Team coming up the hill to talk to Denny & Chris on the snowmobile
Team climbing the hill in very thick heavy snow
Trudging along
We have received close to a foot of new snow since Tuesday. It has been warm and wet heavy snow which is not the norm for ND.
Friday Chris and Denny worked hard and long trying to pack the trails at RWBC. An 8 dog team with Sue Olson going along with me broke trail. It was tough going for the dogs. With the warmth but also the snow was very thick for them to move through and the sled was not moving well even with new plastic on the runners. But they did it and were tired puppies afterwards.
Sue Olson in the sled. Since she has an injured knee she could not try being on the runners. Me sitting on my sled seat. We were resting the dogs.Sue Olson and me
Saturday we had 8 Girl Scouts and 2 adults for dog sledding days. Again very warm and more snow. Trails were slow and tough going since the snow did not set up over night because it stayed in the high 20's over night. Chris took groups on nature hikes using snowshoes. They definitely need the snowshoes! Day went okay but it would have been nice to have had cooler temps so the snow was not so sticky and thick. Plus the dogs really overheated fast. Gavin and Rose wore dog booties to protect them from icing and the others I used Musher's Secret on them. We did hit slush on Trinity Lake but were able to avoid the slush on Red Willow Lake.
It is still snowing and wind is blowing too. I broke trail with the Ford to get the dogs and I home safely. There were areas on Hwy 1 that were totally blocked with 2-3 foot drifts but the new dog truck did a great job. We had to cancel the family for today since no roads had been plowed and temps have dropped to zero and going down even more.
More Brownies and Girl Scouts next week end so hoping the colder temperatures the snow will pack up when we run the snowmobile again.
Hmmm, El Nino year and lots of snow and colder than normal temps on average.
