After a week of heavy clouds and two weeks of extreme cold, the sun finally broke through yesterday. The temperature was still close to -30C but that felt almost balmy!
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What's that strange glow? Oh, it's the sun!
The dogs were Pingo-Sundin, Hobo, Pacer-Ozzy, Franklin-Antare. We had to do alot of trailbreaking. The wind has been howling and the trail was drifted over in many spots. Even the snowmobilers hadn't been out! I was very glad I'd taken a slightly bigger team. There's a huge power difference between six and seven dogs, especially when the 7th dog is Hobo. He is so powerful and so driven that he makes a 7 dog team basically equivilant to running 8 dogs.
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Lots of low trees too! They seem to get a little lower all the time. There were a few down branches, but fortunately I didn't have to hack through any downed trees this time.
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I did have to a couple weeks ago! This was after I got the trail cleared enough to get the team through!
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This was before! Pingo and Sundin could get under the tree. The rest of the team, particulary the sled and me were not getting under it under any circumstances!
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Hobo managed to get himself tangled up coming across the lake, so I had to get off the sled. I try to avoid getting off as much as possible...it often leads to walking home! Snowhooks aren't as reliable as the manufacturers like to say they are! I got this one pic before my camera batteries were frozen solid!
