Breckenridge for Christmas

We spent a nice Christmas up in Breckenridge. That's the hubbie and my mom in the pic above. There was lots of snowshoeing, opening presents, seeing movies, some skiing (the little people), wonderful family time, swimming and hot tubbing, watched a fun play (the kids loved it-A Christmas Story), and sledding.

Snowshoe Day 1: Double Loop
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, Ski Jump, True Romance Mine, Trail of Tears, Sally Barber, up mini Heart Attack Hill, back to House
Distance: 5.52 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Moving average: 2.6 mph
Moving Time: 2 hrs, 09 min
Total Ascent: 1048 ft.


Snowshoe Day 2: Straight up
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, up the mountain to mine, over and down to ski jump, back to house
Distance: 4.25 miles
Difficulty: Difficult
Moving average: 2.1 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr, 59 min
Total Ascent: 1344 ft.

Snowshoe Day 3: Double Loop
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, Ski Jump, True Romance Mine, Trail of Tears, Sally Barber, up mini Heart Attack Hill, back to House (took a turn before I was suppose to)
Distance: 5.69 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Moving average: 3.1 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr, 51 min
Total Ascent: 1062 ft.

Snowshoe Day 4: Double Loop
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, Ski Jump, True Romance Mine, Trail of Tears, Sally Barber, up mini Heart Attack Hill, back to House
Distance: 5.51 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Moving average: 2.8 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr, 59 min
Total Ascent: 1076 ft.

Snowshoe Day 5: Straight up
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, up the mountain to mine, over and down to ski jump, back to house
Distance: 4.11 miles
Difficulty: Difficult
Moving average: 2.6 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr, 34 min
Total Ascent: 1300 ft.
Notes: Butt burner day!

Snowshoe Day 6: Double Loop
Trails Used: House to Iowa Mill, Ski Jump, True Romance Mine, Trail of Tears, Sally Barber, up mini Heart Attack Hill, back to House
Distance: 5.52 miles
Difficulty: Difficult
Moving average: 3.2 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr , 42 min
Total Ascent: 1035 ft.
Notes: Winds blowing 70-100mph that day; 3-4 dead fall trees on trail the next day

Snowshoe Day 7: Little Loop
Trails Used: House to Ski Jump, to Iowa Mill and back down to House
Distance: 3.3 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Moving average: 3.1 mph
Moving Time: 1 hr , 04 min
Total Ascent: 635 ft.
Notes: I'm beat, need a break, got the job done today but that was about it!