Sledding on a Cold but Brilliant Day
Alaska in the winter is very special - particularly this year when we’re in the midst of an absolutely epic winter. We’ve broken the all time record for accumulated snowfall up to this date. Week after week of snow. And when it’s not snowing, it’s 10 to 20 below zero. Except for in December when we had five hurricane force Chinooks (100 mph to 120 mph winds) in three weeks.
Tyge, Echo, and I have been taking full advantage of the winter. We go sledding three to four times a week. We’ll go when it’s cold (today was ten below). We’ll go when it’s snowy. We’ll go when it’s dark (with headlamps and blinky dog collars). The only time we don’t go is during Chinooks.
We’re very fortunate - we have an awesome hill in the woods about a half mile from the house. Very few people know about the hill, so Tyge and Echo get to romp and zoom along off lead. They absolutely love it! Plus they end up all pooped out (literally). And as we all know, a tired dog is a good dog.
Here’s a video and a few pics from today’s outing:
The video. This is handheld by the sledder (me).
After the run - face full of snow. The white thing on my nose is a “NoseKone.” Climbers use them to protect their noses from the sun.
I use it because my nose is still very sensitive to cold even though it’s been a year since my nose surgery.
One of the things we have to be very careful about are moose. This bull blocked our entrance into the trail for twenty minutes.
There were actually two antlered bulls and one cow. I couldn’t get a good shot because I was holding the dogs trying to stay
out of the way. At one point, the bull was ten feet away from us. Fortunately we were able to keep a parked truck between
ourselves and the moose.
Tygey closeup
Echo in the deep snow
Snowy woods in the sun
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Great video and great pictures!