The high country is thawing and the mountains are calling. It's been a busy month and this is turning out to be a great year. I've got a solid group to work with on these adventures, and to keep me moving and motivated. I'm not a play by play kind of guy, so here's some pictures and the basics.
City Creek Canyon West Ridge/East Ridge Loop.
Boyer and Mallin setting a good pace for the day.
Boyer and Mallin breaking trail. Up, always up.
Mallin on Little Black.
Peak 10,350 as seen from Storm Mountain, and the start of the real work on the WURL.
Huntington Beach Pier to Newport Beach Pier out and back.
Barefoot in the sand for 11 miles, didn't at all make me feel like Rocky Balboa.
Tara's Nanny Goat 12 Hour Run.
Home base.
Getting hot out here.
My beautiful wife.
Starting up one of about forty switchbacks.
Approaching Griffith Peak.
A nice runnable trail at over 10,000 feet.
Getting above treeline is my favorite.
Descending Mt Charleston.
The way back.
Abrupt change in rock.
Oquirrh Mountain Partial Traverse.
Gallery and Schulof on one of the first of many smaller climbs.
Schulof and the pyramid.
We've got a ways to go, and it's getting hot.
Gallery, surfing down.
Thank goodness for snow, because it's hot, and we're almost out of water.
More work to be done.
Looking back.
Thankfully, I run slow, or else this antler I found and carried all day could have been dangerous.
Routefinding.
Back into the brush.
No respect.
Roasting.
Getting close.
Gallery, contemplating our route.
Descending into Black Rock Canyon.
Around 2 miles from the top to the lake, and 4,000 feet of loss.
Boyer, off trail.
Home base.
Got blisters? Finish the last couple hours in flip flops.
Griffith Peak and Mt Charleston run.
Gallery and Schulof on one of the first of many smaller climbs.
One more obstacle. Seconds later we get a drive by from Kennecott security.
I'm content with the way this year is unfolding. Stay healthy, stay focused.
