Fast winter riding through powder snow generates warmth and elation rather than cold.

Evidence

We breakfasted on buffalo beef, and I left at eight to ride forty-five miles before night, Dr. Hughes and a gentleman who was staying there convoying me the first fifteen miles. I did like that ride, racing with the other riders, careering through the intoxicating air in that indescribable sunshine, the powdery snow spurned from the horses’ feet like dust! I was soon warm. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 257

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: A winter relay ride across forty-five miles of snow with escorts peeling off along the way is a ready-made narrative spine or set piece.