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A bit of skijoring ASMR: here we're crossing the bridge just below Willow Falls, still running high from spring meltoff prior to the blizzard.
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Siberian Husky Zeena leads the way down the middle of a wide groomed ski trail through a forest. The center of the trail is flat for skate skiing (or hiking) and one set of traditional Nordic tracks are set on each side. A small river can be seen on the right, with a slightly arched bridge over it in the distance ahead.
Looking back from the previous photo, we see Skijoring pair of human Jeff and Alaskan husky Tonttu approaching down the middle of the trail. Jeff is in a bright red jacket, goggles and snow pants, with short, wide backcountry-style skis. Tonttu is cutting diagonally across the path, long pink tongue hanging out, focused on something offscreen to the right. On the left, there is a somewhat steep short slope down to the river with a park bench at the top.
A slightly off-kilter snapshot of a different bridge over the Willow River, in a small canyon with rocky walls on the far shore. Jeff and Tonttu lead the way across the bridge, while Zeena's head can be seen as she approaches from the left.
The dramatic falls at the eastern, upstream end of the Willow River, cutting through a rocky canyon in winter. The trees and vegetation are brown, and a blotchy layer of white covers the rocks emerging from the water on either side. A good amount of water is going over the multi-tiered falls, powered by recent spring melt prior to the blizzard that brought snow back to the region.
The Ides of March 2026 blizzard was a Goldilocks blizzard for us in the Twin Cities region: about a foot of snow, more or less. A good workout to clear, and enough to provide a nice base for skiing over formerly bare ground.
Over in the UP of Michigan they […]
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Dale and Zeena lead the way, skijoring down a wide, flat trail packed on a snow-covered road through northern boreal forest. Tontto follows at a distance, pulling his skier who's taking the photo.
After one last attempt to ski the groomed end of the Banadad, aborted because of wind debris over the trail, we switched plans and skis to try the Hoks on the "Moose Trail".
Getting there requires first following 1/2 mi of snowmobile trail, freshly groomed this morning!
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Dale and Zeena lead the way, skijoring down a wide, flat trail packed on a snow-covered road through northern boreal forest. Tontto follows at a distance, pulling his skier who's taking the photo.
Day #7, Last day of skijoring 😢
We started out hoping to do one last X-C ski on the groomed E end of the Banadad Trail, but the stick and twig situation was as bad as it had been at George Washington Pines the day before. We gave up after half a km […]
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Belated video from George Washington Pines yesterday: Tonttu's full run on Jeff's Insta360
#Skijoring #Huskies #Insta360
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Belated video from George Washington Pines yesterday: Tonttu's full run on Jeff's Insta360
#Skijoring #Huskies #Insta360
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Siberian husky Zeena is ready for skijoring pointing down a snowy trail through pines, fir and other evergreens. Streaks of sunlight cut between the trees and lay across the trail. The trail has been well trampled by hiking boots and paws, nearly obliterating the Nordic style groomed skiing track. Twigs and needles scatter over the snow.
Day #6, X-C Skiing George Washington Pines
This is a "groomed" multi-use, dog-friendly trail close to Grand Marais, so it gets a lot of traffic. You can barely see the track here at the beginning!
Because of the recent winds, everything was scattered with twigs and needles.
#Skijoring #Huskies
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Siberian husky Zeena is ready for skijoring pointing down a snowy trail through pines, fir and other evergreens. Streaks of sunlight cut between the trees and lay across the trail. The trail has been well trampled by hiking boots and paws, nearly obliterating the Nordic style groomed skiing track. Twigs and needles scatter over the snow.
Day #6, X-C Skiing George Washington Pines
This is the most dog-friendly and popular trail in the region groomed for skiing... but it's also multi-use, so there's a LOT of foot traffic. This shot is from the beginning of the 2 mile loop. Can you find the […]
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WATCH: Calgary #Skijoring Event Dangerous for Horses
#StopAnimalCruelty!
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Looking back down the wide ski trail laid by Dale, who is taking the photo, you see Zeena leading Tonttu and Jeff in line towards the camera. They're attached to Jeff's hip pack by separate leads, Zeena's longer, allowing her to be out front.
A low shot of the trio of skijorers led by Zeena, followed by Tonttu and Jeff. The camera is down at husky level, looking back down the photographer's ski trail. Strong winter sunlight casts stripey shadows of birch tree trunks across the trail from the right, while evergreens rise on the left. A tall, lone pine tree rises from the side of the path behind them.
One more shot of the trio of skijorers, this time from slightly above, showing the two huskies' bright red X-back pulling harnesses. Their fur shines bright in the winter sun.
Jeff has taken the lead to break trail now, so Zeena and Tonttu lead Dale, the photographer down the trail behind him as he skis away. Zeena still leads on a slightly longer line than Tonttu, who doesn't seem to mind being wheel dog. Jeff's rounding a bunch of evergreens on the left, while bright white paper birch line the right.
The snow now has a bit of icy crust, which made breaking trail difficult for the huskies, so we took turns creating a path for them up the trail. There was some trial & error to get them inline and not competing for the narrow track space...
#Huskies #Skijoring #BackcountrySkiing
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Looking back down the wide ski trail laid by Dale, who is taking the photo, you see Zeena leading Tonttu and Jeff in line towards the camera. They're attached to Jeff's hip pack by separate leads, Zeena's longer, allowing her to be out front.
A low shot of the trio of skijorers led by Zeena, followed by Tonttu and Jeff. The camera is down at husky level, looking back down the photographer's ski trail. Strong winter sunlight casts stripey shadows of birch tree trunks across the trail from the right, while evergreens rise on the left. A tall, lone pine tree rises from the side of the path behind them.
One more shot of the trio of skijorers, this time from slightly above, showing the two huskies' bright red X-back pulling harnesses. Their fur shines bright in the winter sun.
Jeff has taken the lead to break trail now, so Zeena and Tonttu lead Dale, the photographer down the trail behind him as he skis away. Zeena still leads on a slightly longer line than Tonttu, who doesn't seem to mind being wheel dog. Jeff's rounding a bunch of evergreens on the left, while bright white paper birch line the right.
The deep snow has gotten a little firmer, but now has a thin icy crust, so not fun for huskies to break trail on. We took turns laying trail for them to follow. With a bit of trial and error, we managed a lead arrangement that allowed Zeena and Tonttu their […]
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Huskies Zeena and Tonttu lead Dale down a deep ski track down a snowy trail through young evergreen forest. Dale is holding two long walking sticks. The camera has captured Tonttu just as he's lunging off the trail to the right, tail up, after something he sensed.
One more photo from yesterday: Jeff was about to snap a shot of Zeena and Tonttu leading Dale down his track, when suddenly Tonttu lunged at a Ruffed Grouse who was hiding along the trail.
Dale's dual-wielding tiaks to free Jeff's hands for clearing trail.
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Huskies Zeena and Tonttu lead Dale down a deep ski track down a snowy trail through young evergreen forest. Dale is holding two long walking sticks. The camera has captured Tonttu just as he's lunging off the trail to the right, tail up, after something he sensed.
One more photo from yesterday: Jeff was about to snap a shot of Zeena and Tonttu leading Dale down his track, when suddenly Tonttu lunged at a Ruffed Grouse who was hiding along the trail.
(We didn't realize there WAS anything off the trail until the grouse […]
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Skijoring through an evergreen (spruce?) forest on a sunny day. The trees are tall enough that the needleless branches close over the trail above. The trunks are vertical and the understory branches horizontal, each covered with a couple inches of snow. Bright light filters through the canopy above in spots and stripes. The skiers follow a single groomed track for traditional Nordic skiing, while the huskies stick to the packed trail on the side. Jeff and Tonttu lead, while Zeena and the photographer follow.
Day #2, Nordic/X-C skiing on the East end of the Banadad Trail.
This is a 27km groomed track through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildterness, running parallel to the Gunflint Trail.
To say it's "dog-friendly" would be generous: dogs are allowed, though […]
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One of the hazards of skiing on lakes is slush! It's very disconcerting when you first encounter it because it makes you wonder whether there's any ice at all under the snow!
The problem is that light, fluffy snow has mass, and also insulating properties! […]
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Jeff and Tonttu lead the way across the ice through deep snow on a northern lake. They're following the shore on the right, from which spruce and other trees rise. Jeff is using a long "tiak" stick instead of ski poles. Zeena follows behind, leading the photographer.
A pause in skiing. Zeena stands, ready to go, but Tonttu has settled down in the snow to res. Jeff surveys the landscape to the left through ski goggles.
A wide shot of mostly frozen lake, with evergreen-covered shores bordering the lake in the distance. The photographer's ski trail in deep snow points back to a pair of small figures: Jeff and Tonttu bringing up the rear at a distance.
Heavier and more spindly-legged Tonttu struggled more in the deep snow, though he did well when the hidden crust layer could support his weight. It was a lot of work! He was happy to relax whenever we stopped.
Dale and Zeena tended to lead for most of the […]
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Zeena, a fluffy gray and white Siberian husky, leads the way across a frozen lake in the far north of Minnesota. There's an island covered in pine and spruce just ahead, and similar trees cover the shores of the lake on either side. It's a gray, overcast day, but the snow is white and bright. Zeena's head and tail are up, enjoying the moment.
First full day at the cabin!
We ventured out onto Poplar Lake for a bit of Hok (backcountry) "skijoring" to check out conditions on the ice. It was slow going, especially for huskies who were breaking trail.
There's at least a foot of snow on top of the […]
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Here's the full video, too long for Bsky, so sending you over to MakerTube. Hopefully this works.
There are 2 descents: the first with a dramatic pass by Tonttu & the second is the Zeena bounce-and-rar section.
makertube.net/w/84BHS4dbrS...
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Here's the full 2:30 video, too long for Mastodon, so sending you over to MakerTube.net. Hopefully this works.
There are two descents: the first has a dramatic pass by Tonttu while Zeena dawdles on the side, and then the second is where Zeena gets into bounce-and-rar mode.
Apparently these get […]
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Yay Snow! ❄️ 🐾 ⛷️
With a freshly groomed base, Baker Park Reserve was our destination for skijoring yesterday. The trail had some nice hills for husky zooms! Zeena was especially into it, and we caught this bit of near-disaster play on Insta360.
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Yay Snow! ❄️ 🐾 ⛷️
After rain and melt back to mostly bare ground, we got over half a foot of fresh snow on the west side of the Metro! Baker Park Reserve groomed their multi-use trail, so we headed out yesterday to see what it was like under more ideal […]
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🚨 Calgary’s upcoming #Skijoring event could force horses to pull people on skis through tight turns, jumps, & obstacles—putting them at risk of serious injury & death. It may even violate the law.
Calgary must ban skijoring & other events that endanger animals for entertainment! 🐴
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Pony #skiing #horses #skijoring #minihorses #olympics #winter #wintersports
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#Calgary & this #skijoring is a hot mess
The humans should break their own legs or neck🤷♀️ & leave the animals out of it
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Calgary's #skijoring event inherently puts horses at risk of injuries & death—& may be illegal. The city should ban skijoring & other events that endanger animals for entertainment!
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Tonttu and Jeff lead the way, skijoring down a roller-packed snowy trail through deciduous woodlands. Zeena follows, pulling the photographer, whose shadow can be seen in the lower left.
The skijorers pause on a flat area where the trail curves to the left. While it has been roller packed, there have been many winter hikers trampling the snow. Zeena now leads Jeff, investigating something in the snow with her nose, while Tonttu hangs out with the photographer.
The Baker Park Reserve winter trail map. The park is a vertical blob with wider parts at the top and bottom. The upper blob contains a number of short cross-country ski loops around small lakes, while the lower blob has the skijoring-friendly trail on the right hand side. It's a long parallel track that loops around on either end, looking like a rubber band curved in a wobbly reverse-C shape, with a larger lake on the left between the ends.
One last day for skijoring before a long period of melting is expected! We drove to the other side of the Twin Cities metro to Baker Park Reserve, which we'd never been to before.
3 of the 5 mile dog-friendly trail were groomed. Snow was a bit slow as it warmed up...
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Tonttu and Jeff lead the way, skijoring down a roller-packed snowy trail through deciduous woodlands. Zeena follows, pulling the photographer, whose shadow can be seen in the lower left.
The skijorers pause on a flat area where the trail curves to the left. While it has been roller packed, there have been many winter hikers trampling the snow. Zeena now leads Jeff, investigating something in the snow with her nose, while Tonttu hangs out with the photographer.
The Baker Park Reserve winter trail map. The park is a vertical blob with wider parts at the top and bottom. The upper blob contains a number of short cross-country ski loops around small lakes, while the lower blob has the skijoring-friendly trail on the right hand side. It's a long parallel track that loops around on either end, looking like a rubber band curved in a wobbly reverse-C shape, with a larger lake on the left between the ends.
One last day for skijoring before a long period of melting is expected! We drove to the other side of the Twin Cities metro to Baker Park Reserve, which we'd never been to before.
It has what's advertised as a 5 mile loop (The yellow rubber band along […]
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Our car may currently be stuck in the kennel driveway’s ditch, but we’re here and doing this together so everything is perfect 🤍
#retiredsleddog #skijoring
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