Chapter 5
Cam maneuvered his skis along a rough trail, carefully dodging a branch that had fallen across the trail. The sun was high in the sky. The snow glittered where it melted under the heat of the sun. He was leading Gage through the backcountry trails he’d marked thus far. He came to a stop beside a rough bridge he’d built to cross over a narrow stream. Gage skied to his side.
“You’ve made it farther than I guessed. You’ve added probably twenty more miles to what we already had,” Gage said with a grin.
Cam tugged his gloves off and unzipped the top of his jacket. He’d worked up a sweat on the way out. Cool air sifted through the opening in his jacket. He glanced to the stream and back to Gage. “It wasn’t too hard. Like you said, we didn’t need to do much clearing. There are some r
