North American mine ski adventure.

On Saturday morning we jumped into the dog truck and headed NE to Cliff Drive, to ski along the old North American road!

We see real snowbanks along the road in Calumet.
And they've even melted some!

We park along Cliff Rd at the start of the North American Rd.

  

Since it rained earlier this week then froze there
was a hard crust that made for easy romping.

Hey! I could leap this in a single bound.

We spied some prayer flags and other memorabilia on this cedar tree.

Then, on up we go. The fresh snow made for nice skiing.

At the top, we get a peek at the Big Lake.

Tea time!

Yes the crust is so hard you can walk anywhere without
plunging through.

Let's get a going!

We went north and onto a ridge.  It was breezy here.

We skied along its top for a while.

Where's Sandy?

There she comes!

I think it's time we head back down.

This is how trail mutts get a drink.

While the puppy found something stinky.

I better check this out!

  

He seemed to think he'll dig it out, and get a closer smell.

On the way down, we spied many little boulders along the way.
They made me get on top of it!

Now I'll come down.
See all the snow that's been rolling down this cliff?

This is the smoke stack which remains
from the North American Mine power plant.

Another boulder!  I wonder when they rolled down here?

We got home and had some kibble.
Adventures like this, sure can make trail mutts sleepy.