his boat. You know what that means: skijoring with Comet and Roux. We decided on 1:00 PM and by then, the trails were partially groomed. Roux did a great job helping me to keep up with Dallas and Comet. We even took the lead a few times. I had learned that Jolly Long had been opened for dog use but when we got to the intersection, Jolly Long had not been groomed yet. So we did the Sugarbush sugar shack in and out and had a good time. When we were zipping down the hill, we encountered the Washburn HS ski team. I think I recognized one of our friend's daughter's best friend and her dad in the group. Comet and Roux were super well behaved and went "on by" this big group. No issues for the rest of the trip, either, They seemed to be pulling harder when we got close to the parking lot and the cars promising warmth.
1:23 PM; Washburn, WI
-19.3 °C; Clear
Dallas messaged in the morning that he'd be in Bayfield, checking on his boat. You know what that means: skijoring with Comet and Roux. We decided on 1:00 PM and by then, the trails were partially groomed. Roux did a great job helping me to keep up with Dallas and Comet. We even took the lead a few times. I had learned that Jolly Long had been opened for dog use but when we got to the intersection, Jolly Long had not been groomed yet. So we did the Sugarbush sugar shack in and out and had a good time. When we were zipping down the hill, we encountered the Washburn HS ski team. I think I recognized one of our friend's daughter's best friend and her dad in the group. Comet and Roux were super well behaved and went "on by" this big group. No issues for the rest of the trip, either, They seemed to be pulling harder when we got close to the parking lot and the cars promising warmth.
XC Skiing Skate 30:23 4.24 km (7:10 / km) +75m 6:35 / km
ahr:135 max:178 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Mt. Ashwabay Anchor Trail Skate
2:05 PM; Washburn, WI
-19.0 °C; Clear
After dropping off the dogs at the cars, Dallas and I went for a "quick" ski, doing the Anchor loop. I am putting quick in quotations because with the cold, the snow was anything but. Fortunately Seagull trail was not yet groomed, so we were not tempted to take it. That would have been tough. Made t back, said our good byes and headed home.
2:05 PM; Washburn, WI
-19.0 °C; Clear
After dropping off the dogs at the cars, Dallas and I went for a "quick" ski, doing the Anchor loop. I am putting quick in quotations because with the cold, the snow was anything but. Fortunately Seagull trail was not yet groomed, so we were not tempted to take it. That would have been tough. Made t back, said our good byes and headed home.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017 #
1 PM
XC Skiing Skijor 46:22 7.56 km (6:08 / km) +82m 5:49 / km
ahr:138 max:163 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Sugarbush Dog Trail Skijoring Roux
1:45 PM; Washburn, WI
-21.3 °C; Partly cloudy
Pretty nippy, but fortunately in the valley, thus sheltered from the westerly wind. Roux was ready to go but the trail (like the ski trails as well) was not groomed. About 10 cm of powder on top of the base. Skating was a chore and Roux was unnerved by the slower pace and cold and would not pull. I finally stepped into the indentations of a track and started to double pole and lo and behold, Roux started pulling. So I chalk this one off as an assisted double pole workout! I wasn't sure if we'd make it all the way to the sugar shack turn-around but we did! And since I had prepped the trackon the way up, the way back was a bit faster, too! The final 200 m made me appreciate the windchill and the sheltered location of most of the trail. The wind was biting. Very happy with my little man Roux, to hang in there on such a cold afternoon!
1:45 PM; Washburn, WI
-21.3 °C; Partly cloudy
Pretty nippy, but fortunately in the valley, thus sheltered from the westerly wind. Roux was ready to go but the trail (like the ski trails as well) was not groomed. About 10 cm of powder on top of the base. Skating was a chore and Roux was unnerved by the slower pace and cold and would not pull. I finally stepped into the indentations of a track and started to double pole and lo and behold, Roux started pulling. So I chalk this one off as an assisted double pole workout! I wasn't sure if we'd make it all the way to the sugar shack turn-around but we did! And since I had prepped the trackon the way up, the way back was a bit faster, too! The final 200 m made me appreciate the windchill and the sheltered location of most of the trail. The wind was biting. Very happy with my little man Roux, to hang in there on such a cold afternoon!
Sunday Dec 24, 2017 #
7 AM
XC Skiing Skate 1:33:12 22.48 km (4:09 / km) +308m 3:53 / km
ahr:143 max:187 shoes: Atomic Worldcup Skate '11
Hyland Skate Workout
7:12 AM; Hyland Park Reserve
-8.4 °C; Cloudy
Picked up Karl at 6:30 for a skate ski follow-up to yesterday. Comparatively fewer people and the same perfect conditions. I dressed a little lighter and needed to move to warm up. My hands needed three laps to get all fingers out of the pain zone, but then they were fine. No sunrise today, overcast, but the clouds had a beautiful texture. Did lap 6 no poles. I ended up getting away from Karl to the point that he was no longer visible. I decided to do a lap around chutes & ladders to catch him up. of course, I saw him flying down the hill when I was just past Jan's Place. No way to catch him, because he was going fast to try to catch up with me. So I skied up to start of Frogtown Loop and did a couple of mini no pole laps, waiting for him. He came by so fast that he did not see me. I caught up to him, skiing the rest together again. Only person I knew today was Joe.
7:12 AM; Hyland Park Reserve
-8.4 °C; Cloudy
Picked up Karl at 6:30 for a skate ski follow-up to yesterday. Comparatively fewer people and the same perfect conditions. I dressed a little lighter and needed to move to warm up. My hands needed three laps to get all fingers out of the pain zone, but then they were fine. No sunrise today, overcast, but the clouds had a beautiful texture. Did lap 6 no poles. I ended up getting away from Karl to the point that he was no longer visible. I decided to do a lap around chutes & ladders to catch him up. of course, I saw him flying down the hill when I was just past Jan's Place. No way to catch him, because he was going fast to try to catch up with me. So I skied up to start of Frogtown Loop and did a couple of mini no pole laps, waiting for him. He came by so fast that he did not see me. I caught up to him, skiing the rest together again. Only person I knew today was Joe.
1 PM
Hiking 56:56 [1] 4.58 km (12:26 / km) +34m 11:59 / km
shoes: Hoka One One Tor Tech Mid WP
Energy Park Short
1:53 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-6.2 °C; Partly cloudy
I snowed quite hard earlier, unfortunately only for a short time. But it refreshed the white of what was already there. By the time I starte my walk, the sun was out. Modified our usual route to cross Energy Park Drive and walk along the northern BNSF spur. The dogs love this stretch, A thick cover of vetches, sumach and other shrubbery creates lots of hiding places for mice and rabbits, unfortunately for the dogs and luckily for the rodents, an almost impenetrable barrier. Picked up a nice 10' aluminum profile from a dumpster along the way. Craig and Joel who were returning from a movie saw me along Snelling and turned around to say hi. Nice walk!
1:53 PM; Hamline Midway/Como Park
-6.2 °C; Partly cloudy
I snowed quite hard earlier, unfortunately only for a short time. But it refreshed the white of what was already there. By the time I starte my walk, the sun was out. Modified our usual route to cross Energy Park Drive and walk along the northern BNSF spur. The dogs love this stretch, A thick cover of vetches, sumach and other shrubbery creates lots of hiding places for mice and rabbits, unfortunately for the dogs and luckily for the rodents, an almost impenetrable barrier. Picked up a nice 10' aluminum profile from a dumpster along the way. Craig and Joel who were returning from a movie saw me along Snelling and turned around to say hi. Nice walk!